Every writer, especially one who has recently finished a long piece of work, confesses to felling a kind of creative exhaustion. A pretty significant fraction of writers also go on to describe what may be only be named writer’s block, where they are unable to get words on a page. Very often, writer’s block creates…
Read MoreSeparating Business and Personal Lives Online
Many online writers use social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter to promote their writing, but doing so is not as simple as you might expect. If you combine business and pleasure online, you run the risk of alienating your audiences. By sharing personal information with people who are only interested in your writing, you run…
Read MoreAn Interview with HubPages Moderator & Poet Camille Harris
Camille Harris joined the HubPages moderation team earlier this year, and as we were in the process of planning the HubPatron of the Arts contest, we discovered that she enjoys writing poetry. Naturally, we invited her to be the official HubPages staff judge on the poetry panel of the contest. We’re very glad she accepted!…
Read MoreNothing on the Other Side
There is something utterly fascinating about doors, be they serving as entrances to spaceships or covers of old, dusty wardrobes. Paradigmsearch explores the fun plot device offered by the humble door- along with much, much more- in this excellent Hub! For those who like listening to stories as much as they like reading them, here’s…
Read MoreAn Interview with Drax: HubPages’ (Official!) Poet
Right as we were planning our upcoming November contest, we heard from Drax, one of the most well-known poets on HubPages. He suggested to Paul Edmondson that we have a poetry contest, and a couple of conversations later, we had put together plans for a poetry, prose, and photos contest! In addition to giving us…
Read MoreThe End of the World: Choices, Choices!
You’re going to die. We’re all going to die. It’s inevitable. The real question is: HOW are we all going to die?? As it happens, there are quite a few options. Join us as we explore the most likely disasters that may bring about the end of the earth, as profiled in an excellent article by…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: How to meet other writers
Writing, more than any other profession, is incredibly lonely and isolating. We spend our time holed up in rooms, alone with our words. We work on several drafts, each of them subtly different from the other, and then are hurt when our friends ask whether our books will ever be done. Sometimes, only other writers…
Read MoreSocial Media 101 for Online Writers
Are you interested in sharing your writing and personal brand with others? Chances are people are telling you to use social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. These channels can be excellent platforms to help you promote your personal brand and writing, but there is a wrong way to go about using them. Listen…
Read MoreAn Interview with Alastar Packer
As the HubPatron of the Arts contest approaches, we want to introduce you to the special Hubbers who will be serving as judges on the poetry, creative writing, and photo gallery panels. Alastar Packer is one of the contest’s five creative writing judges. Check out our exchange as we discuss what attracts him to creative…
Read MoreTheodore Shade
Though known primarily for his Emerland Wells Cafe series on HubPages (which has already been featured in the Fascinating Fiction podcast series), mckbirdbks also writes the occasional stand-alone short story. One of these is Theodore Shade- a somewhat dark vignette that builds up an impressive amount of tension. Have a listen! If you don’t have time…
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