Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born 100 years ago today, did more than anyone to bring the Soviet Union to its knees.

Here are 39 ways to make your blog more entertaining to read and more pleasurable to write.

And how to overcome this hurdle?

If you’re aiming for success in the writing sphere, there’s a good chance you’ve learned more about anxiety than you ever dreamed possible.

Sometimes criticism crushes me. A one-star review wrecks my day. An online barb served up via Twitter knocks me off course. A comment via email throws me for a loop. Why do I get stuck so easily by random strangers and their words? Because I’ve confused my art with my identity. That is a mistake. Your art is not your identity. It’s not who you are, it’s a byproduct of knowing who you are. The difference is subtle but critical.

I am a storyteller. It’s what I do.

"Ever meet a Tardis that wasn't finicky? It will take you where it wants to take you, rarely where you want to go. As long as you are happy being lead around, you'll get along just fine...."

Every time you see Metallica, they get up on stage and play Master of Puppets. They don’t skip that song. You know why? Because no matter what, no matter how old the song is, no matter how many times they’ve played that track, people always want to hear Master of Puppets. There’s this fucking idea that if you want to make content you have to always make something new, every day. Like, it’s not good content if it’s not fresh. Your hits don’t matter, you’re only as good as the next post that goes viral. You’re only as good as the next click frenzy.

You’ve come up with a great idea for your business blog, only to find that the words just won’t come...

If you feel like a failure as a blogger because you're not as good/fast/successful as everyone else, here are four realities of blogging you need to know.

When you write in plain English, you are not "dumbing it down". You are clearing things up.There are two main ways to make a text easier for everybody to read. One way is to use simpler concepts.

If you don’t know these 3 things, you may as well be rolling your face your keyboard.

Are you looking to boost your content strategy? 6 content aggregator websites are described. Zest.is, Wakelet, and Contently are featured.

How to write powerful Facebook posts to boost clicks and shares: tricks, words, content types, techniques, and emotions behind Facebook writing this year.

Ottawa-based screenwriter and director Mark Parks talks with THGM about writing, critics and film making.Lauralee, my younger daughter, made her screen debut last month at Ottawa's venerable Mayfa

A Hard Earned Lesson: Be Certain to Understand Your Compensation Package Upfront Before You audition

A new book collects fantastic literary geographies.

Five essential tips to consider when writing online — from the importance of hyperlinks to optimising content for search engines.

There are thousands of bloggers out there that write articles to tell you how to “get paid to travel the world” and honestly this is something that has been bothering me ever since I started blogging...

Researchers analysed over 1700 novels to reveal six story types – but can they be applied to our most-loved tales? Miriam Quick takes a look.

When Charles Dickens died, he left behind an unfinished book containing unresolved mysteries. In ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ who killed Drood—and is Drood really dead?

An indepth, hardhitting guide to improving your productivity with the help of a journal. Learn how to start a journal, what journal you should be using & more.

Ezra Glinter surveys the work of Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.

Just one thing separates a ghostwriter from other writers. Without this trait, you simply cannot ghostwrite.

Discover simple ways to make your writing a whole lot better ... whether you're writing a sales page, an email, a blog post, or a social media update.

When your introduction only explains information, you don't show your reader that you have something to offer that they won't find anywhere else.

Death of a Loving Father, My Tribute to Him #death #grief #cope Disclaimer: Note: I apologize for the delay in posting Thankful Thursdays this week.  Due to the personal nature of what I am writing and the fact that we were waiting for the appropriate time to put this on any type of social media, I had to

Whether you’re pitching an epic novel to an agent or posting a short article on your blog, dealing with rejection as a writer sucks.

How to go from clueless amateur to generational talent (or at least live life a little more creatively).

In general, I will say that blurbs are a blight on the publishing industry, both for people seeking blurbs and the writers asked to blurb.

The author Laura van den Berg on what inspired her newest novel, "The Third Hotel," and how she accesses the part of the mind that fiction comes from.

A new program can produce 20,000 lines of ad copy a second. But is it any good?

For when you need to hit that five-page minimum

You’ve been creating, making, doing and stressing, and STILL, the traction isn’t there. What is traction? Traction is when increasingly more people engage with your creative work.

In the 2018 New Statesman / Goldsmiths Prize lecture, Elif Shafak explains why – in a world ruled by fear and division – novelists no longer have the luxury of being apolitical.