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Around The Web: Pumpkin Decorating, Typos, Ignyte Awards, and Reading Lists

Pumpkin decorating ideas, an explanation of why it’s hard to spot your own typos, a look at the Ignyte Awards, a history of reading list.

Around the Web: A Writing Excuse, Getting Coverage, Literature As Zoom Meetings, and Coming Out

Emily Stewart

Oct 9

Around the Web: A Writing Excuse, Getting Coverage, Literature As Zoom Meetings, and Coming Out

A few thoughts on a common excuse for not writing, some advice for promoting your work, some literary themed comics, an essay on coming out

Around the Web: Rise of the Author Photo, Banned Books, Jane Austen, and YA Writers

Emily Stewart

Oct 4

Around the Web: Rise of the Author Photo, Banned Books, Jane Austen, and YA Writers

A history of the author photo, ALA’s list of the decade’s top 100 most banned and challenged books, a new edition of Pride and Prejudice...

Around The Web: Word Nerds, Fantasy and Realism, Goodreads

Emily Stewart

Sep 24

Around The Web: Word Nerds, Fantasy and Realism, Goodreads

Two posts for the word nerds among us, an essay on fantasy and realism, and an article on Goodreads and its potential challengers.

Around the Web: Writing the Other, Elton John's Bookshelf and Borrowed Words.

Emily Stewart

Oct 31, 2019

Around the Web: Writing the Other, Elton John's Bookshelf and Borrowed Words.

Happy November, everyone! For our first Around the Web post of the month, I have two articles about writing the other, a look at Elton John’

Around the Web: Emerging Writers Intensive, Booker Backlash and Viking Cursing

Emily Stewart

Oct 18, 2019

Around the Web: Emerging Writers Intensive, Booker Backlash and Viking Cursing

This week, I’ve got some news about Stephen King, thoughts on the Emerging Writers Intensive in Banff, a look at the recent Book Award backl

Around the Web: Remakes, Publishing and Book Deals

Emily Stewart

Oct 11, 2019

Around the Web: Remakes, Publishing and Book Deals

Happy Friday, readers! This weekend is Thanksgiving here in Canada and I am very thankful for books, authors, and all the people who write a

Around the Web: A Quiz, a Collection of Illustrations, a Few Grammar Lessons

Emily Stewart

Oct 4, 2019

Around the Web: A Quiz, a Collection of Illustrations, a Few Grammar Lessons

This week, I’ve got a quiz, a collection of illustrations, a few Grammar lessons from TikTok, and some writing quotations.

Around the Web: Literary and Language Innovations, Banned Books

Emily Stewart

Sep 26, 2019

Around the Web: Literary and Language Innovations, Banned Books

Happy Friday, everyone! This week, I’ve got some literary and language innovations to share, and a quiz to celebrate Banned Books Week. C...

Around the Web: A Few Thoughts on Writing and Copy Editing

Emily Stewart

Sep 20, 2019

Around the Web: A Few Thoughts on Writing and Copy Editing

Happy Friday again, dear readers! September is absolutely flying by, so I hope you’re all getting a chance to relax (and read) amidst the...

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