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Taking a Holiday Break

Winter Light

Stories Worth Reading This Week (Merry Holidays!)

Book Review: A Winter in New York

A Small Sparkly Shoe

What Every Bookworm Wants for Christmas

Book Review: Empire of AI

Just another day, shooting…

How to Read More Books Over the Holidays

Book Review: Onyx Storm

Hallmark-Christmas-Inspired Flash Fiction

Hot Take: We Shouldn’t Give Gifts During the Holidays

Book Review: Searches

Krampus: The Last Knock

Rage Bait

Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping

37 Author Quotes I Like

What to Gift the Writer in Your Life This Holiday Season … Or Whenever

Book Review: The Lies They Told

RE: The Urge to Delete Everything

Five Easy Ways to Keep Writing During the Holidays

Book Review: Writing Creativity and Soul

Snow: A Poem

Stressed? Keep writing.

Book Review: The Heartbreak Hotel

Black Friday Horror Story

What I'm Thankful For in 2025

Book Review: A Century of Tomorrows

How I Turn My Doomscrolling into Active Healing, and You Can Too

Daily Drafts & Dialogues is for those who believe in the power of storytelling.

RE: The Great Gatsby Halloween Party at Mar-a-Lago

Fighting a Hurricane

The Real Meaning of 67?

What if...?

Books I Read in October 2025

My Reflection: A Poem

What Scares Me Most

Hungry Hearts

What is poetry?

10 Birthday Reflections in 2025

Peace is always beautiful.

Valuable Lessons I Learned from Gilmore Girls

Ballroom Wreckage

See me, but do not look at me.

How to Be a Witch

Why I'm No Longer Giving Starred Reviews for Books Under Five Stars

One Major Benefit of Writing We Don’t Talk About Enough

Dead Whispers in the Wind

Book Review: House of Monstrous Women

Want to be a better writer? Consider your exercising routine.

Real-World Monsters

Book Review: No More Tears

RE: Banned Books Week

Book Review: The Pretender

As a writer, do you prefer certain seasons?

Starry Night

Book Review: A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Writers: Perfectionism is your worst enemy.

Fury, Impact, Strike

Book Review: Crazy Spooky Love

10 Music Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (Edition II)

Book Review: Gabriel’s Inferno

What Every Writer Can Learn from The Summer I Turned Pretty Series

Magic is:

Book Review: The Conditions of Will

Celebrate the writer you're becoming.

In the Rain

Book Review: Monstrilio

Early one morning...

Book Review: A Discovery of Witches

EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part IX)

Book Review: Atmosphere

What do you read, and why?

Rockstar Memories

Book Review: These Summer Storms

Influential Books (Part 2: Adolescence)

The Critic

Book Review: A Different Kind of Power

Never write unprepared. Do these things instead.

Fictions of the Villa

Book Review: Fever Beach

5 Major Benefits of Keeping a Daily Writing Routine

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (IX)

Book Review: The Haves and Have-Yachts

Dear First Love

Should you read for fun?

Book Review: Problematic Summer Romance

A Room of One’s Own

Writing in Color

Book Review: Lawless

"Didn't you hear?"

Writing as Exercise

Book Review: The Correspondent

Chemistry

Use the ‘Yes, and?’ Rule

Book Review: The Bright Years

The Invitation

Writers, does receiving praise for your work matter?

Book Review: The CIA Book Club

Detained

37 Author Quotes I Like

Book Review: InnSaei

Free Write: Hope

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part VIII)

Read everything slower.

The Education of Suffering: A Poem

Creative Writing Heals

Book Review: Mỹ Documents

Nothing good happens after midnight.

25 Quotes to Motivate You and Your Writing

Book Review: The Summer We Ran

Influential Books (Part 1: Childhood)

The Dreamer Dreams

Book Review: Artificial Wisdom

Alone

Book Review: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

What to Read if You're a Writer

Lotus Flower

Book Review: My Friends

Writing is a window to the soul.

Art is empathy.

The Activist

Two Simple Ways to Avoid Writer’s Block

The Billionaire

10 Music Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing

Book Review: The Phoenix Pencil Company

My Reflection: A Poem

What is poetry?

Broken Mirror

Write anyway.

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (VIII)

Book Review: The Favorites

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

Writing is a verb.

Space for Creation

No one writes like you.

Book Review: America, América

Headlines

When does Historical Fiction end and Contemporary Fiction begin?

Disorganized

Dregs of War

See me, but do not look at me.

Book Review: Black Butterflies

Midnight Swim

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part VII)

The Benefits of Free Writing

US Independence Day Reflections, Poems, and Book Recs

Book Review: Broken Country

Writers: Perfectionism is your worst enemy.

Top 6 Books of 2025 (So Far)

Free Write: A Day In My Life

A Small Collection of Poems

Poetize Your Life

Book Review: Creation Lake

The Parade

No TV June: Weeks 2-3 Update

Book Review: The Sirens' Call

Fury, Impact, Strike

5 Simple Ways to Read More

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (VII)

I want to ditch Meta. You too?

Juneteenth Recs and Resources

Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life

Missing Person

EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL

Book Review: Careless People

Bittersweet Victory

Free Write: Power

Outlines: Yay or Nay?

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part VI)

Book Review: The Memory Palace

No TV June: Week 1 Update

Book Review: Heartwood

What would a world without fear look like?

Pride Month Recs and Resources

Dear Younger Self

Book Review: This Book Will Bury Me

What is Literary Fiction?

The Witch Cave

Book Review: Red Scare

No TV in June Challenge

The Cons of Mood Reading

Buried Alive

What do you read, and why?

5 Photo Prompts to Kickstart Your Writing (VI)

Free Write: Memorial Day

First they came for...

Feedback Request

Book Review: Dead Money

The Merry-Go-Round

As a writer, do you prefer certain seasons?

Free Write: History

Don't Wait. Start Now.

WIP Excerpt for the Week

Read at Your Own Pace

The Protocol Cutout

Book Review: Stories are Weapons

The Bully's Note

Celebrate the writer you're becoming.

20 First Sentences to Kickstart Your Writing (Part V)

WIP Excerpt for Mother's Day

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