Category: On Writing
Overcoming Writer’s Block: Anne Abel
As part of a midlife career shift, I got an MFA in creative nonfiction and began working as a freelance writer. No matter what assignment an editor gave me, I could do it. Whether it required copious research or endless interviews, I did what was needed to send it in, meeting the word count and […]
On Writing Oceansong by C.W. Rose
When I think about what inspired me to write Oceansong, the first thing that comes to mind is my love for the sea and all of her mysteries. After all, the sea is the least explored place on Earth. This fascination began when I saw Disney’s The Little Mermaid for the first time, and later, […]
How Celtic Ancestry Freed My Writing Voice
By L.A. McMurray Three days after my father’s passing, I received a comforting message that my dad was, and always will be, with me. Surprisingly, it was delivered by a hot-headed Irishman driving a Ford Mustang in a murder mystery movie from 1968. Luck of the Irish? Indeed. To begin with, my birthdate coincides with […]
NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR CAREER: Why Failure is Good, the Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths : EXCERPT
Erika Ayers Badan is a self-described career “nerd” who loves to work, and it shows. Badan was called a “token CEO” in the media—in reality, she is anything but: after marketing jobs at blue-chip companies like Microsoft and AOL, she became the first CEO of Barstool Sports, transforming a rough-and-tumble sports-and-betting brand and turning it […]
TRANSFORMATION IS POSSIBLE: FROM UNSOLD MEMOIR TO A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL CHAPBOOKS
In June, I turned up at a friend’s house with a box of books from my publisher and a bag of props. We didn’t have a plan for my “unboxing video”, but we had three hours and a color story—hot pink, yellow, and black to match the covers. Improvising, we rushed through the house, trailed […]
Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh by Reenita Hora: Excerpt
Reenita Hora is the unrivaled ‘Nora Ephron’ of South Asian storytelling, spinning yarns as eclectic as Mumbai’s iconic ‘Bhel Puri’ – a tantalizing concoction of flavors with an occasional bug for that extra crunch! Her stories star a motley crew of characters caught in the whirlwind of gloriously imperfect scenarios, all while stubbornly refusing to […]
Aleighsha Parke: On Writing
I first fell in love with storytelling when I was in elementary school. Reading and books were a big part of my childhood, and I always looked forward to creative writing assignments in school. But I never thought about trying to write my own stories until high school. It was a natural progression—I read hundreds […]
YOU HAVE PERMISSION by Lindsey Pogue
By Lindsey Pogue, The Dauntless Author creator and Sci-Fi/Fantasy author I’ve been writing for over a decade, and in that time, I’ve discovered that many of my readers are also writers, or rather, want to be writers and published authors, but they are overwhelmed and afraid. It makes sense, right? People who read fiction want […]
On Writing Memento Mori by Eunice Hong
Memento Mori revolves around different interpretations of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, as told by a Korean woman to her younger brother. In its simplest and most well-known form, the story goes something like this: On her wedding day, Eurydice dies of a snakebite. Grief-stricken Orpheus, newly wedded and widowed, descends to the underworld […]
On Writing The Aftertime
I despise it when my own logic is used against me. I especially detest it when the person using my words to prove their point is one of my children. That’s how I started on this road to getting my book published. I was preaching to my youngest son, Atticus, about how he should travel […]
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