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  • Carl Douglass
  • Cil Gregoire
  • Evan Swensen
  • Mary Ann Poll
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  • Rebecca Wetzler
  • Rich Ritter
  • Robin Barefield
  • Steve Levi
  • T. Martin O'Neil
  • Valerie Winans
  • Victoria Hardesty
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 …

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 …

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