Writing
'At 85, I Published My First Crime Thriller'
In a sense, my career in the United States Foreign Service prepared me for thriller writing. During the Cold War, I was posted at the U.S. Embassy in what was then East Berlin.
Here's Why Read Across America Day Falls on Dr. Seuss' Birthday
Read Across America Day was originally synonymous with the author of "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham."
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EducationDreaming of Becoming A Writer? These Master Storytellers Can Teach You
"You become a writer by writing. There is no other way. So do it, do it more, do it better. Fail, fail better." - Margaret Atwood
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AMPLIFY - Personal ImprovementBecome A Best-Selling Writer By Learning From the Actual Writers
Between 600,000 and one million books get published every year in America, according to Forbes, and out of those, only 200 sell over 100,000 copies, and hardly 10 make it to even a million copies. Find out how you can be a best-selling novelist with help from the masters.
Times New Roman Trends Following Heated Twitter Debate About the Best Font
A heated discussion about which font type and size people prefer has sparked much controversy on Twitter.
Mike Huckabee Calls AOC 'Manchurian Candidate' Recruit
The Fox & Friends hosts and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee took their daily shots at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Thursday, floating a conspiracy theory she's a communist "Manchurian candidate" with ghost writers telling her what to say and ask.
Little Caesars Employee Fired For 'Gay' Receipt Name
"I was baffled, and it made me semi-angry because I feel like it's 2019 and we're still having to deal with this."
Student Arrested for Writing Shooting Threat on Wall
The student was charged with one felony count of a written threat to do bodily harm or mass shooting.
White House Officials Who Have Denied Writing Op-Ed
A gaggle of senior White House officials are rushing to deny writing the anonymous New York Times op-ed that scathingly portrayed President Donald Trump.
Harlan Ellison: Provocative Sci-Fi Writer Dies Aged 84
He wrote scripts for Star Trek and was once sacked from a job at Disney after just half a day.
How to Reduce Stress: Write About Your Past Failures
"We've been taught for years that focusing on the positive could lead us to success," says the study's author.
Rare Byzantine Mosaic With Ancient Greek Writing Found
The mosaic's multicolored patterns were painstakingly composed of tiny stones—about 3,000 of them per square foot.
Ancient Kanji Characters Found on Japanese Pottery
The fragment shows the left half of the Japanese character for "shu" (the Chinese pronunciation would be "zhou").
Ancient Monastery That Produced Book of Deer Discovered
The Book of Deer, written at the monastery, is an illuminated manuscript—embellished with gold and silver—from the Bible's New Testament.
Parasites Described by Hippocrates ID'd in Ancient Poop
Hippocrates described unidentified parasitic worms in his medical texts 2,500 years ago. Ancient human poop just revealed which ones.
Sessions to Respond to Democrats' Questions in Writing
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley denies requests for a public hearing.
5 Things You Were Taught About Grammar That Are Wrong
The prescriptivist stranglehold on grammar isn't just restrictive, it's often just plain wrong.
How Punctuation Became a Mark of Aggression
In certain types of online communication, it's stranger to use a period than not.
15 Writers Reveal the Worst Thing They Wrote in 2016
We asked good writers to share their worst embarrassments.
How J.K. Rowling Created Harry Potter
The story of how a down-on-her-luck, single mother created her own fairytale ending.
Prolific Robot Journalist Covers 450 Olympic Stories
'AI writing bot' Xiaomigbot produced up to 58 articles a day for a Chinese publication.
Dan Brown Is Releasing a Young Adult 'Da Vinci Code'
Dickens and Shakespeare are fine for teenagers, but Dan Brown isn't, apparently.
Lena Dunham's Surprise Book to Benefit Girls Write Now
Profits from her compilation of old diary entries will go toward the girls' writing and mentoring organization.
So You Want to Write a Book? Then Read This
Beware: Don't write a book that is a duplicate of information anyone can find on the Internet. Nor a summary of what you learned from Googling.
Why Did So Many Good Pop Culture Sites Die in 2015?
It's been a rough year for the pop culture Internet.
15 Writers Confess the Worst Thing They Wrote in 2015
We asked successful writers to open up about their worst failures.
Soon You Too Can Tour Hunter S. Thompson's House
Doctor Gonzo's former home in Woody Creek, Colorado, will be open to visitors next year and serving his favorite breakfast: gin Jell-O.
You Too Can Write a Best-Seller
MasterClass, a new Web service, lets you learn from the top minds in their respective fields.