A Love Letter to Silence, Side-Eye, and Stories That Breathe – From Your Loving Editor with Rabies I’m gonna say something, and you might not like it. But it needs to be said. Some of your characters are… talking too much. And you need to tone them down. Not all the way. Not forever. I’m…
On thought-hoarding, emotional plumbing, and the holy chaos of self-expression. Meet My Brains Uninvited Guests – Intrusive Thoughts They don’t pay rent.They overstay their welcome.And they love to rearrange the furniture at 3am like they’re auditioning for a haunted episode of Fixer Upper: Possession Edition. I’m talking about the loops. The imaginary arguments with people…
On Burnout, Creativity, and Why You Should Sometimes Just Go Lie in the Grass Let me just say this up front: If you are feeling like a crusty piece of burnt toast with a vague desire to set your laptop on fire and yeet it into the ocean, same. Creative burnout is real. Not exaggerated….
Astrology is the ancient study of planetary placements and how they shape personality. The Babylonians were the first known astrologers, and from there, it spread across the world. (Side note: Ever heard of the Tower of Babel? Yeah, in the Bible, it’s the story of people building a tower to reach heaven—only for God to…
Stop Acting Like Selling Your Art Is Evil: You Deserve to Thrive (AKA – Why Are Artists Lying to Themselves About Money? ) Why are we artists lying to ourselves? No really. Why are we out here on these platforms, doing full Broadway monologues about how we “just want to create again without worrying about…
Why stepping into a narrator’s brain is the most honest kind of fiction—and the most fun. You’re probably not new to writing your stories in the first person. But I’m gonna give my own attempt at mansplaining it to you anyway. (Judging by how interested you were in the title, I’m hoping you don’t mind…
+ 5 Reasons Why You Should Pick Up Elizabeth Gilbert for Your Next Read “All leaders are readers.” – Harry S. Truman, allegedly wise man, possibly haunted by unread novel Sure, I believe Harry. And if you scroll through your favorite tech bros’ reading lists — Jobs, Musk, Gates — you’ll find a lot of…
(a.k.a. the art of mind-freaking your readers with style) There’s nothing more satisfying than a plot twist that completely blindsides your readers—one that makes them gasp, flip back through the pages, and think, How did I not see this coming? But crafting a truly unexpected twist takes more than just shocking reveals. It requires subtlety,…
Or: Stop Throwing the Whole Salt Shaker at Them, Brenda. Let’s be real—your world is probably amazing. You’ve got politics, portals, probably some kind of bread that’s definitely not called “bread.” And you’re dying to show it all off. But here’s the hard truth: Readers don’t care.At least not yet. They care about people. They…
Okay, so we all love a little time-travel in our fiction. You crack open a book and BOOM—you’re in 1884, wearing a corset, hiding forbidden love letters in the cracks between your bedroom wall… Or you’re zooming through a dystopian neon wasteland being chased by a malfunctioning AI toaster. You’re haunted by the technical glitch…