Glassworks Magazine

We're setting goals this , to stay accountable to our craft! Share your Summer writing goals in the comments!

This week's is a recommendation from Associate Editor Erin Roca: "Can an heiress’s wealth be 'exposed'?" by Katie Gatti Tassin (aka Money with Katie). Tassin's combined experience with nonfiction narrative and finances gives her a unique perspective into the discourse surrounding the recent , Strangers by Belle Burden, who has been accused of exaggerating her inherited wealth in order to sell a specific post-divorce pain narrative. Tassin offers a much more nuanced, fair, and well-researched take into these accusations. https://substack.com/home/post/p-201363319

Can an heiress’s wealth be “exposed”? A much deeper dive than anyone wanted or asked for on Belle Burden's "Strangers," trust and estate law, and the Rorschach test of public opinion.

Some critics find Bridge books in trilogies controversial. Fiction Editor Gianna Vanore celebrates the bridge book as a necessary tool for rich plot and deep character arc development in her op-ed "Trilogies are Essential (and Not Just for Profit)".

"Plot is never just A to Z—boom, bam, done. The letters between are essential to carry the story, to make us care about the characters, their relationships, the in-between steps they take to get back to the main plot. The bridge book contains the middle letters."

Read this op-ed on our website at https://www.rowanglassworks.org/opinion/trilogies-are-essential-and-not-just-for-profit

Happy Pride Month from ! We love our LGBTQ+ contributors and would love for you to go check out their works on our website 🏳️‍🌈

https://www.rowanglassworks.org/

Summer is upon us this ! We invite you to start thinking about the inspiration of the summer and have some tips to keep you writing!

Happy Memorial Day from ! We hope you enjoy your day ☀️

presents "Moolan" by KT Amrine, a uniquely structured tale of harrowing abuse.

''This is how I destroy her laziness. This is how I conquer her softness. 'You’ve got thirty seconds.' My hands tighten on the scissors."

Read the full essay on our website! 🔗 https://www.rowanglassworks.org/flash-glass-2026/moolan-by-kt-amrine

For today’s , Associate Editor Adam Buckley shares a Substack article by Lincoln Michel that explores how reading, or lack thereof, affects prose.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-188802028

What Not Reading Does to Your Writing More thoughts on "TV brain prose" and why reading is, yes, useful for your writing.