Dear readers and authors,
The July 2019 issue of the Scarlet Leaf Review is live. Finally! I know you have been waiting for it and wondering when I would do it. Well, I have just done it. This issue features a lot of authors, and some of them with several pieces. I do hope that you will love it. The review has seen a 66% increase in readership, which means it has had 349,576 visits between July 1st and today. That means that we reached 4,202,247 hits since the beginning. I can’t believe that we are over 4 million hits already. I am very grateful that you have decided to publish with us. Without your constant collaboration, this review would have never grown so much. Thank you, dear authors, and thank you, dear readers. This magazine belongs to you as much as to us. By the way, in a few days, the Scarlet Leaf Bookshop will be live. Well, it is even now, but we still have to run some more tests and add a few more books. I will announce its opening on Facebook, Twitter, and the Home page of the review. Don’t forget, if you move your mouse over July 2019, you find the drop-down menu, which shows poems, short stories, and nonfiction. If you want to read the work of a specific author, click on the author’s name, on the right hand of the page under categories. I know I always say so, but you should take your time and read them all! They are worth the trouble. Thank you again, Roxana Nastase Editor in Chief
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Dear readers and authors,
The June 2019 issue of the Scarlet Leaf Review is live. The good news is that I succeeded in publishing it one day earlier than I hoped. The bad news is that while correcting the categories – because of course Weebly took care of messing them, I might have deleted a post, and I can’t find out which one. If any of the authors discover that their story is not there, please, write to me at once. This issue features a lot of authors, and that is why I couldn’t finish before now. I am proud of it, although not very satisfied with the delay. Unfortunately, authors seem to be a stubborn race, and they never follow the guidelines. I was thinking of repeating them here, but what’s the point? The review had 210,588 between June 1st and July 1st. That means we reached 3,852,671 hits since the beginning…. I can’t believe it. There are days when I feel like I couldn’t go on with the work on the review, but then I think of everything we have accomplished and all the hard work that has gone into it – authors’ work, I mean, and I cannot do anything but continue. I am proud of this review, which has grown more and more, but mostly, I am proud of you, dear authors, because you brought such readership. I will never be able to thank all the visitors and readers of our literary review enough. It’s been three and a half interesting years, and it seems will continue to be so. Don’t forget, if you move your mouse over June 2019, you find the drop-down menu, which shows poems, short stories, and nonfiction. If you want to read the work of a specific author, click on the author’s name, on the right hand of the page under categories. I know I always say so, but you should take your time and read them all! They are worth the trouble. Thank you again, Roxana Nastase Editor in Chief Dear readers and authors,
The May issue of the Scarlet Leaf Review is live, and only one hour and a half later than it was scheduled. Considering our late history, this is a record. Now, as I have already been working for over 18 hours, and I am so tired that I barely keep my eyes open, I will be very brief. 1. I won't complain about no replies to email and bios longer than the story, for instance. I have complained too much lately - and I am not talking only about the review. I don't like myself when I am complaining so... Let's just stop. 2. We had 132,649 hits during the last 30 days, which is quite good, I think. We have reached 3,642,083 hits per total, since the beginning. I am grateful to the authors who chose to publish with us and brought such readership. 3. If you see a huge photo, I apologize. Weebly likes to change things on me. You should see the categories, before I tackle them... 4. If I skipped the name of someone in the categories, I apologize again. Just let me know. I will fix it within 48 hours. I don't think I wanted to say something more. Ah, not to forget. If you move your mouse over MAY, you find the drop-down menu, which shows poems, short stories, and nonfiction. If you want to read the work of a specific author, click on the author’s name, on the right hand of the page under categories. However, you should take your time and read them all! You won’t be sorry. Thank you again, Roxana Nastase Editor in Chief Dear readers and authors,
The March-April issue of the Scarlet Leaf Review is finally live. I am pretty sure that at least some of you have been waiting for it. However, I hope it will not disappoint. You will need a lot of time to read all the published works, but you should do it. You won’t regret it. There are still authors that don’t reply to my emails, and unfortunately, those cannot be published. I also love it to receive biographies narrating the entire life of an author, while all I am asking for is a brief third-person bio. I am learning not to complain anymore. For the last 60 days, we have had as much as 251697 hits, which mean 3,509434 hits since January 15th 2016. Not bad, I would say. . As always, I am grateful to the authors who chose to publish with us and brought such readership. Don’t forget, if you move your mouse over MAR-APR 2019, you find the drop-down menu: poems, short stories, and nonfiction. If you want to go to the work of a specific author, click on the author’s name, on the right hand of the page under categories. You should take your time and read them all! You won’t be sorry. Thank you again, Roxana Nastase Editor in Chief Dear readers and authors,
The February issue of the Scarlet Leaf Review is live in spite of a stubborn flu, which has been very trying for the last few days. This issue features fewer authors, and I hope that this fact will not be a disappointment. However, as the last few months tired me a lot, I chose not to feature too many at this time. Still, I am sure all the pieces present interest and will nicely make up for the small number of submissions accepted for February. As mentioned before, there are quite a large number of authors who don’t answer to my emails, and that also had the unfortunate result of offering you a poorer issue than what Scarlet Leaf offered you in the past. For the last 30 days, we have had as much as 137,604 hits, which raise the bar to 3,257,738 hits since the beginning. I am grateful to the authors who chose to publish with us and brought such readership. Don’t forget, if you move your mouse over FEB 2019, you find the drop-down menu, which shows poems, short stories, and nonfiction. If you want to read the work of a specific author, click on the author’s name, on the right hand of the page under categories. You should take your time and read them all! You won’t be sorry. Thank you again, Roxana Nastase Editor in Chief Dear readers and authors,
The January 2019 issue of the Scarlet Leaf Review is live. It is later than it should have been, but I suppose you have already got used to that by now. With a full time job, family responsibilities, some health issues and a lot of tiredness, that is bound to happen. I am pretty sure that I have already mentioned that authors represent a stubborn race. I still have to do detective work to find approval emails, and very few of them do read the submission guidelines. Well… one gets used to that in the end. The review has had 166,870 hits between January 9th and now, so we have had 3,287,004 hits since the beginning…. I am very proud of this small literary review, and of course, I am proud of you, dear authors, because you bring the readership. Don’t forget, if you move your mouse over Jan 2019, you find the drop-down menu, which shows poems, short stories, and nonfiction. If you want to read the work of a specific author, click on the author’s name, on the right hand of the page under categories. You should take your time and read everything! All the works submitted are worth the trouble. By the way, within a week, the print will be out as well (hopefully!!!) Thank you again, Roxana Nastase Editor in Chief Some say time erases everything. Still, I think that time might erase thoughts or feelings, and events may be swallowed in the darkness of history. Nonetheless, some things never disappear. They stay alive in people’s minds for centuries. No doubt, people can defeat time, or at least, their work can. Born at the end of the 19th century, Mihai Eminescu’s memory and words are still vivid in the 21st century, and I do not think that they will disappear soon. A romantic, the poet colored a literary epoch and inflamed imaginations and romance bloomed with his rhymes. Patriotism may be dormant now, but it still flickers at the tempo of his social and patriotic poems, which bring the sound of drums and marching armies before one’s eyes. Stars have shone in the gaze of several generations, and their hearts have beaten in the tempo of Eminescu’s love verses. The poet’s talent crosses epochs, and his poetry still remains meaningful for coming generations. A poet, a philosopher, a romantic and a social commenter, Mihai Eminescu still remains the most accomplished Romanian poet, and at the same time, a valuable star of the universal literature. In the poet’s memory, whose anniversary is today, let’s read one of his romantic poems: ![]() Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku] (listen); born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918).[2] His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when he was 19. The poet's manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescuas a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902.[3] Notable works include Luceafărul (The Vesper/The Evening Star/The Lucifer/The Daystar), Odă în metru antic (Ode in Ancient Meter), and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects. (source of the bio: Wikipedia) “no copyright infringement is intended for the photo” In the poet’s memory, whose anniversary is today, let’s read one of his romantic poems: Down Where The Lonely Poplars Grow |
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