How one of the Beatles’ greatest songs came to be.

Some people want something for nothing. Tempting as the offer sounds, I just don't need any more nothing right now.

Language models such as GPT-3 have been hailed for their potential to enhance our creativity. Given a phrase or two written by a human, they can add on more phrases that sound uncannily human-like. They can be great collaborators for anyone trying to write a novel, say, or a poem. GPT-3 is a smart and poetic AI. Unfortunately, it also says terrible things about Muslims.

Sometimes, I’ve found myself writing with very broken chunks of time: at its most aggressive, it’ll be on demand and with probably 20 minutes in between meetings, with hard deadlines. Other times, late at night, not by choice. In these times, there’s every reason not to write—distraction, despair, and time pressure, not exactly Neal Stephenson’s four hours. I’ve responded to this by developing and refining one of my favorite techniques—a warm up exercise for my writing: copywork.

On the overwhelming needlessness of nonfiction

An ‘exceptionally rare’ first edition of Mary Shelley’s gothic classic has broken the world auction record for a printed work by a woman

If you hate ebooks, that loathing might attach to their dim screens, their wonky typography, their weird pagination, their unnerving ephemerality, or the prison house of a proprietary ecosystem. If you love ebooks, it might be because they are portable, and legible enough, and capable of delivering streams of words, fiction and nonfiction, into your eyes and brain with relative ease.

By Keri Kruspe Author of Otherworldly Romantic Adventures  When I began my writing career, I felt like I was trudging through molasses…

And it was easier and more fulfilling than I thought it would be!

It's one of the first questions new authors ask: "How long should my book be? How many words should I write?" Here is some useful guidance, from children's books to fantasy novels.

Whether you need inspiration or help with grammar, quality wordsmithing has never been easier or more affordable.

Do you have a great idea ready to be written, but no time to write it? Or are you just a terrible writer? Learn how to hire a ghostwriter at Kindlepreneur!

You might be surprised by how many traits writers share with serial killers. FBI profilers have actually profiled a subject only to discover s/he’s not a killer. S/he’s a writer. Here’s why a profiler might mistake writers for serial killers.

In Herman Melville’s masterpiece Moby Dick the author is eager to tell us a tale of good and evil. These two opposing forces are represented everywhere throughout his story, the vying battle between the two is the back bone of the entire novel. Good versus evil, love against hate, forgiveness or revenge, they are all explored throughout its many pages. This is one of the reasons for its enduring popularity amongst readers.

Everybody loves a good book. It's almost Canada Day, and could there be a better time to discover new Canadian writers?These writers have very little in common. They are all Canadian. They are all

Simply told and radiantly illustrated, his books have been story-time staples for decades.

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More Thoughts on the Life and Times of Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker Last week, I mused on the pranks and practices of Robert Stephen Hawker , ...

In his essay ‘Persecution and the Art of Writing’ (1941), the political philosopher Leo Strauss painted a picture of intellectual life that should offend me as a person with political commitments to democracy and egalitarianism, and philosophical commitments to pluralism and against monism, yet I return to it again and again. I want to understand why.

Thoughts on the Life and Times of Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker     The mermaid perched on a rock in Bude Bay, wailing songs with unintelligibl...