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All
  • All
  • Carl Douglass
  • Cil Gregoire
  • Evan Swensen
  • Mary Ann Poll
  • Mary Flint
  • Rebecca Wetzler
  • Rich Ritter
  • Robin Barefield
  • Steve Levi
  • T. Martin O'Neil
  • Valerie Winans
  • Victoria Hardesty
Carl Douglass

Writing Before You’re Ready

“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually …

Carl Douglass

The Life-Changing Decision

Garven’s only problem in school was that he had completed the eighth-grade material early, and his mother and teacher, Rachel, …

Evan Swensen

Facts Tell—Stories Sell

How Can I Use Storytelling in My Emails to Connect with Readers? After publishing for more than 40 years and …

Evan Swensen

One Word Is Enough

We had so much fun with bookkeeper last week—the word with six legs and three pairs of double letters—that we …

Evan Swensen

When No One Told the Story, She Wrote It Herself

“If there’s a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Toni …

Carl Douglass

HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY

Australian Aboriginal English There are several varieties of the English language used by Indigenous Australians. These varieties, which developed differently …

Evan Swensen

When to Knock: Timing and Trust in Author Emails

Writers often imagine their words as ripples—gentle, far-reaching, steady. But when it comes to email, many feel like they’re tossing …

Evan Swensen

The Word with Six Legs

There’s something quietly delightful about discovering trivia few know about—not life-changing, not earth-shaking, but just fun. The kind of thing …

Evan Swensen

When Words Leave Scars

Thank you. Based on your prompt and image content, here is your 700-word Medium story written in your voice and …

Carl Douglass

Still A Kid

Mr. Conrad’s worst day every year was Halloween when the local mischief makers seemed to feel it a duty, a …

Evan Swensen

Where Facts End and Story Begins

History does not whisper—it leaves fingerprints. For writers of historical fiction, the challenge is not just honoring those prints but …

Evan Swensen

Why Books Speak Louder Than Words

The average adult reads at a pace of about 200 to 250 words per minute. But we only speak at …

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