M. E. Solomonflipped into Urban Writer's Almanac Writing How to Write in a Conversational Tone and Increase Blog Engagement jeffbullas.com - Chima Mmeje When you’re having a conversation with your friend, you’re usually relaxed. You’re not trying to impress them with your vocabulary or pretending to …
The New York Timesflipped into BooksBooks ‘Killing People in Fiction Was Fun’: Mysteries That Have Stood the Test of Time The New York Times - Sarah WeinmanI am, as we all are, stuck at home these days. Back in mid-March I assumed I would spend much of my time in lockdown reading — still and always my favorite activity, ideal for an indefinite period of solitude
Washingtonianflipped into WashingtonianWriting The Quarantine Questionnaire: Ibram X. Kendi, the Historian and Bestselling Author of How to Be an Antiracist washingtonian.com - Kristen Hinman What’s the best thing you’ve streamed? Most useful thing in your freezer? Dream day when this is all over? In search of inspiration—and, let’s be …
Los Angeles TimesBlack History Letters to the Editor: William Barr isn’t trying to write history, he’s rewriting reality right now Los Angeles TimesTo the editor: Jonah Goldberg’s intellectual legerdemain is in fine fettle in this week’s column, focusing on the debate over whether history is written by the winners, as Atty. Gen. William Barr recently
Boing Boingflipped into All StoriesWriting Someone trained a bot to write an AC/DC song boingboing.net - Thom Dunn Using lyrics.rip to scrape the Genius Lyrics Database, I made a Markov Chain write AC/DC lyrics. This is the end result- "Great Balls". The Bot did …
AvatarJasmin Pennypantsflipped into Damian's ExcititudeWriting This guy made a bot write a song in the style of AC/DC. It did not turn out well. - A Journal of Musical Things ajournalofmusicalthings.com - Alan Cross Sure, it’s possible to get a bot or an AI program to ape writing a song, but until scientists can figure out how to get robots to experience genuine …
The Baltimore Sunflipped into MarylandWriting Ellicott City native wins Washington College’s Sophie Kerr Prize baltimoresun.com - Meredith Cohn Mary Sprague, an English major from Ellicott City, is this year’s winner of the Sophie Kerr Prize, an award for promising writers graduating from …
Roxannaflipped into words about booksBooks 7 New Folio Society Editions We’re Seriously Excited For thegoodwebguide.co.uk The Folio Society may not be Britain’s best-known publisher, but it might well be the best. The secret to the publishing house’s success, which began …
Beth Blechermanflipped into Product Manager TipsWriting User Stories - Capturing the User’s Perspective Quickly and Simply interaction-design.org User stories are a simple tool for articulating the user’s perspective. They are not long, wordy stories to be told around a camp fire but rather …
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesBooks The Atlantic Daily: What to Read This Weekend The Atlantic - Caroline Mimbs NyceQuarantine fatigue is real. If you’re one of the lucky people who get to stay home—but are still chafing at your socially distant existence—let us help. Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through
Washington Bladeflipped into Washington BladeWriting OutWrite competition seeking entries washingtonblade.com - Philip Van Slooten OutWrite’s Second Chapbook Competition runs until June 5. There is no fee to enter works of LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Writers may only …
The Hollywood Reporterflipped into The Hollywood ReporterEntertainment How I'm Living Now: John Lithgow, Actor, Poet, Author hollywoodreporter.com - Rebecca Keegan Lithgow talks about how he met a book deadline during the pandemic, what the production shut-down means for actors and why an unexpectedly sweet, …
Daily Mailflipped into Top StoriesLiterature Romantic poets including William Wordsworth were tough outdoor types dailymail.co.uk - By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent For The Daily Mail Romantic poets may be better known for their sensitive souls than sporting prowess. But a new book says this is wrong and Wordsworth, Keats and …
The Poet's Pulpitflipped into The Poet's PulpitWriting That Tree vqronline.org - By Katherine Anne Porter He had really wanted to be a cheerful bum lying under a tree in a good climate, writing poetry. He wrote bushel basketsful of poetry and it was all …
The Poet's Pulpitflipped into The Poet's PulpitWriting Writing Through the Pandemic: Poet Ethelbert Miller on What's Just Beyond His Door washingtonian.com - E. Ethelbert Miller Washingtonian is keeping you up to date on the coronavirus around DC. We asked Washington writers to share stories, poems, drafts, musings, and other …
Vocalflipped into GeeksBooks Celebrating Female Asian, Black, and Latina BEST SELLING WRITERS BOOKLIST TO READ vocal.media Today we celebrate all-female Asian, Black, and Latina bestseller writers during 2020. As these writers dive into romance within Race, friendships, …
Rody Timmonsflipped into RodyWriting From Science Fiction to Science Fact: How Writers of the Past Invented Our Present chemistryworld.com - Elizabeth Wynn As an avid sci-fi fan and scientist, I was delighted to get my hands on From Science Fiction to Science Fact. At first glance it’s a beautiful book …
Black Press Mediaflipped into TrailWriting West Kootenay writers nominations open for Carver Award - Trail Daily Times trailtimes.ca - Black Press Submitted The Nelson and District Arts Council and Elephant Mountain Literary Festival need help in nominating emerging writers in West Kootenay communities …
AvatarCurtisflipped into &&Writing From poetry to fiction: HSU graduate writes her first full-length novel times-standard.com - Heather Shelton Humboldt State University graduate Shelly Zapata has written her first novel titled “Indubitably.” The book’s release follows the 2019 publication of …
ScrollBooks How science fiction can offer solace and build resilience in these strange times scroll.in - Esther Jones, The Conversation Young people who are “hooked” on watching fantasy or reading science fiction may be on to something. Contrary to a common misperception that reading …
ABC NewsMusic Songwriters go online to craft the next hit song remotely ABC News - KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Songwriters are taking their writing sessions online during the pandemic, sometimes co-writing songs across continents NASHVILLE, Tenn -- During a …
Chicago Sun-Timesflipped into Chicago Sun-TimesEducation Chicago-area students: Enter the Sun-Times’ The Imagination Project short-story contest suntimes.com - Sun-Times staff Following a similar effort that brought in hundreds of art submissions, now we’re asking kids to submit their best short fiction, embracing the theme …
The Poet's Pulpitflipped into The Poet's PulpitWriting Need something to read while you isolate? Here are 70 Canadian short stories available free online | CBC Books CBC News - CBC Books - stacked logo Kevin Hardcastle is an author from Ontario. His debut short story collection, Debris, won the Trillium Book Award in 2016 and his first novel, In the …
TT Newsdayflipped into Newsday FeaturesWriting Trinidadian author shortlisted for Commonwealth story prize newsday.co.tt - Debra Greaves TWENTY outstanding stories have been shortlisted by an international judging panel for the world’s most global literature prize – the Commonwealth …
The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesWriting How to Write Science Fiction That Isn’t ‘Useful’ The Atlantic - Ellen CushingRobin Sloan, the author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, discusses his new short story for The Atlantic. This interview contains spoilers for “The Conspiracy Museum.” Read the story here. “The Conspiracy
Outlook Magazineflipped into Outlook IndiaWriting Lockdown diaries: Ali Fazal writing a script outlookindia.com - Lockdown diaries: Ali Fazal writing a script Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Actor Ali Fazal, who is locked down at his Bandra home since March, has been working on an original script. Fiction writing is …
Passionfish12flipped into Ruh Şarkı Sözleri Writing Is There An Antidote for Toxic Love? - Electric Literature electricliterature.com - Carrie V. Mullins Electric Lit is committed to publishing—and paying writers—through the pandemic without any layoffs or pay cuts. Please consider supporting us during …
KOMO Newsflipped into EntertainmentWriting Curtis Sittenfeld's 'Rodham' imagines a different 'Hillary' komonews.com - HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past few years, author Curtis Sittenfeld has gotten to know Hillary Clinton in a way uniquely suited for a novelist — by …
The Hindu Groupflipped into The HinduBooks Author Jahnavi Barua talks about her latest book and the intricacies of human relationships - The Hindu thehindu.com - Ruth Dhanaraj Whether we like it or not, as human beings, we are moulded by the relationships in our lives — the good, bad and the ugly ones. People tend to credit …
The Provinceflipped into News as it happens Book review: Jillian Christmas’s poems to break your heart, break open the world theprovince.com - Tom Sandborn More from Tom Sandborn Incandescent debut volume gives readers a chance to hear Vancouver performance poet Jillian Christmas’s heart beating For Vancouver performance poet …
