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May 18, 20236 min read
Jon Papernick: Israel's Inspiration Got Me Back to Writing
Whenever I spend time in Israel I always feel like a more fully realized version of myself — healthier, happier, part of a historical...
Mar 30, 20235 min read
David Biddle: Winding Down with Spring Training: Last Thoughts for Writers
I wrote about baseball’s spring training season in The Story Plant blog a few weeks ago. In that piece, I pointed out that writers don’t...
Mar 20, 20234 min read
David Biddle: Spring Training and Working Hard
I spent the best 15 years of my life coaching city rec league baseball teams that my three sons played on. All three eventually became...
Dec 5, 202212 min read
SS Turner: The Accent Interpreter
A short story Monty Summers was an expert at telling people what they wanted to hear. And what they almost always wanted to hear were...
Nov 21, 20223 min read
SS Turner: A Day in the Life of this Writer
Some people believe writers are enigmatic figures who spend their days drinking alcohol and taking exotic drugs to enhance their...
Nov 7, 20229 min read
John Adcox: Complete
Can fantasy be myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings In June of 1999, I traveled to England for the first time. After a few days in...
Nov 2, 20224 min read
Judith Arnold: First-Rate Second-Borns
I often wondered whether my sons read up on birth order theory while still in the womb. Embodying the theory, my first-born has always...
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Laura Drake: Where Do Ideas Come From?
Do you know Kimberly Brock? If you don’t, you should. She is a true natural story-teller; one of those authors that I envy. Her writing...
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Bruce Ferber: Crown of Creation
This post from Bruce marks the end of the I Buried Paul book tour! Want to check out all the stops on the tour? Head on over to Pump Up...
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Therésè: I Landed Here
“Write what you know” – Mark Twain. This advice is frequently given to aspiring authors. It was given to me years ago and I decided to...
