"Harbor no expectations for your submissions. If someone likes your work, engage that person with the utmost gratitude. Get away from writing—go to the movies, go dancing." — Stallion Dunquis, TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Scott Laudati — Poetry Contributor
"I find locations to be the best muse. Derelict motels full of residents on the sides of interstates are good. In the back of the Korean buses on the way to Buffalo is another one that works." — Scott Laudati — Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Darren C. Demaree — Poetry Contributor
"I just want to keep writing every day. I don’t know what that will bring accomplishment-wise, but I’ll have written a lot more poetry. More poetry is always a good thing." — Darren C. Demaree, Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Matt Nagin — Poetry Contributor
"Don’t compare yourself too much with your peers. Try not to get lost in bitterness and jealousy. Just stay disciplined and brick by brick complete work and, when ready, put it out there." — Matt Nagin, Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Kevin A. Risner — Poetry Contributor
"Read. Read a lot. Read a variety of work. Read work written by people that are different from you. Read work from underrepresented voices. It’s important to read, to listen, to experience as much as one can." — Kevin A. Risner, Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Andy Stallings — Poetry Contributor
"The thing I do most that ultimately leads to creative work is freewriting. I freewrite with each of my classes (I’m a high school English teacher) for ten minutes at the start of each period. It isn’t magic or anything like that, but it’s a practice." — Andy Stallings, Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Trista Hurley-Waxali — Fiction Contributor
"Rejection is hard and it gets harder with age, so when you're starting at a young or old age, you think rejection is behind you, try again, writing is all about how you manage with rejection. So take rejection and failure in stride and write a list of healthy activities you should do when you feel bogged down" — Trista Hurley-Waxali, Fiction Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Brendan Walsh — Poetry Contributor
"Write first and don’t think about it–when you think you lose the spark. Read everything out loud ten to twenty times. Find quality mentors and consult/correspond" — Brendan Walsh, Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: ayaz daryl nielsen — Poetry Contributor
"poetry reflects the depth and ongoing growth of an individual’s immersion in the interaction/interplay of heart and world lived in" — ayaz daryl nielsen, Poetry Contributor
TWD Magazine 3rd Collection Interview: Melanie Faith — Photography Contributor
"I’d love to break into food photography, and that’s likely where I’ll keep experimenting with expanding my skills alongside making still-life images." — Melanie Faith, Photography Contributor