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  • 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
Evan Swensen

From Parlors to Parliament

“The pen is mightier than the sword.” When Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote those words in 1839, he wasn’t just dressing up …

Evan Swensen

The Door-Opening Bio: Why Every Writer Needs One

Writers don’t always struggle with words. But when it comes time to write a short author bio, most of them …

Evan Swensen

What Your Handwriting Knows That Your Keyboard Doesn’t

Here’s a fun fact hot off the press—literally within the last seven days. Researchers published a study in the Journal …

Evan Swensen

The Weight Behind the Words

“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” When F. Scott …

Carl Douglass

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

PART XIV Oceania: Australian English Australian English is relatively homogeneous and simplified when compared to British and American English. There is some regional …

Evan Swensen

No One Believes a World They Can’t Smell

Writers ask how to create a believable and immersive world, especially those working in fantasy or science fiction. They bring …

Evan Swensen

Lice and Letters: The World’s Oldest Sentence Will Surprise You

The World’s First Written Sentence Was About… Lice? Fun Trivia You Didn’t Know You Needed When someone says “ancient writing,” …

Evan Swensen

The Man Who Stood Alone and Changed the World

“The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.” — Henrik Ibsen There’s no flourish in that sentence. …

Carl Douglass

First Brush With A Doctor

Garven Carmichael and his two best friends, Lyle Durche, and Tadd Stricklin, shielded their eyes from the brilliant noonday sun …

Evan Swensen

What I Learned from One Last Cast

Writers wonder how to define their voice and build a lasting author brand. They want to know how to be …

Evan Swensen

Books from a Vending Machine

Some trivia is too good to keep to yourself. It’s the kind you carry around in your back pocket — …

Evan Swensen

Forged Greatness Before the Iron Was Hot

W.B. Yeats once said, “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” …

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