Murray encourages women, including her daughter, to be intellectual beings in Desultory Thoughts She believes that society views them solely as beautiful things and that they are raised to act and behave this way because it is too common with parents to expatiate in their hearing,, upon all the foibles of their children, and let their virtue pass, in appearance,Еimplant in their little minds the, undue conceptions of their own importance. Those who have the care of a beautiful female. She says that due to this these daughters who of course become young woman grow up to think her place is in the home and her one goal on life is to find a suitable husband using her attractive image. It begins with a poem which I found to be an important attribute. The poem revolves around the idea that women fall into the stereotypes society places on them without even knowing it. They abandon their dreams and hopes because that is what they are suppose to do. I also thought the poem added a feminine touch, since as we have seen throughout other readings, poetry is deeply connected to women.

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We may be a young Journal, but we can still smell a draft when we see one. Whether you’ve been published before or not, please send in your best stuff. Read it and reread. Put it aside. Read it again. The best way to improve your writing is by reading your stories and poetry out loud so that your ears get a shot at catching those pesky sentences that don’t quite fit.

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Every year hundreds of literary journals launch. Sadly, 85% of those will fail in the first year. Within 2 years, only 5% survive. Although we approach our fourth year, The Writers Post Journal is not immune.

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If you have made it to this page, you are here because you, me, and million others all have a common bond.

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The Writers Post Journal is Pittsburgh based small literary magazine. It is one of very few like it out there. The WPJ offer a wide variety each issue. From short stories, to non-fiction, poetry, and outstanding art.

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The people who explored or had life-altering experiences in the New World were the informative writers of colonial times. Most of the books were a product of remarkable experiences by gifted individuals who felt the need to share with other people. Some of these said writers were; Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Pedro de Castaneda, John Smith, William Bradford, and Mary Rowlandson. De Vaca, Castaneda and Smith were the professional explorers in this group and Bradford and Rowlandson were settlers. Each had something different to write about, but still related to one another in very significant ways.

Many writers of the day wrote about the opportunistic land to inform their reader and perhaps to encourage them to settle in the New World. Others, like de Vaca weren’t blessed with a wonderful experience to write about. When de Vaca arrived to the New World in the 1530, he wandered around in Texas for eight years before traveling home again. The journey was very tough. Out of three hundred men, only three, including de Vaca survived.

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