9 writing tips from the man who won more literary awards than any other writer, ever. — Philip Roth was kind of a jerk. That’s not new. A lot of writers are jerks. Charles Dickens was a cruel man with bizarre obsessions. Flannery O’Connor Was A Raging Racist. J.D. Salinger liked little girls. Norman Mailer stabbed his wife in rage. Writers are just people. Sometimes, people are…

Most people suck at titles. But don’t use it straight out of the box, it sounds like a marketing bro. Here’s what I did… — Y’all, omg, I have struggled so much with titles. Not. Even. Kidding. Embarrassing truth. I remember one day logging on to Medium and seeing a story with a title something like “My Husband Cheated. She Can Have Him, I Just Want My Dress Back.” That’s not verbatim. But under it…

100 years later, it’s still no. Here’s the sentence she asked them to agree to. I don’t understand why they said no. Do you? — 100 years is a long time. In 1923, the Model T was the most popular car and prohibition was the least popular law. Time Magazine published their first magazine, and Roy and Walt extablished Disney as a company. It’s the year the Hollywood sign first went up. That was the…

Anyone who tells you which is right? 😕 Is wrong! 😊 — Here’s a thing writers love to argue about. Should you write for your audience, or should you write for yourself? Then they debate for hours. Vehemently. Some people will say you “have to” write for yourself. Or it’s all just fakey fake pandering and it’s not genuine. Blah, blah. …

Women proving lady brains aren’t inferior — Let me tell you something crazy. Ready? Harvard University opened in 1636. 387 years ago. For the first 200 years, they wouldn’t let women attend. Which means they’ve had female students for less than half the time they’ve been open. Know why? Men thought lady brains were inferior. It’s a…

Sorry, it not about equality or women’s rights. — Theresa Malkiel was a 35 year old garment worker when she made up a crazy idea and published it in a daily newspaper. She said Feb 23, 1909 was the very first “National Women’s Day” and asked readers to meet her on 34th Street. She made that up. There was…

March is Women’s History month and the theme of 2023 is “women who tell our stories.” — March is Women’s History Month in America, the UK and Australia. Every year, the National Women’s History alliance chooses a theme for the year. This year, the theme is “Women who tell our stories.” Could it fit this little publication any better? So I’d like to showcase 10 of our…

She was a world champion and movie star, but her greatest pride was freeing women from police measuring skirts on the beach — Annette Kellerman was crippled as a child. Some say she had polio while others say it was rickets. Either way, she had heavy iron braces on her legs and little mobility. At seven, the doctor took her braces off and told her mom to take her swimming. So she did…

7 things most writers don’t know about ChatGPT and AI (including image creation) but probably should. — Ever since ChatGPT, everyone seems to have an opinion. Some love it. Others hate it. Some think AI will never be as good as a human writer. No soul, they say. Musician Nick Cave called ChatGPT “replication as travesty.” Some fan used AI to create a song in Cave’s “style”…