Blogs about Writing

Never in my life have I been so violently confronted by my brokenness than in the first year of separating from my husband in early 2023. My body and mind, both of which had historically …

My typewriter interview with designer Kelli Anderson is a delight.

All these whirring, vibrant blurs, this rare and joyous music, the sensation of breeze over bare skin as I twirl in the summer sun dizzy, exhilarated, smiling- All of that was a fantasy. A fever …

In 2023, we saw a widening gap in places publishing longform creative nonfiction, and we announced that Electric Literature would step in to help fill that space. The response was tremendous, and our first submission …

Over in Every, I wrote about how writing is more than a method for capturing ideas, it’s a way of exploring them: By externalizing your thoughts, writing puts you into conversation with yourself. It’s always …

In which I embark on a quixotic quest to make a physical book using web rendering technology.

I’ve been a self-published author for over a decade now, but I’ve only been particularly serious about it since 2022. By “serious” I don’t mean “making nontrivial revenue,” but I do mean I’m making an …

They've made a list, they've checked it twice...Well, I actually don't know how many time they've checked it, nor how the items on it were selected, or how many people were involved in the process. …

I’ve recently swapped this little cutie into my daily carry bundle: a sort of basic plastic looseleaf made by Brunnen. I saw it on someone’s Instagram and was intrigued: I have a couple of other …

Part of what excites me about generative AI LLMs and GANs is the back-and-forth between language and representation. I’ve lately been playing more with MidJourney and Deep Dream Generator and a local install of Stable …

Hello everyone, this is a short housekeeping update episode. I wanted to point your attention to a new podcast project I've started. It's called CREATIVE JOURNEYS, and it's not so dissimilar to Travel Writing World. …

I have a story set in the modern day with supernatural traces, with three characters: a young boy, his bio dad, and his adoptive dad. The boy and his bio dad are Indian, the adoptive …