Parachute Magazine

22/01/2014

"Fiction is the truth inside the lie." (Stephen King)

03/01/2014

Happy new year, followers! Thank you for remaining faithful to this page - and hopefully to your creative pursuits.

Since it's the time for new resolutions (or the solidification of previous resolutions) what's on your docket for this year, creative-wise? Clue us in :)

24/12/2013

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." (Virginia Woolf)

12/12/2013

Before 2013 ends, make sure you've read all your favorites!

Find your next great read with our guide to 2013's best books.

03/12/2013

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” (Jack Kerouac)

26/11/2013

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children." (Madeleine L'Engle)

19/11/2013

Do you agree with this thought?

"Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all." (Oscar Wilde)

12/11/2013

The The Loft Literary Center knows what's up. Download one of these classics, make yourself a cup of tea, and relax on this cold, half-winter day.

Plus: Eight massive online troves of great reading material.

10/11/2013

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.” (Lloyd Alexander)

29/10/2013

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” (Henry David Thoreau)

25/10/2013

"So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose . . . laziness will not do." (Dead Poets Society)

22/10/2013

How do you feel about this bit of advice?

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. All they do is show you've been to college.” (Kurt Vonnegut)