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Should we rate books amidst review bombing?

At the Breakfast Table

Why You Should Write as the World Burns

And then he provided...

Book Review: The Dream Hotel

Peace and Genocide

Nothing good happens after midnight.

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (V)

The Breath of Dreams

Journals and Lies

An Eclipse: A Poem

7 Ways to Get Out of a Reading Slump

Headlines

Notes on Poetry

A Small Collection of Poems

Book Review: Murder the Truth

What does your TBR book stack say about you?

Should I write for you or me?

A New Craving

Should novels go beyond mere entertainment?

The Rose Bush

Book Reviews from the First Quarter of 2025

Own All Your Writing Identities

Dawn: A Poem

Book Review: Hungerstone

Free Write: Peace

What is 'good' writing?

What You Should and Should Not Care About as a Writer

The Clown

Keep Honoring National Library Week

After the lights went out...

Write anyway.

The Dried Rose

Book Review: The Ancients

A Moment of Bold Action

Read everything slower.

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (IV)

Notes on Mood-Based Writing

Writing Inspired by Ancient Codices

Natural Disconnect: A Poem

Book Review: This Cursed House

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part IV)

Notes on the Fantasy Genre

My Dream Bookstore

Book Review: Red Thread of Fate

The Artist

It’s time to write about the future you want.

Free Write: Libraries

Book Review: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Broken Mirror

DEFEND YOUR LIBRARY TODAY

Book Review: The Sentence

Wait. It's just writing research.

A tortured artist is a myth. No?

Liberty: A Poem

What to Read if You're a Writer

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (III)

Writing is a window to the soul.

A Stroll in the Woods

Book Review: Everything Must Go

A Memory: A Poem

Truthful Fiction

Writer in the Psych Ward

10 Positive Side Effects of Reading Every Day

Survival: A Poem

Book Review: The Reformatory

Space for Creation

Take better breaks to write better.

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part III)

Free Write: DEI

RE: Black History Month

POV Switch

Book Review: Anxious People

Two Simple Ways to Avoid Writer’s Block

A Room of One’s Own

Book Review: What in Me Is Dark

What makes a writer a writer?

I’m in love with an alleged felon.

POV: Deciding Between First and Third Person

Writing: A Poem

Book Review: Death of the Author

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (II)

RE: Presidents’ Day 2025

The Billionaire

Book Review: Entitlement

14 Ways Bookworms Can Celebrate Valentine's Day

Motion: A Poem

Book Review: The Cure for Women

Concrete

About Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show…

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part II)

Writing is a verb.

Déjà Vu

There is no such thing as ‘bad writing’.

Book Review: Beautyland

Free Write: The Butterfly Effect

The Benefits of Allowing Yourself to Write Badly

Book Review: The Hacienda

Obituary

Why are we obsessed with true crime?

Book Review: Yellowface

Fortitude: A Poem

Why you should write with ellipses…

When she walked into the lobby…

Book Review: The Third Gilmore Girl

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing

Book Review: Trial by Ambush

Why not?

How long should a book review be?

Free Write: Evil

Immortal Words of MLK Jr.

Patriarchy Past Midnight

Do you struggle with adverbs too?

Corner Booth

Book Review: What It's Like in Words

The Piratical Professor

Writers: Join Us in Subscriber Chat Threads

The Liar

The Power of Language and Literacy in Wicked

Yeah, I'm Already Ditching My 2025 TBR Plan

To Admit the Truth

Do you know about Solutions Journalism Network?

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing

Book Review: Stranger Than Fiction

Free Write: Art

Is art only for the broken?

A New Beginning

Six Ways to Read More to Write More

Writing in Color

Focus on Habits Instead of Resolutions in 2025