Went to see the movie Logan the other day, and while it is a good movie, for this article I want to focus on a relatively small plot point that resonated with me. It has to do with this aged and frail version of Xavier, and it resonated due to the d...

     This post is inspired by a great seminar I attended for Lit-Cleveland given by Laura Grace Weldon –– poet, short story writer, and thinker.

Visit her website: https://lauragraceweldon.com

     So, to get into it. Laura went into how, when we read a g...

Writing's a solitary activity, right?

No, it ain't!

Yes, writing involves a lot of alone––splitting time between tapping keys and wiping tears off them (both happy and sad)––but no expertise is ever gained in a vacuum. We all need feedback from people who love the craft–...

     Last November, I did a project for National Novel Writing Month (“NaNoWriMo”), where writers challenge themselves to write a fifty thousand word story. I chose to write in first-person-present. The choice of person and tense can affect profoundly how a story is pe...