As wonderful as it feels to curl up with a good book, do you ever suffer from a nagging little voice in the back of your mind telling you to get up and do something? If you’re looking for a reason...
If you’ve chosen a career as a writer, you may feel isolated as it’s such a solo endeavour. But, no matter what you’re going through – whether it’s writer’s block or an abundance of creativity – you’re not alone. These ten...
This is it! The last Writing Wednesday and the second-last day of the entire National Novel Writing Month challenge. While we hope you are on track to complete the goal of 50,000 words, there’s no shame in having fallen behind....
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature due to his ability to uncover the “abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection to the world” through his “novels of great emotional force.” The 2017 prize, though...
Today marks ten years since we lost Laurel Burch (1945–2007), a singularly unique voice in the art scene. From her humble beginnings in Southern California to the successful merchandising empire she built around her designs, Laurel was a great friend...
The goal of our Writing Wednesday series is to offer helpful and interesting suggestions that you might not have thought of. But sometimes the best ideas are the ones tried and tested by the real pros – internationally successful authors,...
This new season brings with it the possibility of travel, as many have plans for fun and adventurous summer vacations. Whether you plan to travel abroad or be a tourist in your hometown, we hope these ten quotes inspire you...
Every April is National Poetry Month here in North America, but the lessons learned from the poets among us can apply every day of the year. From Rumi to Dickinson, nearly every person who has put pencil to paper has mused on the...
It would be easy to believe that fiction writing and journal writing are mutually exclusive endeavours, but as the writers below have so eloquently put it – that’s definitely not the case. Journals can of course be places to make...
Having trouble setting some attainable goals for this new year? Feeling a lack of inspiration going into 2017? Check out these ten famous resolutions below for inspiration, or at the very least, a chuckle. 1) Susan Sontag, writer “Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to...