About Me pages fill some fiction writers with dread. And yet, a good About Me page is essential to connecting with readers, winning new fans, and even impressing agents, editors, and publishers. The problem is, many of us are
By Dawne DuCarpe Knowing how to use ellipses properly takes a bit of effort. Before we move ahead, please keep in mind that different style manuals give different recommendations for how to use ellipses! Haven’t we found that this
Imagine a place where you could easily improve your writing by publishing 30, 40 or 50 blog posts a day. In this place, you’d automatically receive individual feedback for each blog post on whether it touched base with your
There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain, give or take a few million. Our next closest competitors in the animal kingdom are gorillas, who have around 33 billion, and then elephants with a far more generous
Writing and publishing your book means facing the harsh reality of being a writer: Your work isn’t for everyone. There will be people who love you and are over-the-top enthusiastic about your book. Then there will be the haters,
Here's the concluding part of this very praticable handwriting masterclass Read the previous 13 Days of our 30-day journey to mastering the perfect handwriting here. Day 14: Reconsider Your Use of Loops This is the day when you’re really
Handwriting is something that’s all too tempting to fall by the wayside today, as more people are obsessed with the digital. Whether it’s the stylus on their tablets or YouTube videos, folks seem to make less time for old-school
There is one week left to enter for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The deadline for submission for the 2019 prize is November 1, 2018. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short fiction
A lot of people think they can write or paint or draw or sing or make movies or what-have-you, but having an artistic temperament does not make one an artist. Even the great writers of our time have tried
By Ejedegba Samuel There are some clichés that go with being a successful writer. A Chimamanda Adiche, for instance, might tell you that hard work and perseverance are prerequisites to becoming successful. But there are so many talented hard
