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Loki Goodness Campaign 3 & 4

By Anonymous 8 Comments

Loki art from SuperbWallpapers

The Loki Goodness Campaign is a parody of a phenomenon among Thor and Loki fans, many whom believe Loki has gotten a bad rap and is actually good.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign

The Loki Goodness Campaign, 2: Advice Column

By Anonymous 9 Comments

Loki Goodness Campaign SuperbWallpapers art

The Loki Goodness Campaign is a parody of a phenomenon among Thor and Loki fans, many whom believe Loki has gotten a bad rap and is actually good.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign

The Loki Goodness Campaign, 1

By Anonymous 9 Comments

Loki art from SuperbWallpapers

The Loki Goodness Campaign is a parody of a phenomenon among Thor and Loki fans, many whom believe Loki has gotten a bad rap and is actually good.

Filed Under: Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Fiction Workshop: The Art of Storytelling

By T.S. Poetry 5 Comments

book white by Claire Burge

A fiction workshop you won’t forget, with leader Gloria Kempton. Kempton has worked with over 10, 000 writers to get them to the next level!

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Finding Inspiration, Workshops, writer's group resources

Fiction Jumpstart Workshop Fall 2013

By Anthony Connolly 4 Comments

Dream of writing the breakout novel? You need to start somewhere. Begin today, with our Fiction Workshop taught by bestselling author Anthony Connolly.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Workshops, writer's group resources

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Lunch at Pizza Hut

By Sandra Lynn 13 Comments

National Down Syndrome Month Billboards

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. We’ll be featuring poetic and artistic glimpses into lives with Down syndrome.

Filed Under: Art and Disabilities, Blog, Down syndrome, Fiction

Iowa Summer Writing Festival: There to Write

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

If you’re looking for a place to network, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival may not be the best for you. You’re there to write.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Finding Inspiration, Writer's Conferences, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Survivor: The Editorial Version

By L.L. Barkat 60 Comments

editorial process lush island

Editorial work requires resilience, in both the writer and the editor. This is how one good pair survived.

Filed Under: Fiction, Survivor: The Editorial Version

A Book of Beginnings: Ritual

By L.L. Barkat 14 Comments

Writing Ritual Spoons

How do you get off your book-writing plateau? It might involve a knife and sponge to spur your beginnings.

Filed Under: A Book of Beginnings, Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

A Book of Beginnings: Motion

By L.L. Barkat 18 Comments

A Book of Beginnings-Beach Play

Why don’t people begin writing their books? Blame it on motion.

Filed Under: A Book of Beginnings, Blog, Fiction, Write, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

A Book of Beginnings: Currants

By L.L. Barkat 20 Comments

Green Currant Book by mwri

Can you start writing a book too soon? Look to the currants.

Filed Under: A Book of Beginnings, Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources

A Book of Beginnings: Where

By L.L. Barkat 16 Comments

Book Cabbage by TheDeliciousLife

Writing a book? Wondering where to begin? Maybe you could just start anywhere.

Filed Under: A Book of Beginnings, Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources

Fiction Friday (on Wednesday): Star Trek Encounter

By Anonymous 5 Comments

Star Trek Fiction

Writing short fiction is a marvelous playground for the poet to develop the essential ingredients of great poems. Try your hand at our “encounter” prompt today.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, poetry teaching resources, Star Trek Fiction, Student Writing, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Diary: A Christmas Truce

By Sonia Joie 6 Comments

diary christmas truce

More often than not, it seems, fiction arises out of real events. In this short piece by 13-year-old Sonia Joie, we find the fictional diary entry that could just as well have been written by an actual soldier in the field one day back in 1914.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Short Story, Student Writing, writing prompts

A Book of Beginnings: Finishing

By L.L. Barkat 24 Comments

spoons book

When writing a book, there’s always the chance you won’t finish. Should you care?

Filed Under: A Book of Beginnings, Fiction, writer's group resources

A Book of Beginnings: Writer Worrying

By L.L. Barkat 12 Comments

Blueberries in blue bowl

I’m nervous for you. Do you have any clue where your Book of Beginnings is going? On “writer worrying,” from the other person in the room.

Filed Under: A Book of Beginnings, Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources

John Steinbeck’s California

By Charity Singleton Craig 24 Comments

Charity Singleton Craig experiences John Steinbeck’s California through the Salinas Valley and the Monterey Peninsula finding a people she already knows, though she has never met.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Literary Tour

Flash Fiction Friday: The Breaking

By Darrelyn Saloom 32 Comments

fiction friday the breaking

With nothing more to go on than our February “purple” theme, Darrelyn Saloom writes a heart-stopping piece of flash fiction.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Purple, Short Story, writing prompts

Flash Fiction Friday: Digitalis

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

flash fiction foxglove

Tania Runyan plays in the world of flash fiction with a new piece, exploring the dangers of following one’s imagination.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources

10 Great Pride and Prejudice Resources

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

Elizabeth pride and prejudice

Ten great Pride and Prejudice Resources. Okay, some are just plain fun. But that’s great too, no?

Filed Under: Blog, Classic Books, Fiction, Literary Birthdays, Pride and Prejudice, writer's group resources

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