The Blunt Instrument is an advice column for writers, written by Elisa Gabbert (specializing in nonfiction), John Cotter (specializing in fiction), and Ruoxi Chen (specializing in publishing)....
For emerging writers, getting published for the first time can seem like a tremendous undertaking. Either you don’t know where to start, or no one wants...
Every day, I tell my cat that she’s the prettiest animal on the planet. I hold her in the air and say, “Greta, you deserve to...
Some of us respond to the tough times by doing. Others respond by settling in. There’s no right or wrong answer, friends; it’s simply a matter of...
Postcards Of Kindness is a program that is simple yet very powerful. It’s an initiative in which people write postcards to people in nursing homes. They...
After watching Bong Joon-ho’s Academy Award winning film Parasite, I was left wondering what makes a haunted house story a haunted house story. Do the houses...
If most people have trouble dealing with staying inside, imagine having to stay home with bored kids, complaining that they have nothing to do the whole...
Hi! This is Nina, your friendly neighborhood autistic here to bring you all sorts of autistic fun times for Autism Acceptance Month. First of all, yes,...
Bees are my favorite insect. Hard stop. I love these winged creatures and could spend days watching them as they hop flower to flower, collecting pollen,...
When you go looking for books about magic schools you can be pretty sure which one you’ll find first: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. In Rowling’s...
