Emergency room physician: Why are you taking this med? Patient: because the doctor prescribed it.
Author: vrflash
Mark Budman is a first-generation immigrant. An engineer by training, he currently works as a medical interpreter. His fiction has appeared in Catapult, Witness, World Literature Today, Mississippi Review, The London Magazine (UK), McSweeney’s, Painted Bride Quarterly, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel “My Life at First Try,” published by Counterpoint, and co-editor of immigration-themed anthologies published by Ooligan Press, Persea, and the University of Chester (UK). One of his short story collections from Livingstone Press received a starred review at Kirkus and another is currently a finalist of Forward Indies 2022 Award.
How to write well
Turn letters into words, words into sentences, and sentences into wonders.
Pulling your leg
Caution: if you pull my leg and I pull yours, both of us won’t be…
Never give up
I don’t give up submitting to the same #litmag, even after a dozen rejections. I…
Five reasons for rejections
You’re not a Real Writer until the day you realize that a rejection doesn’t mean…
The second to last prounun
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Mark’s rules of writing
Add layers. The more you have, the better. Don’t worry if some readers would miss…
Always
When I see the word “always” in the question, e.g. “is writing always fun?” I…