New
New
Articles
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 …