Articles
Articles
- 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
- 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 Surprising Secrets of Library Books
I love the smell of a library book. The musty paper, the ink softened by time, even the faint whiff …
Evan Swensen Why Writers Must Learn to Throw Their Words Away
“The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend.” With this simple truth, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize winner and master storyteller, …
Evan Swensen If You Confuse, You Lose A Publisher’s Perspective on Author Sites
The first time I heard Donald Miller say, “If you confuse, you lose,” it stopped me. I’ve spent decades working …
Evan Swensen Meet the World’s First Author: A High Priestess from 2300 BC
When I tell people the world’s earliest known author was a woman, I usually get raised eyebrows. The fact often …
Evan Swensen From Sickness to Clarity
“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.” George Orwell spoke these …
Evan Swensen Why Most Books Fail Before They’re Finished
I’ve been around writers long enough to recognize the same quiet frustration settling across their faces when we talk about …
Evan Swensen How Salt Seasoned Our Words
I keep a saltshaker on my table, like most people. It’s ordinary, nothing special. Yet hidden in those small grains …
Evan Swensen Power in Doing and Writing Well
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Those words from Benjamin Franklin still carry weight, not because …
Carl Douglass HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
PART XVI Oceania, continued: New Zealand: How to speak British beyond England (continued), course 308 Norfolk and Pitcairn Island dialects …
Evan Swensen AI Shift Shaking Publishing — and What Smart Authors Do Next
The rules for being discovered are changing, and not in the authors’ favor. For years, writers leaned on the quiet, …
Evan Swensen The Brew They Tried to Ban
If you’ve ever cradled a warm mug in the morning and felt civilization start to make sense, you might be …
Evan Swensen Why Giving Your All Matters More Than You Think
“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well.” These words …