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Ten tips to ensure that your time out isn’t forever. Every writer hits a wall. The difference between a productive pause and a permanent stall usually isn’t willpower — it’s [...]

George Orwell wrote his essay “Politics and the English Language” in 1946. In it, he criticised the “ugly and inaccurate” written English of his time and examined the [...]

Good audio storytelling is a craft that blends writing, performance, and sound design into a cohesive emotional and narrative experience. Whether it’s a podcast, radio piece, or audio [...]

I hesitated to write a newsletter this month. It’s hard to write upbeat things about the writing process when the city you live in is burning at its edges, and thousands of people have been [...]

Have you heard of Women’s Christmas? It’s an ancient Irish tradition called – in irish – Nollaig na mBan (pronounced Null-ug na Mon. Say it three times and you’ll be grand). Back in [...]

From 2016, which seems like another world now, but a lot of this rings true for someone considering self publishing. If you self-publish your book, you are not going to be writing for a living. [...]

I once heard that Jesuit priests are encouraged to question their faith constantly, to be sure they’re fully in touch with God, and committed to their mission. When I first heard about this [...]

“I blame it all on one photograph I took on Printers Row in Chicago in 2001. It was of a newsstand where someone had scrawled: “Quit your job please follow your dream” in shoe [...]