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- May 18
- 6 min
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...


- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
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...


- Nov 7, 2022
- 9 min
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...


- Nov 5, 2022
- 3 min
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...


- Sep 8, 2022
- 5 min
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...


- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
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...


- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
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...


- Jun 29, 2022
- 2 min
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...

- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
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...


- Jun 28, 2018
- 3 min
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...