Books, Arts, and Culture

For most of the world, a debut novel, memoir, or short story collection is an introduction to a writer. However, if you pay close enough attention...

This year, the White House continues its theme of horrifying holiday decor by imitating a hallway from The Shining. This follows the infamous 2018 hallway of...

The author of this post, Carol Tice, runs the 1,400-member Freelance Writers Den, which is currently open for enrollment through December 10, 2019!  If you’re curious...

This year for me seemed sure to be defined by the publication, in May, of my first book, which disrupted absolutely everything around it, like a...

At the end of 2019, I am reading with very different eyes from a year ago. My wife and I learned that she was pregnant on...

Sponsored by JIMMY Patterson Books, publisher of Ali Cross by James Patterson. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get...

Is your attention span ravaged by living in our hellscape of a modern era? Good news: 2019 brought us plenty of brilliant short fiction. We polled...

Did y’all know Diana could swing between lightning bolts with her lasso? Because I did not know that but now that I’ve seen it, I want it....

We decided to go to Ukraine on a whim. One afternoon during a catch up coffee with a close friend, we talked about places we wanted...