How to Turn Real-Life Isolation Into Fiction
Welcome to Read Like a Writer, a new series that examines a different element of the craft of fiction writing in each installment, using examples from the Recommended...
Yes, You Have To: 6 Legitimate Reasons to Create a Book Outline
Writing a book is beyond hard. Those of us in the thick of the book writing process know that. Which means if there’s something that can...
Classroom Censorship in Mat-Su Alaska School District Latest In Long Line
The Matanuska-Susitna School Board (Mat-Su) pulled five classics of American literature from high school English classrooms in a sweeping 5-2 vote. Pulled from curriculum are Invisible...
3 Things We Didn’t Like (and 1 We Did) About Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
Last week, Netflix finally dropped its latest big anime get: Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, the highly anticipated (and perhaps in some regards, dreaded) continuation of...
Now’s the Perfect Time to Kill Bullshit Cable Fees
Cable bills are already stacked with unnecessary fees for things as silly as activation, deactivation, or rentals. Consumers are regularly gouged for things like regional sports,...
Roger Stone Bought Hundreds of Fake Facebook Accounts to Promote His WikiLeaks Narrative
Thanks to a joint petition from Politico, the Washington Post, the Associated Press, CNN, and the New York Times, over 30 FBI search warrants into Roger...
Like Uber, Lyft Can’t Get Rid of Its Employees Fast Enough
Younger, smaller, and less recognizable, Lyft has always lived in the substantial shadow of its main competitor Uber. Now it’s dying in it too. Read more…...
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Writing with Empathy
For NPR, debut novelist Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai discusses her book, The Mountains Sing, which follows four generations of a Vietnamese family and centers on a...
It Could Take Decades for the Ocean Floor to Recover From Deep Sea Mining
A new study has found that the impacts of deep sea mining are still felt a quarter of a century later. Read more… Source : It...
‘Totally Absurd’: Spanish Officials Douse Beach With Bleach to Fight Coronavirus
A picturesque beach in the Spanish province of Cádiz has been sprayed with diluted bleach, in a misguided and environmentally unfriendly attempt to protect children from...
