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Meet the Editors: Sabrina Parr

Sabrina Parr Hello readers! Today we’d like to introduce to you another one of our editors, Sabrina Parr. Sabrina is a currently a sophomore at Lewis University, and she is majoring in English on the...

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Wrting Advice: Finishing

http://lunasuryastudios.wordpress.com As I have already said, National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November! This past weekend I went to one of my region’s NaNoWriMo prep sessions. This one was...

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Remembering the World of Poetry: A Faculty Feature by Jackie White

Photo from gennasarnak.com This month of October—which begins with Dashain in Nepal and ends with Samhain among the Celts, which sees the conclusion of National Hispanic Month and the start of German...

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X-Men Meets Jekyll and Hyde

Photo from Goodreads Hello Readers, and welcome back to Sabrina’s Book Corner. This week we will be talking about The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross. This book, in my humble opinion, is a cross...

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Pick-a-Poem: Jill Bialosky

http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, blog readers, to another installment of our Pick-a-Poem feature! In the middle of each week, we feature a new poem here on the blog. Consider this your mid-week...

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Rise of the Home Theater

Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon are the pioneers in home entertainment today. They have almost instantly created a new culture of binge watching movies and TV. It is clear that they have revolutionized how...

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When Harry Met Sally and the Non-Seasonal Seasonal Film

Photo from cloudfront.net There are some films that are meant to be watched at certain times of the year. Halloween is nearly upon us, and I’m sure there will be many a viewing party for Hocus Pocus,...

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Magic and Mistrust: Analysis of the Implied Role of Witchcraft in Othello

Photo from Wikimedia Similar to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the opening of Othello pits a disapproving parent against a couple so in love they must elope in secrecy. However, any similarities between...

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Meet the Editors: Dominique Dusek

Dominique Dusek Welcome back, readers! In today’s installment of Meet the Editors, we’re going to meet Dominique Dusek, our Submissions Editors and Assistant Marketing and Development Editor.  In...

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Editor’s Notes #151

Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Good evening, blog readers! I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend. Thanks to everyone who submitted their work to the Jet Fuel Review in the past few...

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Writing Advice: Just Write

http://www.bang2write.com Just by reading the title of this post, I’m sure you can all guess what’s coming. I have spoken about this piece of advice before, and while I may not always be the best at...

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Discussion: Getting Ideas

http://on-writing-a-book.com This is the final few days before National Novel Writing Month begins. If you’re committed to participating and do not yet have an idea for your novel, I’d say you’re in...

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Pick-a-Poem: What the Girl Wore

http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello and welcome to another installment of Pick-a-Poem, the weekly post where we feature a poem by a poet you may not have heard of before. Hopefully this adds some...

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Documentaries are Not Boring, You Stop That.

Photo from static.videomaker.com You probably think documentaries are boring. Even if you actually really like documentaries, this understood fact of society is probably always in the back of your...

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Literary Heroine Spotlight: Clary Fray

Photo from pinimg.com There have been many a movie heroines over the past couple decades but Clary Fray, from The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, is a fairly new character. This heroine is not...

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Meet the Editors: Jessica Jordan

Jessica Jordan Welcome back to another edition of Meet the Editors! This week we’d like to introduce Jessica Jordan, Jet Fuel’s Managing Editor. Jessica is a junior at Lewis University. Her major is...

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Writing Advice: Banish the Doubt

Photo from http://declarehope.org When it comes time to sit down and do some writing, doubts may creep into your mind. Maybe you’re worried that you don’t have time to be writing and should be working...

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Faulkner’s Mint Julep

Photo from jeffhaanen.com Throughout centuries, writers have shown a fondness for indulging in the occasional libation or ten. The goal of this weekly blog post is to highlight a particular drink or...

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Murder Run Amok

Photo from jamespatterson.com Hello readers and welcome back! Today we will be talking about James Patterson’s Confessions of a Murder Suspect. In this book, Tandy Angel and her three brothers are in...

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Pick-a-Poem: Ann Lauinger

http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, blog readers, to another installment of Pick-a-Poem! Each week we feature a new poet and their work here on the blog. We find these new poems through Poetry Daily,...

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