The Male Helper
By: Padmini Krishnan “Sammy, our new housemaid is a guy.” I put my piano practice book down and looked at my 9-year old brother, Rex, trying to absorb what...
‘How I Will Visit My Ancestors’ and other poems
By: Mubarak Said How I Will Visit My Ancestors a day will come,i may be seenon the mountain tops,like a hungry lionathirst for food.i will be there, not to...
Losers
By: Dan Yonah Johnson July 1969, West Side of Columbus, Ohio In the field behind the school, Julian DeCroix was fixing to fly his model rocket. Other kids...
5 Research Tips for Writing Historical Fiction
Author Piper Huguley shares her five research tips for writing historical fiction that readers love and writers love as well.Historical research is the one...
Announcing 40 More Plot Twist Prompts for Writers!
Learn more about 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers, Volume 2: ALL NEW Writing Ideas for Taking Your Stories in New Directions, by Writer's Digest Senior Editor...
Interviewing 101: Tips for Writers
Interviewing sources for quotes or research will be part of any writer's job. Here are tips to make the process as smooth and productive as possible.This...
Plot Twist Story Prompts: Eliminate Threat
Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have a character work to eliminate a threat.Plot twist story...
‘Distant is the morning’ and other poems
By: R.T. Castleberry DISTANT IS THE MORNING Rain dries on a windy street.Heron skulks the horizon.Never trust a Capricorn’s worduntil you know how it falls...
4 Tips for Writing Gothic Horror
Gothic horror and its many subgenres continues to increase in popularity. Here, author Ava Reid shares 4 tips on writing gothic horror.2015 gave us Crimson...
