Reading & Writing Burnout
Published: Sat, 07/25/20
Hi WriteByNighters, If you're anything like me, your job involves a great deal of reading and writing. You probably also do a lot of e tracurricular…
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Micro Fiction Contest: "You Shouldn't Have Waited This Long"
Published: Sat, 07/11/20
Hi writers, Last week we talked about our 2020 reading & writing goals, but most of us also have personal 2020 goals. One of mine was to get to the…
Writing & Reading Goals Check-in: 50-Yard Line Edition
Published: Sat, 07/04/20
Happy July 4 weekend, WriteByNighters! We're halfway through 2020, though it's already felt like an entire year, if not more. A lot of craziness has…
The Best Passage You've Written in 2020 (So Far)
Published: Sat, 06/27/20
Happy weekend, writers! You read my writing almost every week, in this space and on the blog. (And thank you for that!) This week, I want to read…
My Monday-Morning Quarterback is an A**hole
Published: Sun, 06/21/20
Dear WriteByNighters, A couple of weeks ago I wrote a new Chapter 1 of my novel and went to bed that night confident it was the best thing I've ever…
Protests, Pandemics, and More: An Open Discussion
Published: Sat, 06/06/20
Dear writers, Near the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdowns we ran an open discussion post where we all talked about our hopes and fears, the struggles…
New Micro Fiction Contest: On Accordions and Baltimore
Published: Sat, 05/30/20
Dear WriteByNighter, Let's all take a road trip to Baltimore, separately but together. About plot/story, a writer once said something like, “If your…
Process vs. Product: Writing a Book vs. Publishing a Book
Published: Sat, 05/23/20
Dear writer, I've still been struggling to get back to work on my novel, so I'm thinking of signing on for book coaching with one of our wonderful…
One-Sitting Books for All-Day Sitting
Published: Sat, 05/09/20
Dear WriteByNighter, A common sentiment these days is that time is running long and attention spans are running short. The past few weeks on the blog…
"Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt": New Micro Fiction Contest!
Published: Sat, 05/02/20
Dear writers, So many of you have e pressed frustration at being stifled creatively these past si weeks or so. I've felt it. Even on the rare days I'm…