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Jon Papernick: Israel's Inspiration Got Me Back to Writing

Whenever I spend time in Israel I always feel like a more fully realized version of myself — healthier, happier, part of a historical...

SS Turner: A Day in the Life of this Writer

Some people believe writers are enigmatic figures who spend their days drinking alcohol and taking exotic drugs to enhance their...

John Adcox: Complete

Can fantasy be myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings In June of 1999, I traveled to England for the first time. After a few days in...

Peter Marlton: The Power of Love

I’ve been a public defender in Seattle for twenty-two years, tried many adult and juvenile cases, and negotiated plea agreements more...

Peter Marlton: Crazy Job Vignettes

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been on job interviews, and on many of them I would’ve been crushed if I got hired. I’ve worked in...

Lynn Voedisch: Open the Door and Let Me In

There’s a strange phenomenon that happens to some fiction writers that seems impossible to explain to rational-minded outliners. That’s...

Laura Drake: Where Do Ideas Come From?

Do you know Kimberly Brock? If you don’t, you should. She is a true natural story-teller; one of those authors that I envy. Her writing...

Laura Drake: Motorcycles

I'm a bit - quirky. I ride a motorcycle. A lot. I rode 100,000 miles behind my husband before learning to ride my own. I've since logged...

Tom Avitabile: The Write Place

A booth at a diner in Jersey, the knee knocker seat on the LIRR, or on my lap sitting in a chaise on the beach in Puerto Rico, even in a...

Steven Manchester: Inspiration

In 2014, I wrote a stage play entitled, Three Shoeboxes. I wanted to create a story where the main character (Mac) held life in the palm...

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