Write into the Week: August 3, 2025
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” ― Albert Einstein Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In this newsletter: A…
Read MoreHow to Become a Writer
Becoming a writer is actually quite easy. Contrary to the stereotype that writers are divinely-gifted recluses or quirky Beatniks, the truth is, anyone who writes is a writer. Yes, including…
Read MoreWhat Else? – How Research Makes Meaning
Since all the essays in my new collection, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, incorporate facts I learned from asking experts, reading scholarly works, or rooting around in…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: July 20, 2025
“I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.” –James Michener Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: July 13, 2025
“Art lies in the moment of encounter: we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression. We become original because we become something specific, an origin from which work flows.” –Julia…
Read MoreTruth in Possibility: Writing Speculative Nonfiction
Speculative nonfiction is an emerging genre of literature that empowers writers to incorporate imagination, wondering, and non-shared realities into works of creative nonfiction. By writing into the realm of possibility,…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: July 06, 2025
“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some…
Read MoreWhat is Found Poetry? Prompts and Inspiration
Found poetry is proof that a poem can be discovered in any instance of language. But there’s an art and craft to the making of found poetry that, like any…
Read MoreWrite into the Week: June 29, 2025
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” –Jhumpa Lahiri Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In this newsletter:…
Read MoreHow to Get Poetry Published: Your One-Stop Guide
Learning how to write poetry takes a lot of patience and practice; learning how to get poetry published does, too. Indeed, the world of publishing poetry is murky at best—with…
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