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July 2015

July 10, 2015

A Solitary Existence

Marilynne Robinson: I don’t think I could want something else. For instance, I’m kind of...

May 2015

May 16, 2015

Oppressive Punctuation?!

Brian Hutchinson: VANCOUVER — There was Patrick Stewart, PhD candidate, defending his final dissertation before...

April 2015

April 01, 2015

Every.Day

Flannery O'Connor, in a letter to Cecil Dawkins in 1957: I’m a full-time believer in...

January 2015

January 01, 2015

Stylish Academic Writing

Putting those two words before the word "writing" creates for many an impossibility or a...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Great Thought about Writing

“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an...

February 2014

February 01, 2014

Grading Orwell

From Michael Crichton: I had gone to college planning to become a writer, but early...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Platform and Publishing

Publishers are concerned about platform, and how to measure that is changing. Evidently Mark Driscoll...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Writing’s Mysteries

I recently read a fascinating book about the rituals and routines of some of the...

November 01, 2013

Flannery and Boldness

Flannery O'Connor, the inimitable Southern master of the grotesque image, retired early to bed --...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Productivity Habits

This is an extract from an extract of a book about the habits of productive...

October 07, 2013

Best Religion Blog Post of the Year: On Holy Trollers

Thank you John Blake -- Blake, editor at CNN's Belief Blog, sets out the types...

September 2013

September 02, 2013

Blog Facts and Stats: An Infographic

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August 2013

August 19, 2013

The Academic “I”

From Patter: The first major thinker who used "I" that I recall was E.P. Sanders...

August 12, 2013

Habits of Great Writers

Sara Jonsson sketches the habits of some well-known writers, and the habits can be bizarre:...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Michele Cushatt, On Letters of Rejection

So you want to be a writer ... are you ready for the rejection? Can...

October 2012

October 09, 2012

Doodler?

Are you doodler? Is this a sign of a need for another outlet for creativity?...

October 04, 2012

Writing Suggestion: Think Concrete

This piece, by John Maguire, nails it. Learning to think concretely and write about objects...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Teach them to write

By Peg Tyre, a story about reviving learning through the lost art of essay writing:...

July 2012

July 11, 2012

The Most Common Edits

Carol Saller, from The Chronicle: Here are the issues my colleagues and I spend the...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Why I Write

By Maria Popova, a summary of why George Orwell wrote: Orwell begins with some details...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Authors Putting Down Authors

I read this post about author put-downs, and it goes on all the time... one...

May 16, 2012

Great Words

REUTERS /KEVIN LAMARQUE /LANDOV When traveling across the United States, it sometimes feels like the...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Writing Science

By Adam Ruben: I’m still fairly new at this science thing. I’m less than 4...

March 24, 2012

A Fine Instrument

I'm a huge fan of fountain pens. (See here.) In fact, I rarely use anything...

March 19, 2012

Writers and Readers Who Write to Writers

From Lists of Note: In July of 1952, Nancy Mitford wrote to her friend, the famous...

March 14, 2012

What happened to the “writer”?

By Tim Parks: Since when did being a writer become a career choice, with appropriate...

March 08, 2012

Citing a Tweet

How do you cite a tweet in an academic paper? Or, how do you do...

February 2012

February 04, 2012

Editor in Search of Articles

Some of you may know I am one of three editors for Currents in Biblical...

January 2012

January 24, 2012

iPad’s Writing Kit

Tim Maly has a sketch of a new iPad app, and I wonder if anyone...

January 15, 2012

Quotes for Writers on Writing

From The Atlantic: Here are a few favorites: "Finish each day before you begin the...