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Anyone ever get a writer's high, like a runner's high? 14 bigtree Oct 3 Oct 7 6 558
Chains 3 DavidDvorkin Oct 4 Oct 6 0 375
Jessica Savitch interviews Harlan Ellison 2 BootinUp Oct 5 Oct 5 6 564
I have a secret 3 bigtree Oct 3 Oct 4 11 496
Silly poems 4 DavidDvorkin Sep 28 Oct 3 2 487
Humans: The Story-Telling Animal 1 GreatGazoo Oct 3 Oct 3 4 483
Audible! For Free! 2 qwlauren35 Aug 27 Oct 2 2 593
Question about using italics in writing. 2 Baitball Blogger Oct 1 Oct 1 1 394
10 Reasons Why It Is Deceptively Difficult to Write A Good Screenplay 1 GreatGazoo Sep 25 Sep 26 8 1565
A snippet of future history 6 DavidDvorkin Sep 22 Sep 22 5 801
Sharing a Story: Life is Not Fair 6 qwlauren35 Aug 29 Sep 8 5 772
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Museum.... 0 qwlauren35 Sep 4 Sep 4 1 3422
Fake Proverbs 2 DavidDvorkin Sep 2 Sep 2 2 520
On this day, January 21, 1950, George Orwell died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Aug 24 2 1465
Well, I shouldn't do this 5 PATRICK Jun 2025 Aug 23 4 1299
Struggling to understand and how to write in the postmodern way 2 bucolic_frolic Aug 20 Aug 21 1 840
New Bio Spotlights Criminally Cool Author Elmore Leonard 0 douglas9 Aug 5 Aug 5 4 642
Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak... 3 highplainsdem Aug 2025 Aug 4 8 852
Whimsicle, Thoughtful, Uplifting Poem--which I'd forgotten about until a podcast mention 1 SorellaLaBefana Aug 3 Aug 3 5 563
A writer ( Caroline Crampton) posts: "I'm Done With Social Media" and is blogging now (and not Substack) 3 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 861
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ken Dayenu Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 446
🤓My Books are Free Too... on Smashwords Summer Sale. 3 mikelewis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 913
Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated. 5 usonian Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 1271
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Mme. Defarge Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 946
How YOU can change the world through WRITING with Alan Moore Meet your Maestro BBC Maestro 1 Uncle Joe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1435
In 2025 I would like to write a memoir 5 mdmc Jan 2025 Apr 2025 5 1638
$500 Well Spent 4 qwlauren35 Feb 2025 Apr 2025 8 1765
I Heard Back from an Agent!!! 47 leftieNanner Sep 2023 Apr 2025 94 10493
Any writers struggling with motivation 8 Mme. Defarge Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 1855
Wrote a Screenplay Which Seemed Poorly Timed Last Year -- Now It's Timely, Unfortunately 1 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1344

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I wrote this poem in 2005 6 Marthe48 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1556
Kairos and Chronos: The legend behind my CryptoCoin 13 mikelewis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 2353
Hi All. Question about Writing software. 9 Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 Mar 2025 2 2443
Iowa Writers' Workshop: Funding cuts. 1 suegeo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1225
Writers Protest Fed Crackdown On Iowa University Writing Program 0 suegeo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1191
Man Finds Rare Trove of Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings and Manuscripts in His Father's Attic. 0 elleng Feb 2025 Feb 2025 22 1765
On this day, February 2, 1882, James Joyce was born. On this day, February 2, 1922, "Ulysses" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1285
Three Indicted and Internet Domain Seized in $44 Million Nationwide Book Publishing Scam Targeting Elderly Authors 2 bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1681
How do I write a good article about a fiction film about Satan when I don't personally believe in that stuff? 8 Proud to be Woke Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 2164
On this day, January 18, 1882, "Winnie-the-Pooh" author A. A. Milne was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1261
Finished new "Christmas" book, "A Christmas Castle" 4 PATRICK Nov 2024 Jan 2025 1 2052
Corpspace! 0 DavidDvorkin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 1409
I have an acquaintance who is trying to write a memoir 6 PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2024 Jan 2025 1 2031
Is Biography the Core Genre of Literature? 13 GreatGazoo Dec 2024 Jan 2025 2 2687
From Chuck Wendig on Bluesky - My writing process is usually: 1 highplainsdem Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1491
OK, I am a huge AI hater....but, check this out! Edit. You don't have to be assholes 19 FirstLight Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 4216
Eli's Quantum Pi 1 mikelewis Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1710
Where do you stand on flashbacks. Good? Bad? Short? Long? 8 padah513 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 2239
Interesting BBC article about Dorothy Parker (from 2017) 1 Mike 03 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 1608
Henry Taylor, prize-winning poet with an eye on rural life, dies at 82 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 1667
On July 21, 1899, Ernest Hemingway, the American novelist and short story writer, was born. 5 Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2024 Nov 2024 2 1910
Procrastination 6 ashling Nov 2012 Nov 2024 10 3986
Soft cover for my self published art book. 7 CTyankee Aug 2024 Oct 2024 4 2140
Lost Bram Stoker short story "Gibbet Hill" found after 134 years 2 BootinUp Oct 2024 Oct 2024 9 1846
David Burnham, whose police graft exposes inspired 'Serpico,' dies at 91 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 1674
Inventing the Page 2 hermetic Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 1707
On September 6, 1926, author Clancy Sigal was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 1413
Magazine seeking entries. 1 hermetic Mar 2017 Aug 2024 0 3145
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 kingvitamin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1777
Last day of my blog tour (and giveaway registration) is Thursday, 22 August 0 catrose Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 1681

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Man-Baby! The Trumpolini Nursery Rhymes 5 ignatzmouse Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 2250
This is a fantastic review of my most recent book 4 DavidDvorkin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 14 2163
Not sure how to tease out the answer to this for writers 8 bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 2217
The Devil's Advocate Scholarship 2024 Is Awarding $666 In 2 Categories 0 Think. Again. Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1547
Harlan Ellison's Gopher Story 2 red dog 1 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1826
When We Landed on the Moon 2 DavidDvorkin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 1678
Writer James Cain was born on this date. 0 Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 1513
My short story "Drawing Miss Hiller" 2 frogmarch Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 1832
Hallow, the 5th book in my cozy mystery series is now available as an ebook 2 catrose Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 1946
I need some advice about a piece I wrote... 20 Javaman Dec 2023 Jun 2024 0 5306
My thriller Cage of Bone is free on Smashwords 4 DavidDvorkin Apr 2024 May 2024 4 2538
Where would you hide it? 17 birdographer Feb 2024 May 2024 2 4355
Can woodchucks run in reverse? 9 RSherman Jun 2023 May 2024 9 4461
What happens when sometimes you feel like you should be a writer 5 Waterguy Jun 2023 May 2024 1 5615
My ebook is now free on Amazon 5 DavidDvorkin Jan 2024 May 2024 1 3033
I have a question about the best free software to use in putting together a family tree book 4 sky_masterson Mar 2024 May 2024 6 2924
Need help with car info 9 birdographer Feb 2024 May 2024 1 3373
Unlikely Stories Mark V 1 frogmarch May 2024 May 2024 0 1633
AI Writing Apps 10 bucolic_frolic May 2023 May 2024 0 4569
Book is done; new speed bump 21 birdographer Mar 2024 May 2024 0 4832
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