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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.” …