ABSTRACT
Good writing takes a lot of work. It takes strong communication skills and motivation to use them. It takes creative energy and effort.
Rosebud is a small literary magazine published out of Cambridge, WI, not far from Madison. It promotes itself as “the magazine for people who enjoy good writing.” Available in bookstores around the United States, Canada, and Great Britain or by subscription, Rosebud publishes fiction such as short stories, essays, and poetry. Some readers have said it has the flavor of The New Yorker or the once-great former Collier’s magazine. Its editor, Roderick Clark, strives to maintain quality creative writing in the publication:
Looking out at the market I find that the courageous little magazines who struggle to keep the fresh and independent spirit of American literature alive find themselves constantly at the brink of exhaustion and bankruptcy, while university publications publish work that is arch, bloodless, contrived, and often-simply bad.
