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“I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” ~ Groucho Marx It’s the final weekend of the month, and it’s time for the One Day Prompt. All you need…| Weekly Prompts
A reader who wishes to be credited as Black has used the miracle of AI to bring us the sound of our favorite Indie bands. He stresses that these are NOT for public consumption — clubhouse use only, please. First up, the first “hit” (insofar as Indie has hits) from Exploding Vagina Candle, their debut … Continue reading "The NBC Soundtrack"| Founding Questions
As always, thanks to everyone for your diligent striving to increase quality outputs. Silly Norks — those guys would happily leave you alone! Aim about a thousand miles east. Unless it really does say “DEI” on the rocket, in which case… yeah, Kim, I feel you. That’s about how it goes. L. Beau Macaroni has … Continue reading "Friday Mailbag"| Founding Questions
Reminder: Tomorrow is mail call, so please send ’em if ya got ’em. Only appropriate, I think, as the bombs will drop 52 years from today. We should probably go with an off-year, as election crap would’ve been most of the posts around this time last year. Let’s see… how about all the way back … Continue reading "Tales From the Vault"| Founding Questions
“There’s so much grey to every story – nothing is so black and white.”– Lisa Ling. The end of the month marks our monthly Colour Challenge, and for November, the choice is GREY (Gray if in North America), last used by us exactly a year ago. As always, our challenge is as flexible as you’d... Continue Reading →| Weekly Prompts
“I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” ~ Groucho Marx It’s the final weekend of the month, and it’s time for the One Day Prompt. All you need…| Weekly Prompts
I’ve spent years writing about the intersection of technology, culture, and policy. When concepts like megawatt and megabyte are reshaping the very places we live, I’m finding that work increasingly relevant. It is one thing to write an essay here or a newsletter there. Given the potential harms, utilizing adding additional forms, like narrative, seems warranted. The Biggest Little Bill is part tech satire, part civic noir. It’s a reminder that accountability doesn’t just live in boar...| Matthew Reinbold
I’ve spent years writing about the intersection of technology, culture, and policy. When concepts like megawatt and megabyte are reshaping the very places we live, I’m finding that work increasingly relevant. It is one thing to write an essay here or a newsletter there. Given the potential harms, utilizing adding additional forms, like narrative, seems warranted. The Biggest Little Bill is part tech satire, part civic noir. It’s a reminder that accountability doesn’t just live in boar...| Matthew Reinbold
I’ve spent years writing about the intersection of technology, culture, and policy. When concepts like megawatt and megabyte are reshaping the very places we live, I’m finding that work increasingly relevant. It is one thing to write an essay here or a newsletter there. Given the potential harms, utilizing adding additional forms, like narrative, seems warranted. The Biggest Little Bill is part tech satire, part civic noir. It’s a reminder that accountability doesn’t just live in boar...| Matthew Reinbold
I’ve spent years writing about the intersection of technology, culture, and policy. When concepts like megawatt and megabyte are reshaping the very places we live, I’m finding that work increasingly relevant. It is one thing to write an essay here or a newsletter there. Given the potential harms, utilizing adding additional forms, like narrative, seems warranted. The Biggest Little Bill is part tech satire, part civic noir. It’s a reminder that accountability doesn’t just live in boar...| Matthew Reinbold
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To end 2025, we invite you to share your story in our first-ever ‘This I Believe’-style autism edition essay contest! The 1st prize winner will be published on our website.| Embrace Autism
Wasps are nesting in the roof. Buzzing and whirring and stirring like the cogs in my brain. Refusing to switch off. I lie here night after night, calling out to the dark. Begging for silence… More| the orang-utan librarian
Michael R. Drew teaches us how to write books that build credibility, serve your audience, and generate lasting business impact, far beyond bestseller lists. The post Episode 761: The Truth About Bestsellers And How To Write a Book That Matters With Michael Drew appeared first on Eat Blog Talk.| Eat Blog Talk
When I first read Dr. Stein’s post and scanned all the questions he laid out for us, I thought about how great of an exercise answering them would be. One question, in particular, caught my attention right away—one that invited deep personal reflection. That question was: What have you learned about life that you didn’t … Continue reading The Questions We Don’t Ask — And Why They Matter, Part 12→| Thoughts about leadership, history, and more
I have been debating for a few days now whether to write a reflection on a recent loss in our family. I was thinking about just writing it in my journal, but then I thought that putting my thoughts…| Thoughts about leadership, history, and more
Just when you thought it was safe to check your inbox, I’m back. And I’m so grateful for your kind and supportive words regarding my one-week-plus blogging breather! What it was about: I cryptically alluded to a “project” without indicating … Continue reading → The post I Found a Monster in Maine! first appeared on Mitch Teemley.| Mitch Teemley
Continuing the 13 Days of Samhain challenge from Sammi Cox’s blog. Day of Reckoning Scared animals ran over mewhile unripe fruit rained down.But Moby crept inside my shirtas I lay on the ground.Then, suddenly, the storm clouds cleared.Spectres and demons fled.The hag shrieked, when she turned to see her black cat lying dead.Fear in her … Continue reading 13 Days of Samhain – day 13| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
A nonet. Through my window, evening shadows play.Winds stirring branches ebb and flow.I’ve not thought of you all day.Now you are a shadowI can’t keep at bay.Haunting sorrow;shades of grey.Don’t go…Stay. A heartfelt nonet for the spooky season.| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Continuing the 13 Days of Samhain challenge from Sammi Cox’s blog. Wild Hunt I let out all the animals,among them, Moby mouse.That must have been a different rodentburned behind her house.I vowed then to protect my friendand all his fellow victims.I’d foil the witch and save the dayor cross that river with him.The witch awoke, … Continue reading 13 Days of Samhain – day 12| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Continuing the 13 Days of Samhain challenge from Sammi Cox’s blog. Bewitched Back home, the witch, exhausted, slept.The cat basked in the sun.If only I could kill the cat,I would be free to run.Dispatch the magic cat, and then the spell must surely lift.I knew I couldn’t do it, though,even if not bewitched.I saw the … Continue reading 13 Days of Samhain – day 11| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Esther Chilton’s Wednesday writing prompt this week is Edge Over the Top? It’s been an edgy sort of weekbefore the festive seasons switch.Will you be garbed as ghoul or ghost?spook or werewolf? warlock? witch?With treats and sweets and celebrationour revels honour evil’s cusp.Its banishment on All Saints Day,is generally ignored by us.Soon enough, anticipationbuilds to … Continue reading Edging towards Christmas| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Continuing the 13 Days of Samhain challenge from Sammi Cox’s blog. Forewarned is Forearmed The witch called out. She’d found a grave –a child of tender years.Would she ask me to dig her up?I’d take all night, I feared.But no, she muttered arcane wordsThe ground moved, fell aside.And rising from the open grave,the little girl … Continue reading 13 Days of Samhain – day 10| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Continuing the 13 Days of Samhain challenge from Sammi Cox’s blog. Dead Right or Dead Wrong? Bewitched, I followed past each gravewith no will of my own.To left and right, she searched,interrogating each gravestone.“These graves are too old.Bodies in their coffins will have rotted.Now bodies get cremated,there are fewer graves.I’ve got it!We’ll take a graveyard … Continue reading 13 Days of Samhain – day 9| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
I spotted these on my forest walk How public-spirited, I thought. To carve these pumpkins so carefully and leave them for passers-by to enjoy. 🙂 (Or for forest animals to eat, but… fair enough. They’re organic; they’ll decompose.) (In case that’s too small to read, it’s a box for a pumpkin carving kit.) Words fail … Continue reading Nice idea… but| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Continuing the 13 Days of Samhain challenge from Sammi Cox’s blog. Grave Sin The witch continued witteringas if the creatures cared.I didn’t move a muscle.She might hear me if I dared.“My Mog is special. If I want her understanding saved,I’ll need a human brain, and heart toofrom a recent grave.That eavesdropper will helpwho’s listening outside … Continue reading 13 Days of Samhain – day 8| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
Continuing the 13 Days of Samhain challenge from Sammi Cox’s blog. Kill or Cure. A knot-hole near me in the fenceenabled me to spy.The witch stood at the shed doorand I saw the spittle fly.“S…| Writing Wrinkles, and Random Ramblings
My search for the ways and means to fill the gaps in our human stories which facts and figures, interviews and eye-witness reports, could not fill. The post Why Fiction Matters Even More in an Irrational World appeared first on The Globalist.| The Globalist
Driven by the belief that every child can learn to read, Jessica co-founded Ignite Reading to deliver that instruction at scale, specializing in high-dosage, evidence-based tutoring. This proven instructional method,... Meet Jessica Reid Sliwerski| ideamensch
The Band contemplates the ways in which AI will continue to separate the sheep from the goats in creating a creativity divide. The notion users really need to know what they’re doing holds the mirror to useless modern busyworkers. If you can be replaced by a flawed talking search engine, what was your true value […] The post The Creativity Divide appeared first on Vox Popoli.| Vox Popoli
As generative AI’s impact on the creative industries grows, I’ve been thinking about what produces art, and why graphics produced by diffusion models and text produced by LLMs are (by and large) not. And I think that, ultimately, art is the result of creative decisions, whereas generative AI removes decision-making. Prompting is ideating; it is […]| Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden
No Kings March Chicago 10-18-25, © 2025 Michelle Kogan Do we have weeks that aren’t crazy any more… I’m not accepting all going on as normal, hence I attended the No Kings March last we…| Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing
A bad day turned into a small act of relief. Writing didn’t fix it, but it helped me move on.| Robert Birming
If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. Many of you will know my special guest this week […]| Esther Chilton
It’s almost Halloween! Before you don your witches’ hats and grab those broomsticks, here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: My apologies if I don’t respond to you for a day or two – I’m going into hospital later today […]| Esther Chilton
Happy Monday to you all. Here’s a new limerick challenge. Your word is DUST Last week’s prompt was BREAD. You came up with some brilliant limericks: The Limerick Guy: Passover is “Bread of Aff…| Esther Chilton
The other day an officer from the French Gendarmerie commented that they use my python for crime analysis book. I asked that individual, and he stated they all speak English. But given my book is w…| Andrew Wheeler
Whether AI makes you more productive really depends on whether you know what the heck you’re doing.| Elizabeth Tai
November is here, friends! This is often the busiest month for writers. Stories are being told and creativity abounds, and this month’s set of Know the Novel questions is all about that glori…| Christine Smith
Lyon is France’s second city, renowned as the capital of the rest of the country while Paris is the metropole. And OctoGônes is its biggest annual fantasy, gaming and independent weird publis…| teleread.org
The most common mistake I see in students’ writing is trying to cram too many ideas into each sentence. They write a decent sentence, but then they don’t stop. They continue the sentence with a rambling series of phrases that add so many additional ideas that the reader gets lost. Suddenly, what should have been Read More| Northwest Educational Services
Answering some questions about hobbies from mxn just to keep the writing juices flowing.| yours, tiramisu
(Even for a creative writing instructor to go to his first creative writing workshop!)| yours, tiramisu
Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s was a creative cauldron, bubbling with relentless commercially driven energy and an “anything goes” mentality.. Unlike Hollywood’s often more rigid g…| Optimistic Indie Roleplaying
Ann Handley presents 3 charts that will help you navigate your entire content strategy and smash it as a writer. The post Marketing Numbers You Need to Know appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
Ann Handley dives into brand-new data about the writing process and why it's so important for writers to maintain a daily practice in 2024. The post What’s Your Writing Process? [Sneak Peek At New Data] appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
Ann Handley shares a new challenge she’s embarked on to write 1,000 words a day and tips she's found that set her up for success. The post Surprising Things I’ve Learned Writing 1000 Words a Day appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
On her journey home from the Eras Tour in London, Ann Handley reflects on the importance of compassionate marketing. The post What We Need in Marketing and Copywriting Right Now appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
Ann Handley returns with some more marketing myths and shares the truth on AI tools, long-form vs. short-form content, and more! The post 11 Marketing Myths [Part 2] appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
Ann Handley dispels five commonly held marketing myths - from whether social media is still worth it to the most critical email metric. The post 11 Marketing Myths [Part 1] appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
As someone who travels half of the year, Ann Handley has got her routine down. She shares her best travel tips. The post Your New Favorite Travel Tips appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
In the rise of AI content generation, Ann Handley looks at the tools necessary for writers to engage in the creative process. The post What Tools Do Writers Need Now? appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
It seems like everything is changing in the world of marketing - SEO, Google, and AI are just a few. Ann Handley shares what it means for us. The post What to Do About All the Changes in Marketing appeared first on Ann Handley.| Ann Handley
Ann Handley reflects on her interview with BJ Novak and shares 10 nuggets he shared on how to be more creative.| Ann Handley
Are em dashes really a telltale sign of AI writing?| Night Water
If your friends are there, then everything’s all right ~ Elton John, Friends| My little corner of the world
A new 5,000-word post on personal and writing news has just gone up on Patreon.| Nicola Griffith
What if I told you that darkness carries a secret too? And it's not scary. Please read this prose poem and see without seeing.| Selma
let us be ordinary Come, let’s be ordinary you and I For that is when happiness spills over Even the grass in the churchyard will dieCome, let’s be ordinary you and I Seasons will come & fade just like the night Nothing beats being alive and sober Come, let’s be ordinary you and I For that is when happiness spills over […]| Selma
Good books are inspiring. Here’s one that inspired today’s poem. … and a little self promo. Thanks for reading.| Selma
Writing for two prompts. I hope you enjoy my first Versiprose Poem.| Selma
Hey, I see where you’re coming from.Yesterday, people loved you; today, you’re their target.Yesterday everything went smooth, today, chaos.Yesterday, you felt like you were so-so, not bad,an okay person; today, you feel like a failure.I get you, you see? I’ve had days like those, too. There’s always something you can change! And those days are […]| Selma
Rewriting Chapter 2 to focus on discipline by construction over side‑by‑side comparisons, and how early reader feedback shaped the new approach.| cekrem.github.io
Writing your own content sharpens your thinking, builds trust with your audience, and attracts the kind of clients who value what you stand for.| Altrincham HQ
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These days it feels like Halloween stretches out for an entire month. Between pumpkin patches, Trunk or Treat, and the neighborhood Halloween parade, I’ve spent the last four weeks escorting my kid…| Otaku Journalist
Calling all upper elementary and middle school ELA teachers!| We Are Teachers
That may be a weird title, but it’s much better than: My Wife Is Dumpster Fire.| Five O'Clock Shadow
Anytime you put an emotional campaign out there, you get lovers and you get haters. The post The Genius Move Behind Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans Ad appeared first on Wizard of Ads Partners.| Wizard of Ads Partners
I had to say yes when offered this book by Rachel’s Random Resources, as I knew that fiction writers visiting my professional blog would be interested, as well as any fiction writers who visit this book review blog! It didn’t disappoint, packed full of useful information. Elizabeth M. Hurst – “The Wordsmith’s Guide to Planning […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Hi SEers! Denise here to discuss the scare factor in a story, as Halloween is just around the corner. This is an updated version with a new event from a previous scary post. We’ve all had that terr…| Story Empire
Back in August, I reviewed the absolutely gorgeous new book Ferns: Lessons In Survival From Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants. And commenters on posts are awesome, because Jeremy Fox asked what he called a “quibbly question”: “Do the authors really try to make the case that ferns are the “most adaptable” plants? Or is…that phrase…just another […]| Scientist Sees Squirrel
Sheeva shares some of her favorite quotes from one of her favorite short story writers, Jorge Luis Borges.| Fancy Comma, LLC
Read about Sheeva’s summer reading Isabel Allende.| Fancy Comma, LLC
Looking back at old posts, I realized my blogging doubts never went away — and that’s fine. Accepting them makes them lose their power.| Robert Birming
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that you cannot step into the same river twice, because both you and the river have changed. The same is true of our writing voices.| Anne Janzer
I recently recorded a webinar about one of my favorite AI tools for education - EnlightenAI. (Disclosure - EnlightenAI sponsored this webinar, but all opinions were my own.)| Control Alt Achieve
Sure the organization that ran National Novel Writing Month has shut down, but that doesn’t mean you can’t dedicate the month of November to starting/finishing that book that’s be…| Mindy Carlson
Most recent news about AI seems to involve staggering amounts of money. OpenAI and Nvidia sign a $100b data center contract. Meta offers researchers $100m salaries. VCs invested almost $200b in AI …| Pete Warden's blog
She’s heeeere!! 🥳🥳 Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out April 2026, has a cover!! The cover art and interior design are by the always-fabulous Elizabeth Story at Tachyon Publications. I have ARCs! They are beautiful! There is a moving introduction by Meg Elison that had me blushing tearfully! I’m so excited to have this collection […]| SAMANTHA MILLS
Recently, crypto has instigated a new type of asset—one valued on attention. Today, “Attention Assets” are primarily user-generated assets (UGAs), like NFTs, creator coins, and memecoins.| multicoin.capital
Key takeaways Stuck rewriting the same prompt over and over? This guide shows quick “before/after”... The post Fix My Prompt: ChatGPT online Prompt Makeovers that Save You Time appeared first on AI GPT Journal.| AI GPT Journal
Exciting news! Hedge Witch, Book 1 of my Witches of the New Forest fiction series, is now available in hardback! All the books will soon be available in hardback editions, which makes me so pleased. There is nothing quite like a hardback edition that will last a lifetime| Down the Forest Path
I can’t believe that in a little over a week’s time Smugglers and Secrets the fourth book in my fiction series, Witches of the New Forest, will be out! It’s been an incredible year, with tons of ha…| Down the Forest Path
Just ran an email promo? Discover 7 smart moves to keep your book’s momentum going, from reviews to follow-ups and your next promo stack.| Written Word Media
If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week’s guest is writer who has a fantastic imagination. […]| Esther Chilton
Thursday has come round so quickly this week. Here’s your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 54 words using the following words in it somewhere: GERBIL WONDERLAND ZIP AFTERSHAVE BAN…| Esther Chilton
Scroll through any streaming service, and you’ll see it: mystery is trending again. Dark thrillers, cold-case podcasts, “whodunit” reboots — they all prove one thing: people never stop loving a good puzzle. For young adults today, that fascination runs even deeper. We live in an age of instant answers, yet we crave mystery. We want […]| Jack Ronald Cotner
I show how I do Morning Pages and bend the rules of journaling to boost creativity and think more clearly.| DIY MFA
We live in a world that glorifies the spotlight. Loud launches, big stages, bright lights, viral posts, they make success look like something that happens out there, where everyone can see it. But the truth is quieter. Real strength is forged in the shadows. In the places where no one is clapping. In the long…| rochemamabolo
When people think you’re not as sharp, not as capable, or not as aware as you truly are, they lower their guard. They relax. They reveal things they wouldn’t reveal to someone they see as a threat. That’s your advantage, not their insult. To be underestimated is to be given a quiet corner to build…| rochemamabolo
There’s a quiet kind of strength in being underestimated. When people assume you are not as sharp, not as aware, or not as capable as you truly are, they unknowingly give you the gift of invisibility. And in that space, unbothered by the noise, free from expectations, unseen by competing egos, you gain the power…| rochemamabolo
There’s something profoundly beautiful about the idea that your soul leaves fingerprints. Not just the physical traces, the warmth of a handshake, the way a pen curves under your fingers, the soft …| rochemamabolo
Memory fails, and I think I might have discussed awards sometime back, but I recently had a discussion with another well-known author about contests, and the mega-selling New York Times writer made a couple of good points. “I like awards … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
You’ve heard of distracted driving, right? Cell phones, road signs, ankle-biters bug-tussling in the back seat, other distracted drivers distracting your driving—we’ve all experienced it—but hopefully not on the wrong side of a citation or accident. Today, keeping in mind … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
by Debbie Burke Today’s true crime case is a real head scratcher. It involves a missing father and son and burial records that disappeared from a cemetery in my hometown of Kalispell, Montana. Founded in 1903, Conrad Cemetery … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
Lighting Terry Odell In a couple of hours, the Hubster and I will be heading out on a vacation. I confess I’m a food junkie, and watch a lot of cooking show, so when I saw there was a “Chefs … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
by Debbie Burke Two weeks ago, I reviewed the 35th Annual Flathead River Writers Conference in Kalispell, Montana. If you missed that, here’s the link. There were too many great speakers and too much information to cram into one post. … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
Profluence (noun) – a copious or smooth flowing * * * I was re-listening to a Great Courses lecture the other day entitled Writing Great Fiction taught by professor and author James Hynes. The particular episode I re-visited was on … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
What was your absolute favorite subject in school? Can be grade, middle, high school or college. Mine was history. When I was a junior and senior in high school, I had the same history teacher both years. He was a … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
