For today’s prompt, write a heart poem. Getting to the heart of this prompt should be easy enough to do. Some folks wear their hearts on their sleeves, or they heart the things and people they love, or they show a lot of heart in spirited...
For the last two decades, we’ve scoured the web for sites to include in our annual roundup of the 101 Best Websites for Writers, a comprehensive collection of online resources for writers which you can find in full in the May/June 2018 is...
This article is part of a series called Successful Queries. It features actual query letter examples to literary agents that were successful for authors. In addition to the successful query letter, you’ll also see the thoughts from the w...
At the age of 21, I published a book. How many people can say that? As it turns out, more people than ever. Self-publishing is more accessible than ever. If you can hire a freelance editor, learn how to typeset in Adobe InDesign, and sign ...
Dave, I think this is risky on the face of it, but the problems go deeper than what you are explaining. When including Peter Tobin in your work, are you assigning him certain nefarious actions, or are you just “including” ...
Writers: There is a a good chance you don’t need an author blog. Static author websites are great, and you’d be crazy not to have one. But starting an author blog is a different (and often tragic) story. In fact, your author blog might...
You landed the interview, you prepared for it, you nailed it. Congratulations! Time to sit back and wait for the hiring manager to email you, right? Wrong. By not following up on your interview, you risk being forgotten by the overwhelmed p...
Do you love food? I mean, do you really love food? Enough to go down the rabbit hole and watch back-to-back overhead flat lay cooking videos on Facebook? For hours on end? You know the ones I’m talking about … the ones with the beautif...
For today’s prompt, write a comprehensive poem. To tell you the truth, the first thing I think when I hear the word “comprehensive” is insurance, but there are any number of ways to get fully comprehensive–from a comprehensive love,...
@8Bit Bob I know I’m a little late to the party here, but I saw your comment, and I want to respectfully share my opinion and argument on this subject. I actually have to agree more with @OB1 on this, although I don’t really disagree wi...