Spring and Summer are times for springing into action. For creating new things.

      Which is exactly what we do here at Literary Magic. Readers, take heart. You will find many new sections in this issue, all geared toward strengthening the mission of the magazine and meeting the needs of you, our readers.

      A new Book Reviews series begins this issue, as Literary Magic introduces its first review of books about Writing and publishing advice. Each issue will contain at least one review of a Writing guide, reference or handbook on improving the craft. Also reviewed is Fat Envelope Frenzy by Joie Jager-Hyman, which discusses the growing numbers of college applicants, conveying the information via five stories of five remarkable young students and their aim for the Ivy League colleges.

      This issue also marks the debut of our special section for serial fiction stories, as we continue with the latest chapters of both the series Shades Malone: Werewolf Hunter (Adventure\Fantasy) and Prairie Wells (Western). Check in at the Humor section for a fun read of the essay The Agony of Self-Defeat. Read literary essays on Milton and his Paradise Lost as well as The Famished Road.

      Featured as this issue's Writer Spotlight is FR Jameson, widely-read fiction writers and author of debut novel The Wannabes.

      Linguistics, etymology and grammar all promise good lessons. Read about a review of the differences in spelling and grammar between American English and British English in our linguistics essay Britishisms. Then get ready to dig up the roots of the words Logline and Awesome, and learn if the latter really is so awesome. Finish off your session in our grammar section, as the Totalitarian Grammarian offers a defense for Adverbs and why they should be used.

      Use this Spring and Summer as an opportunity to spring into action for yourself. If you want to do something, do it. Read that book. Write that novel. Stop procrastinating and start acting—literally. Turn thoughts and ideas real. 

                        Yours literally,

                              Rocky Reichman

                              Editor-in-Chief of Literary Magic magazine

                              www.LiteraryMagic.com

                              literarymagic@gmail.com  

Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Tell us what you think about this issue and Literary Magic. E-mail the Editor at literarymagic@gmail.com.