• Essays

    Five Pointers for Writing a Genius (Even If You Aren’t One)

    "[H]ow do I write a genius level character and, more specifically, a character who is much smarter than I am?"

    September 12, 2025  By Jack Anderson
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    Contrary to Popular Belief,
    People Do Just Vanish

    "People go missing for all kinds of reasons...In many instances, they are never seen again."

    September 12, 2025  By Maria Malone
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    On Legends, Tall Tales, and the Art of Storytelling

    "However far-fetched [stories] may be, they often carry a latent, meaningful truth."

    September 11, 2025  By Archer Sullivan
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    Jack Du Brul: What Continuing Clive Cussler's Legendary Work Taught Me About Game-Changing Novels

    Between conducting in-depth research and keeping familiar characters evolving, adding to an iconic series is no mean feat.

    September 11, 2025  By Jack Du Brul
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    The Big Book Tour Backstory: On the Triumphs and Travails of Selling Your New Release, One Store at a Time

    Hank Phillippi Ryan goes behind the scenes on book tour, and asks writers for their most memorable audience interactions

    September 10, 2025  By Hank Phillippi Ryan
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    On Finding Comfort In Death Through Writing About Immortality

    "We’re not built for infinite time, just like we’re not built for infinite money. It breaks the brain."

    September 9, 2025  By Neil Sharpson
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    Hannah Mary McKinnon: A Corporate Gig Made Me a Better (Fictional) Murderer

    It turns out, high-stakes jobs have a lot of pointers for how to get your characters into, and out of, hot water

    September 9, 2025  By Hannah Mary McKinnon
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    The Fear and Fascination of Gothic Fiction

    '[W]hat makes a story “gothic”, and why are we still fascinated by it hundreds of years after its inception?'

    September 9, 2025  By Joe Hart
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    On Discord, Shared Guilt, and The Power of Collective Narration

    A chorus of narrators doesn't just include the reader in the action—it implicates them.

    September 5, 2025  By Lauren Oliver
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    Marriage in the Gilded Age

    A Look at the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly

    September 4, 2025  By Alyssa Maxwell
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