Almost every parent has a similar video tucked away in their collection - their kiddie boogying on down to some pop music and having a blast. What began as a simple sharing of a video by a proud parent however has ended up in court though for another round. As PCMag reports, this protracted saga [...]

We’re writers and prefer to spend a lot more time putting pen to paper than anything else. Any resource that makes the additional projects that accompany the job simpler merits a gold star in my book. I think this online tool constitutes just about the best thing since sliced bread. The bonus is it’s free [...]

You know how you have those days when the words won’t come that are on the tip of your tongue? Well, I’m finding that “I don’t get it” is a handy phrase indeed. Along with a handful of imaginary friends…but I’m getting ahead of myself here.

I pondered this question awhile before I answered it. The premise behind my idea is that literature and the sharing of it can change the world. Every time we read something new to us that stimulates a seed of an idea, a thought process , produces in us an emotional response (be it laughter, tears, [...]

Are you one of those angst-ridden writers who scribbles in a frenzy with a wild eyed look on any scrap of paper he can find, with nothing but nothing penetrating that concentration- not hunger, not tiredness- save perhaps for death itself?! No, neither am I actually.

Every honest writer’s nightmare is the thought of being accused of plagiarism. Would you know what would constitute plagiarism and what would be considered common knowledge ? Find out with this excellent piece which includes examples. It’s aimed at students writing research papers but the examples are handy to know. Knowledge is power!
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One of the best ways to get to know your characters is to ask questions about them. Many writers do this as a kind of homework before they actually start writing a story. The more you know your characters, the more fleshed out they will be. This might also help make your story easier to [...]

Changed Days Indeed is a little on the dark side with a twist in the tail. It’s hard to find a single answer when I’m asked what the poem’s about. It’s about how ancient relationships can still cast a shadow over us despite the passage of time and how easily unresolved emotions can be [...]

I’d like to share a story about a girl I went to school with more than two and a half decades ago. She was, to us teenagers (so worldly wise we were at the ripe old age of around fourteen), considered rather odd. Her name was, let’s say, Anna.

Long long ago, in the days before the Internet, a mouse was something that made maidens hitch their hooped skirts up and scream. Today that little mechanical wonder is attached to what is arguably the biggest conversation killer of our time. I’m talking real live face to face conversations here, not chats or IM’s.
My family’s [...]