So, You Want To Be A Writer?
Previous featured writer Leroy B. Vaughn is back to share his somewhat turbulent life as a writer.
Drunken Review: “Kiss” By Dekker And Healy
When Shauna McAllister returns to her childhood home to recover from a car accident that left her in a coma and wiped out six months of her memory, her estranged father and abusive stepmother blame her for the tragedy, which has left her beloved brother severely brain damaged, but Shauna leans on Wayne Spade, a forgotten but hopeful lover who stays by her side, as she attempts to sort out what happened that night.
Poetry Classics: Dover Beach, By Matthew Arnold
"Dover Beach" is a lyric poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold. It was first published in 1867 in the collection New Poems, but surviving notes indicate its composition may have begun as early as 1849. The most likely date is 1851.
The Change: A New Beginning
In the future a "change" has taken place and the evolution of mankind is taking a new, uncharted step towards the unknown.
I Want To Sleep
Sometimes a man just needs to sleep.
Why Can’t I Just Focus On My Writing?
An unexpected downside to being a writer are the times when you struggle with focus. What is the best way to handle focus issues? Is there a way to fix the problem?
Poetry Classics: Echo, By Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is famous for writing Goblin Market and "Remember".
The City
The city has the power to beat you down, to hurt you, to destroy you. After a while, you no longer have the ability to tell wrong from right. And that's when it devours you.
All I Do Is Fall
Sudden losses and the floor - my Earth goes out away from me from beneath my feet...
3 Reasons Why Your Work Isn’t Getting Out Of The Slush Pile
Nothing sucks worse for a writer than rejection. It happens to all of us, but there are ways to improve your odds of getting your work accepted.
Poetry Classics: The Dead Man Walking, By Thomas Hardy
"The Dead Man Walking" is a lyric poem centering despair and pessimism. A lyric poem presents the author's imaginative or emotional response to a person, a place, a thing, an event, or an idea. Unlike a narrative poem, a lyric poem does not tell a story.
Life Isn’t So Bad, Is It?
Just because things aren't going well in your life at the moment doesn't mean they won't improve. And most likely, someone out there has it way worse than you. Which begs the question, life isn't so bad, is it?
Next To Me
Sometimes all we need to get through this life is each other.
We Can Never Go Home Volume 1 Review
Teenage misfits Duncan and Madison discover they share two secrets in common: they both have super powers, and neither is very good at staying out of trouble.
3 Ways To Get People Excited About Your Writing
It doesn't make much sense to write if people will never want to read your work. But even if the work is amazing, how do you get people to check it out? Here are 3 easy tips to help answer that question.
Poetry Classics: London, By William Blake
London is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Experience in 1794. It is one of the few poems in Songs of Experience that does not have a corresponding poem in Songs of Innocence.
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Poetry Classics: Advice To A Son, By Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway wrote Advice to a Son right after the Roaring Twenties in the early 1930’s. This poem shows the many things that Hemingway had learned after fleeing to Paris from America after the Great War. Hemingway in his early thirties was writing to his son through poetry about the harsh reality of life.
Poetry Classics: Ode On A Grecian Urn, By John Keats
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats in May 1819 and published anonymously in the January 1820, Number 15, issue of the magazine Annals of the Fine Arts
Whispers In The Woods
Something strange lurks in the woods.
Counting Down To Nine
Prepare for the countdown.
A Broken Icarus
Without someone to pull us back, we're all susceptible to flying too close to the sun.
Vote With A Bullet
This piece isn't about taking sides on the gun debate. It's about paying attention to who is profiting off of gun violence.
Turn the Page
Keep turning the page and you'll eventually reach the end.
What Is The Ideal Life For A Writer?
To be a writer, you must live like a writer. But is that even a thing?
To The Summit Of Glory
Sometimes the journey is worth the danger. Even if that means dying on a frozen mountain.