The Value of Taking Your Time Writing by Amber Kim

Enjoy an exclusive guest post from Amber Kim, author of “A Tree, a Hope, and a River,” featured in our upcoming anthology ON TIME.   Crafting metaphors is often used in relation to writing. Authors are “wordsmiths” who “cobble” a story and “spin” a tale. It is obvious how the application of technology has radically changed…

Organic Writing Insights by Jacob Butlett

Enjoy an exclusive guest post from Jacob Butlett, author of “The Eastern Lights,” featured in our upcoming anthology ON TIME.   Along with my family, I boarded the bus heading to Adventureland one early summer morning. As a Creative Writing junior in college at the time, I craved new information about how to write more instinctively…

The Hunt by Joanna Koch

Stories, like hunger, drive us to fulfill them. Outlining, researching, free-writing, and editing are tools we use to hunt for the story’s essence, but the joke’s on us. We’re constructing our own traps. We’re the prey. The story hunts and catches us. I’ve become aware of the hunt as I’ve gained more experience writing. Story…

The Vanishing Art of Daydreaming by E.J. LeRoy

Is there a minimum age for becoming a curmudgeon? Because with the way certain technology is taking over, I’m rapidly heading in that direction. The next time you’re in a waiting room, look around. What is everyone doing? Chances are, they’re talking, texting, tweeting, web surfing, taking selfies, and watching cat videos. Question: whatever happened…

Writing with Tarot: The Answer is Inside You by J.N. Powell

Being born with a heart for the fantastic, I have always been drawn to the mystic and the mysterious, the spiritual and the superstitious, but I dared not partake. What did I know of runes and rituals? It was something I admired from afar, quietly curious, and nothing more. When I was studying my Masters in Creative…