Make the harrowing journey home with Queen Bitterblue’s sister and spy, in the fifth novel in the bestselling Graceling Realm series. Hava sails across the sea toward Monsea with her sister, the royal entourage, and the world’s only copies of the formulas for the zilfium weapon she saved at the end of Winterkeep. And while […]
Acclaimed author Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop knew the best way to tell the story of her parents lives was through memoir—a genre she’d never tried. Here, she shares six writing techniques that helped her shift from fiction to memoir. When I first thought of telling the story of my parents’ love affair in London during World […]
From left: Danny Little, Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua L’22, Choum Prak L’24, and Sydney T. Kofi Ladans L’23. Elon Law’s 4th Annual High Rhymes & Misdemeanors Poetry Slam in downtown Greensboro celebrated the rhythm of the written word on October 20, 2022, in a program that commemorated the National Day on Writing. A fall tradition returned to […]
In legal writing, plain and simple language is always best. But there are times when words can overlap or repeat in a way that confuses the reader. The answer? Abbreviate and define. But do it wisely. Why does some legal writing contain terms that seem needlessly formal, such as a specific address that’s defined as […]
Submissions are now open for the Young Writers Festival, with all young people living or attending schools or clubs in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames eligible to enter. Entrants can write about any subject of their choosing in any format but all entries must be typed, be under 500 words or 25 lines […]
Several months ago, we at Knight Edge Media had heard from a source on set that several of the episodes of Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaption of Avatar: The Last Airbender had been written by Emily Kim . However, we could not verify with a second source, thus citing the story as a rumor. Kim is […]
Author Joanna Quinn spent 10 years writing “The Whalebone Theatre.” (Photo credit: Nancy Turner / Courtesy of Knopf) When Joanna Quinn sat down to write her first novel, she knew she wanted to create the sort of sprawling epic period piece she loves to read. Of course, writing a novel like that takes longer than […]
USA TODAY NETWORK CHILLICOTHE― Have you ever wanted to write a book or short story? Have you already written a book but the publishing side of things got confusing? Either way the Southern Ohio Writers’ Group can help you. The Southern Ohio Writer’s Group was started in 2014 and has been meeting at the Pump […]
When Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya announced her horror novelette, a lesbian ghost story, would be published by Burrow Press, I immediately pre-ordered the special edition hardcover version . Kayla is many things. She’s our Managing Editor, but she’s also our leading Yellowjackets expert, our personal essay champion, a writer of fiction across various literary magazines — […]
MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the pop composers behind the globe’s biggest hits. In this edition, we meet Per Gessle, one half of Sweden’s second most successful band of all time, Roxette, and the writer behind all their biggest hits. World’s Greatest Songwriters is supported by AMRA – the global digital music collection society […]
