Category: Writing Essay
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Hello September! good news stories We’re in the final one-third of 2026. That’s good news enough I guess–given the turbulences this year has already seen. In the litmag arena, not all good either with the influx of AI-generated writing and many venues moving to fee-based from being fee-free. Windows close too early too. If a…
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open unsolicited submissions Some time ago, I came across NEW ENGLAND REVIEW and their “Staging Style” craft essays edited by Leslie Sainz. Written in a refreshing way, I found these essays really engaging. “A Plug into the Wall: The Role of Memory & Forgetting in the Personal Essay” by Amy Lee Scott, is a notable example.…
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The writer shares a personal experience of receiving an acceptance email for an essay titled “I Owe You an Explanation, Son,” which discusses the urgent climate crisis and the generational responsibility to care for the planet. This piece, inspired by reflection on childhood and human connection, was built over time into a significant work despite…
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Every year tells a story—I learn, grow, and feel grateful for what has come my way. This one is no exception. The Annual Writing Report 2025 captures the themes and ideas that took shape, the wishes that came true, how writing across genres drives my creative life, what helped during a crisis in my writing-life,…
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If you are a writer, don’t read. That is the advice of leading writers, thinkers and eminent personalities, including Albert Einstein, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy and William Woodard. Sounds like literary sacrilege, doesn’t it? More so, given that, as writers, we want to read everything we can lay our hands on. But, turns out, there…
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Past two months, I wrote and received acceptances for six pieces after making a conscious decision: I spent less time on social media. Even though engaging through my platforms have emerged to become an indispensable part of my writing life. Why and how? Read on to find out. As you may very well know, writing…
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JULY 05, 2025 Last year, something happened to my writing process. Inspiration went cold. Sentences didn’t flow. And the right words became elusive beasts in an ever-thinning herd. Some people would term this “writer’s block”, two words that brought to mind an unyielding presence, an insurmountable obstacle with solid edges and sharp corners. I didn’t…
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June 01, 2025 Hey friends! Welcome back! First up. Mysterious are the ways of the heart. My heart is full as both Glass/Fire and Where We Set Our Easel turned-in anniversaries–six months/4.25 Goodreads rating and two years/4.9 Goodreads rating respectively, but my collection of short stories is still looking for a publisher, even as the…
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GUEST BLOGPOST BY HARSHITA NANDA, AUTHOR OF Love Awaits, A Tale of Unbroken Promises MAY 18 2025 Most people have no idea what being a writer truly entails. Thus, I decided to pen down a few words and dispel some of the myths about being a writer and their writing process. Have you seen movies where…
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in spite of bending and breaking quite a few rules of literary fiction writing, “The Stackpole Legend” manages to be a hugely satisfying read “The Stackpole Legend” (Wendell Berry, The Threepenny Review) is not your conventional short story. Reading it can be revealing, especially to new and emerging writers. I say this because it busts so many myths early…
