The Writer's Workout

Burnout is a familiar feeling in any creative profession, especially as a writer. Crafting elaborate worlds or working to develop their characters' psyches fully can take up a lot of brain space. All the everyday stress of life, personal relationships, jobs, and school can also add to that mental load.  Life’s chaos can affect any number of people. I want to be clear: burnout is nothing to be ashamed of . There are ways to deal with it, and you may even use it to your advanta

Let’s face it: writing fiction, also known as filling a blank page with a wondrous, moving story, is hard.  It’s building an entire world from scratch, sometimes several worlds. Far too many potential writers give up before they begin just because of how daunting it can be… but it doesn’t have to be that way. The idea of writing is full of obstacles like comparison to other writers, work and family obligations, a perceived lack of time, and, of course, self-doubt. But if you

We've got another INCREDIBLE lineup in the works for the 2026 conference! S.E. Reed, Bruce Buchanan, and I can't wait till this free week of so many awesome writing things kicks off, March 23, 2026 . In totally predictable I'm-too-excited-to-stop-myself fashion, our schedule is already mostly "set". While there will still be a few more updates coming (currently awaiting two emails right now), below is a sly teaser of what we have so far. As always, we are incredibly blessed

Or, A.I. and it’s relationship with Art This article features an interview from Riya Cyriac. She wanted to make it clear that the opinions she states in her interview are hers alone and have nothing to do with her workplace. Winter in Georgia is a light affair. You don’t need more than a sweater and a jacket to stay warm, but last winter was colder than usual. It brought snow in January. Not fluffy cotton tufts but hard icy pellets, crunching under boots like hail. That winte

I can’t help but notice that I’ve gotten the same five books recommended to me since 2021, at the very height of my reading; those five books have made their rounds through every social media pipeline enough times to knock my head loose with how long I’ve watched them spin. While, yes, I jumped on the fantasy-romance trilogy bandwagon back then, my taste has evolved over time and I’ve created enough space to see that every new book popular in the eyes of the online public is

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