http://reflectionsedge.com a magazine for readers & writers Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:14:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reflection’s Edge tried to do with them, the examples below show some of our most interesting approaches[...]]]> http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/10/gimme-that-old-time-book-review-a-collection-of-re-favorites/ Reflection's Edge was intended to be for both readers and writers. We wanted to share what we knew and learn even more about how to improve our craft, and ideally, learn a little more about the world on the way. To be a really great nonfiction piece, it needed to accomplish two things: first, provide writers with useful information, and second, entertain everyone. It's hard to accomplish the two every time, but our favorites below managed both, and then[...]]]> http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/10/fascination-with-information-the-articles-that-made-us-better/ Reflection's Edge. It's the result of my having asked my staff to tell me about what it was like here at RE, with little or no direction from me on how they should frame their thoughts. Not everyone chose to write something, but those who did[...]]]> http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/10/post-mortem-inside-reflection%e2%80%99s-edge-how-we-built-ran-and-learned-from-reflections-edge/ Reflection's Edge, there were a few things we agreed to do. One of the most important was to leave a list of our favorite works: the "best of" collection we never got in print. In an act of questionable sanity, the Editor-in-Chief read through every story since the first publication, and followed this up with a request to all staff to name their favorites. What resulted is a highly biased but time-tested list; while many of these stories were features, some were pieces we just never stopped hearing about or found ourselves recommending over and over to new readers. If you haven't read these already, we're rather jealous and hope you will; and if you have seen them before, we're sure you'll enjoy[...]]]> http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/10/because-we-liked-it-a-heavily-biased-list-of-the-stories-that-stayed-with-us/ http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/09/troll-local-157/ http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/09/the-strange-disappearance-of-shelly-and-bobby-ray/ http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/09/the-peacock-and-the-raven/ http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2010/09/what-the-emperor-wants/