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Evan Swensen Most Authors Get It Wrong Online
In a world where stories unfold on the page and across screens, building an online presence is no longer optional …
Evan Swensen 500 Books and Counting
If there’s one name synonymous with prolific writing, it’s Isaac Asimov. Known as much for his inquisitive mind as for …
Evan Swensen The Price of Respectability
“Writers should never be too respectable; I think it may be their undoing.” Sherwood Anderson’s words cut straight to the …
Carl Douglass The Biblical Longevity Mystery
The dope peddling conman Sportin’ Life who lived on Catfish Row in 1930s Charleston, South Carolina, in Porgy and Bess …
Evan Swensen The Write Way: Demystifying the Publishing Process
What is the best way to get published? It’s a question that has fueled endless debates in writing circles, workshops, …
Evan Swensen Eyeballs and Swagger
Have you ever wondered how some of your favorite words came to exist? Take a moment to appreciate the imaginative …
Evan Swensen The Therapeutic Power of Words
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can …
Carl Douglass HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
How to speak British, course 204 Hiberno/Irish/Anglo-English accent: Irish English has four or five main dialects or accents: Ulster, West …
Evan Swensen Overcoming Writer’s Block with Purpose
Writer’s block. It’s a phrase so universally recognized that even non-writers nod in sympathy at its mention. Yet, for those …
Evan Swensen The Secret Language of Scribes
Imagine living in a time when every letter, word, and sentence you wrote had to fit onto a finite piece …
Evan Swensen Writing Beyond Intent
“The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant …
Evan Swensen From Blank Page to Bold Start
How do you start writing a novel? This question has haunted aspiring writers for centuries, and rightly so. The first …