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Ten Things I Learned From My Writing Degree That Worked

My first year of university was filled with all sorts of disasters, ranging from too much pride over my own very self-made-up vocabulary,...

How To Create A Publication Plan

Much like a football game, you need a strategy to win with publishing. Without a plan, you lack focus, and you create loose threads that...

Some Thoughts on Coffee

Have you ever ordered a coffee so good that the millisecond your hand grips pen and hits paper, whatever you write is brilliant? The...

Creating Relevant & Relatable Anecdotes: Choosing Your Anecdote and Making it Work

Think of how bland personal essays and feature stories would be without anecdotes. Just facts, more facts and stats. Getting readers...

Coffee: A Writer's Muse

Have you ever ordered a coffee so good that the millisecond your hand grips pen and hits paper, whatever you write is brilliant? The...

My Secret Tip For How To Write Drunk When Wine Kind-Of Sucks

You know the saying, 'write drunk; edit sober'? It comes by for a few reasons. Namely, I believe, because when you write drunk you lose...

How To Create A Publication Plan

Much like a football game, you need a strategy to win with publishing. Without a plan, you lack focus, and you create loose threads that...

Ten Ways to Turn a Trashy Introduction Into Gold

Sometimes it’s tough to get started on a writing project. Much like an artist, the hardest part can often be stating what you want to say...

The Stomach Cramp in the Writing Pantry

There is nothing quite as equally distasteful as it is loved like the semicolon. Traditionally, it's used to separate items on a list, to...