Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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June 8, 2018

The Quest for the Enchanted Writing Tip

By Caroline Hagood

Many writers spend their whole careers chasing that enchanted writing tip that will make them extraordinary, and there’s certainly no shortage of craft advice. Some authors (I’m looking at you, […]

December 8, 2011

Mix Tape: Gifting and (Unabashedly) Regifting

By Maggie Smith

Check out these holiday gifts for grammar geeks (not grammar geek’s, mind you). An anonymous artist has been leaving exquisitely detailed little paper sculptures in libraries and museums all over […]

July 23, 2010

Short Takes

By Grant Johnson

Celebrating fifty years, this one’s for the mockingbirds Once again, this blog’s to blame, they’re saying it’s time to take it slow [warning: no take backs if you end up […]