• Dec 31, 2020
Why You Should Track Your Writing

I started 2020 with a lot of goals: I was angling to break the most words written in a year, I had two writing conferences lined up, we were going to go on a long-anticipated trip to visit my parents, I was going to do spin classes at the YMCA.

  • Dec 14, 2020
Orcs and "Evil Races" in Fantasy

Orcs and “Evil Races” in Fantasy by Helen Gould When most people think of an orc, it’s likely that the first thing they think of are the creatures from The Lord of the Rings. On the surface, looking at it from a “traditional” Western fantasy view of good guys vs.

  • Nov 29, 2020
Write Your Candy Dragons

Write Your Candy Dragons by Tova Seltzer Anyone who has ever pushed past the fantasy of “being a writer” and actually written can tell you that writing isn’t always fun. It’s not always sitting down dreamily at an antique desk with a big mug of herbal tea, looking out over a cozy snowy vista, and letting the words flow easily for hours on end until you have a perfect draft.

  • Nov 11, 2020
Short Story Advice from the “Bad Friend” Music Video

Short Story Advice from the “Bad Friend” Music Video By Cameron Van Sant When Elton John says someone has the “the strongest album of the year so far,” and it’s only their debut, you know we’re talking about a legend in the making. Rina Sawayama is a genre-hopping singer who has been quietly putting out fantastic songs for years, only to finally have a deserved explosion into the zeitgeist with her album Sawayama.

  • Oct 28, 2020
David Pena's Trans-inclusive, Bilingual Horror Podcast Dos: After You

Thank you to our sensitivity reader David Pena, for answering our questions about his new horror podcast! David Pena Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, David (he/him) is an editor and writer with a background in Psychology who loves books as much as he loves people.