Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn Blog! I wrapped up my teaching engagements (though I gained another one in May - more on that in our next post), and that means that we're back to the blog. Over the past few weeks I've been teaching high school students across the country about the beauty of storycraft, using Beauty and the Beast as one of my core texts. And now that I've seen the movie three times (and the 1991 cartoon myriad times), I'm excited to start sharing some of

Hey Reader! We hope that you are making progress on your short stories (down to the last few days of the #ZuJuWriMo!), and we look forward to seeing your work! We've already received a few submissions, and we've enjoyed what we've read so far. Just this morning we came across a great resource for writers. David Farland is a fantasy writer, and he has a wonderful section on his website that is specifically for writers. In his most recent post (as of this writing), David talks

Hey Reader! On behalf of the team at Zurn Central, I am pleased to announce the first ever Zurn July Writers Month (or #ZuJuWriMo), running from July 1 - July 31, 2016! Some of you are probably familiar with NaNoWriMo, the National November Writers Month, where people across the country write stories and submit them, potentially for publication. The ZuJuWriMo is kind of like that...only, not really. The formal announcement graphic will be on our Facebook Page later this week,