The Curious Engineer

Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds

2016–2026

1,275 posts

← 2012–2015

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October 2026

  1. Apple Review: Grimes Golden
  2. Three Bucks For Bad Apples
  3. Apple Review: Franc Rambour
  4. Apple Review: Glockenapfel
  5. The Greatest Apple I’ve Ever eaten (Reine Des Reinettes Re-Review)
  6. Apple Review: Jonagold (Plus Some Bonus Honeycrisp Slander)
  7. An Unruly Fusillade Of Apple Reviews For Alla Yous, Part Two
  8. A Gentle Stippling Of Sassy Updates
  9. A Mad Batch Of Apple Reviews For Yous, Part One
  10. The Pixel Project: Five Great Reasons to Give to the 12th Annual Fall Read For Pixels Campaign For Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2026

September 2026

  1. Introducing: Doctor Cooper Cheese Esquire, The Third
  2. Sam Flynn: Five Things I Learned While Writing Dweller in Darkness
  3. Some Quick (And Maybe Useful) Sales…
  4. I Return From Tour, Weary Yet Invigorated

August 2026

  1. If I Am To Be Regarded In Corporeal Form (The Calamities, Week Two!)
  2. The Demons! The Demons Are Free! The Calamities Is Out!
  3. One Week To Calamity
  4. Regarding The Pro-AI Tantrum In The HWA Newsletter
  5. The Demons Provide: Tour Shirts Have Arrived
  6. In Which I Share Some Good News (And Some Gratitude)

July 2026

  1. You Cannot Use One Bullshit Machine To Catch Another Bullshit Machine
  2. Demony Goodness: Sticker preview (And Reminder)
  3. Caroline M. Yoachim: Five Things I Learned Writing Interviews for Uncanny Magazine
  4. It’s The Final Tour Post (Sung To The Tune Of The Final Countdown)
  5. Michael Pogach: Five Things I Learned Writing Valhalla Burning
  6. Deadline Approaching For Demonic Goodies (And More Tour News)
  7. Jo Miles: Five Things I Learned Writing The Final Chronicle of Yeneh

June 2026

  1. Adrian M. Gibson: Five Things I Learned Writing A Murder Most Fungal
  2. The Boy Who Dreamed Of Doors: Cover Reveal
  3. The Calamities Tour! August Dates Now Live
  4. Emma OSborne: Five Things I Learned Writing Grief Eater

May 2026

  1. I Watched The Randolorian And Gogurt And Now I Have Thoughts
  2. The Calamities: Pre-Order For Secret, Sinister Delights
  3. Mary Berman: Five Things I Learned Writing Until Death

April 2026

  1. Loa (2012 – 2026)
  2. Tick-Tock, Mister Wick
  3. Steven Gellman: Five Things I Learned Writing Somewhere in Nowhere
  4. HAROLD GOLDBERG: FIVE THINGS I LEARNED WHILE WRITING THE SKINNY

March 2026

  1. The Pixel Project: Five Fantastic Reasons to Give to the 10th Annual Read For Pixels CAMPAIGN
  2. Cheap Evil Apple Alert: Black River Orchard
  3. On Aging, Dying, Butter Melting, Crafting Legacy and Punching Robots
  4. Jeremy Szal: Five Things I Learned Writing Wolfskin
  5. Shy Girl, AI In Writing, And A New Perniciousness
  6. Cover Reveal: Stephanie Feldman’s The Night Parade
  7. Ruth Knafo Setton: Five Things I Learned Writing Zigzag Girl
  8. Out Now: The Staircase In The Woods, Paperback Edition

February 2026

  1. Vital Cat Update: An Update To The Update
  2. Things, Stuff, And Other Miscellaneous Debris
  3. Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
  4. Apple Review #41: Wild Twist
  5. Iron Lung: What A Very Good, Very Weird Thing

January 2026

  1. Cover Reveal: The Calamities
  2. The Rage and the Hope
  3. Apple Review #40: Lemonade Apple

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December 2025

  1. Writer Resolution 2026: Wield The Weapon That Is You
  2. The Temporal Beast Is Dead, But What Wriggles Forth From Its Carcass? (2025 Wrapup, 2026 Look-Ahead)
  3. My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
  4. Tragedy! At The Apple Disco, AKA Apple Review #39: D’Arcy Spice
  5. Apple Review #38: Ludacrisp (Also, There’s A Honeycrisp Part Two??)
  6. Apple Review #37: Lucy Rose Vs Lucy Glo
  7. Announcing: Wanderers, Limited Edition Preorder
  8. Gifts For Writers, 2026
  9. Things What I Liked This Year, 2025
  10. Vital Cat Update

November 2025

  1. Apple Review #36: Granny Smith
  2. A Very Good Piece Of Creative Advice From Tom Morello
  3. Apple Review #35: This Fuckface, AKA, The SugarBee
  4. Merry Happy Wendigmas
  5. Apple Review #34: Ananas Reinette
  6. Apple Review #33: Black Oxford
  7. In Which I Eat The Food Crime Known As Kraft Apple Pie Mac & Cheese
  8. Aaaand No Hal-Con 2025 For This Guy

October 2025

  1. Apple Review #32: Ruby Slipper
  2. Apple Review #31: Cosmic Crisp
  3. Apple Review #30: Opal
  4. Apple Review #29: Roxbury Russet
  5. Apple Review #28: Rhode Island Greening
  6. Apple Review #27: Ribston Pippin
  7. Apple Review #26: Winter Banana??
  8. Apple Review #25: Stayman Winesap
  9. Apple Review #24: Winesap
  10. Apple Review #23: Hunnyz
  11. Apple Review #22: Mutsu
  12. Apple Review #21: Esopus Spitzenburg
  13. Apple Review #20: Crimson Topaz
  14. Apple Review #19: Ruby Mac
  15. Apple Review #18: Jonathan
  16. One Big Step Up The Staircase, Plus Calamities And Other News
  17. Apple Review #17: Red Delicious Double Feature
  18. Apple Review #16: Black Gilliflower
  19. Apple Review #15: Orleans Reinette
  20. Apple Review #14: Opalescent
  21. Apple Review #13: Ashmead’s Kernel
  22. Apple Review #12: Suncrisp
  23. Apple Review #11: Holstein (With bonus Ruminations On Art Vs Audience)
  24. Kathleen S. Allen: Five Things I Learned Writing The Resurrectionist
  25. Apple Review #10: Hudson’s Golden Gem
  26. Apple Review #9: Ingrid Marie
  27. Apple Review #8: Reine Des Reinettes, Plus A Moment On The Subject Of Sadness
  28. Spookytime Sales
  29. The Pixel Project: Five Fabulous Reasons to Give to the 11th Annual Fall Read For Pixels Campaign For Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  30. Apple Review #7: Cox’s Orange Pippin

September 2025

  1. Apple Review #6: Maiden’s Blush
  2. Apple Review #5: Cortland
  3. Apple Review #4: Knobbed Russet
  4. Apple Review #3: Crimson Crisp
  5. Do Not Break The Blurb Laws Or You’ll Be In Blurb Jail
  6. Apple Review #2: Sweetie
  7. Julie Hutchings: No Tears Book Fair In The Ice Era
  8. Apple Review #1: The Honeycrisp
  9. Martin Cahill: Five Things I Learned While Writing Audition For The Fox
  10. Two Free Scholarships to Dark Dreams
  11. Reminder: Events This Week And Going Forward

August 2025

  1. I Finished A Book, And I’m Gonna Go Places, Baby
  2. Michelle Knudsen: Five Things I Learned Writing Into The Wild Magic

July 2025

  1. Staircase In The Woods: Sale, Schedule, And Sundry Other Snidbits

June 2025

  1. Quick E-Book Sale Bits
  2. The Radical Act of… Reading A Magazine
  3. A Small But Vital Thing, Taken
  4. Chelsea Conradt: Five Things I Learned Writing The Farmhouse
  5. JOHN WISWELL: FIVE THINGS I LEARNED WRITING WEARING THE LION
  6. Tim Weed: Five Things I Learned Writing The Afterlife Project

May 2025

  1. Angélique Jamail: Five Things I Learned Writing A NARROWING PATH
  2. Chris Farnell: Five Things I learned Writing Fermi’s Wake
  3. Joshua Moore: Five things I learned Writing Morphenomenal
  4. Repeat After Me: AI Doesn’t Know Anything
  5. Caitlin Starling: Five Things I Learned Writing The Starving Saints
  6. The Evernight Edition
  7. Jessica Levai: Five Things I Learned Writing The Glass Garden
  8. Staircase News! Sales! Updates! Reminiscence! Pure Chaos! Ahh!
  9. Staircase Is Now A USA Today Bestseller, Holy Crap

April 2025

  1. Out Now: The Staircase In The Woods
  2. One Week Until It Appears
  3. Todd Keisling: Five Things I Learned Writing The Sundowner’s Dance
  4. Mindy Weisberger: Five Things I Learned Writing Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control
  5. Jon McGoran: Five Things I Learned Writing The Price Of Everything
  6. Bobby Miller: Five Things I Learned Writing Situation Nowhere
  7. What It Feels Like, Right Now
  8. Psst, One Week Left For Exclusive Staircase Preorder
  9. Kevin Hearne: Five Things I Learned While Writing Oberon’s Bathtime Stories
  10. Meredith Lyons: Five Things I Learned Writing A Dagger of Lightning

March 2025

  1. Delilah S. Dawson: Cover Reveal (Plus Five Writing Tips From It Will Only Hurt for a Moment)
  2. Soon, We Climb The Staircase
  3. Philip Fracassi: Five Things I Learned Writing The Third Rule Of Time Travel
  4. It’s Officially Official: The Staircase In The Woods Book Tour
  5. Aggie Blum Thompson: Five things I learned writing YOU DESERVE TO KNOW
  6. Alex Grecian: Five Things I learned Writing Rose of Jericho
  7. The Staircase In The Woods — Prelude To A Tour
  8. Raven Digitalis: Five Things I Learned Editing Black Magick
  9. Del Howison: Five Things I Learned Writing What Fresh Hell Is This?

February 2025

  1. Lilith Saintcrow: Five Things I Learned Writing Coyote Run
  2. Announcing: The Calamities & Chaos Reigns
  3. A Buck Ninety-Nine Gets You The Book of Accidents
  4. Where To Start With The Books Of Chuck Wendig, 2025 Edition
  5. Jennifer Probst: Five Things I Learned Writing To Sicily with Love
  6. Please Promote Your Work In The Face Of Uninvited Nightmare
  7. Bookshop.org Now Sells E-Books, Huzzah And Hooray

January 2025

  1. On Doom And Joy
  2. Dan Hanks: Five Things I Learned Writing The Way Up Is Death
  3. Bryan Young: Five Things I Learned Writing Battletech: Voidbreaker
  4. Enfys J. Book: Five Things I Learned Writing Queer Rites
  5. Jennifer Doktorski: Five Things I Learned Writing Finding Normal
  6. Here’s What I Think You Do Today, January 20th, 2025
  7. Five Things You Learned As A Writer Writing That Cool Thing You Wrote?
  8. Wanderers Is a Buck And Change
  9. The Standard Reminder About Preorders
  10. The Wildfires In LA

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December 2024

  1. Writer’s Resolution 2025: Change Your Story
  2. The Time Elder Is Dead! The Time Baby is Born! (Bye, 2024, Hello, 2025)
  3. My Brain Is Goldfish (But Here Are Some Things I Liked In 2024)
  4. Last Call For Signed, Personalized Books, Honk Honk, Beep Beep
  5. Cover Reveal: Premee Mohamed’s One Message Remains
  6. How To Write Words And Make Art In This Dire Era of Clowns and Cowards

November 2024

  1. Staircases And Orchards
  2. Giveaway Winners!
  3. Books As Gifts! And Also Evil Apples!
  4. Giveaway: Staircase In The Woods (And More)
  5. A Slow, Crooked Path Forward, Toward Who-The-Hell-Knows
  6. Jordan Shiveley: Five Things I Learned While Writing HOT SINGLES IN YOUR AREA
  7. This Is A Doom Post

October 2024

  1. If He Wins
  2. Jen Sugden: Five Things I learned Writing High Vaultage
  3. “What Does Stephen King Mean for You And Your Career?”
  4. Naught But The Nameless News Nimbus
  5. Five Signed, Personalized Books From Yours Truly
  6. Susan J Morris: Five Things I Learned Writing Strange Beasts
  7. The Post About The Election
  8. A Nimbus of Nifty News Narration: Staircases and Stands and OtherSuch
  9. Kristin Owens: Five Things I (Painfully) Learned While Writing Elizabeth Sails

September 2024

  1. Beware, Beware! Monster Movie! Is Now Playing!
  2. A Nimble Nip of News Nougat
  3. Some Scammy Scammers Who Scam: “NewYork Book Publishers”
  4. Kevin Hearne: A Niche that Needed Filling
  5. Generative AI Is Not Free
  6. Whaaaaaaaat, Black River Orchard Won A Dragon Award?!
  7. NaNoWriMo Shits The Bed On Artificial Intelligence

August 2024

  1. THE BUCK NINETY NINE FOR THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS
  2. Where’s Wendig: Fall 2024 Edition
  3. The Staircase In The Woods: Coming April 29th
  4. Black River Orchard: Dragon Award Nominee??
  5. Oh Noes!

July 2024

  1. Fine, Let’s Talk About The Election
  2. Nattering Nabobs Of Netherworldly News
  3. Portugal in Photos: Street Art Edition
  4. “With Fear For Our Democracy, I Dissent”

June 2024

  1. Portugal, In Photos, Part Two
  2. Portugal: In Visual
  3. Evil Apples, Now In Paperback — black River Orchard
  4. Rob Hart: Swearing In Stories (Or, Is There Such A Thing As Too Many Fucks?)

May 2024

  1. Oh, Whatever, Everything Is Totally Great For Writers Right Now
  2. Furiosa, Fury Road, And The Necessity Of Stakes
  3. Evil Apples For A Mere Buck Ninety-Nine
  4. Get Your Very Own Evil Apple Variety: The Revenge
  5. Black River Orchard, Blackbirds, And Other Bits

April 2024

  1. M.J. Kuhn: Five Things I Learned Writing Among Thieves
  2. Reviews For Books: WTAF
  3. That B&N Preorder Sale
  4. Fallout Is The Perfect Video Game Adaptation (And Other Things I’m Digging)
  5. Threads Has Weird Ideas About Writing And Publishing, So Here Are Some Of My Own
  6. Delilah S. Dawson: It Will Only Hurt For A Moment Cover Reveal!
  7. Generative A.I. For Writers: An Unfolding (But Not Inevitable) Nightmare!

March 2024

  1. In Which I Have Ghostbuster Thoughts
  2. Adrian Gibson: Five Things I Learned Writing Mushroom Blues
  3. Three More things Makes A Post
  4. Hold Still, I Have Three Very Cool Things To Announce
  5. I Am Now Officially Ride Or Die For Premee Mohamed
  6. Kevin Hearne: The Sirens Were Never Your Sex Fish

February 2024

  1. Black River Orchard A Stoker Nominee??
  2. Invasive, For Mere Pennies, And More
  3. Defying God, I Drank The Doritos Juice
  4. Toss A Coin to Your Stephen Blackmoore

January 2024

  1. My Doctor Kinda Sucks And I Wanna Talk About It
  2. Various Very Nice Things
  3. John Hartness: Five Things I Learned Kickstarting A Novel
  4. The Virtual George Carlin Standup Exemplifies The Sad Creepy Awfulness of Generative AI
  5. Just Say No to Artificial Intelligence In Your Creative Pursuits, Please, JFC, WTAF
  6. Cover Reveal: Monster Movie!
  7. Writer’s Resolution 2024: Pretend Trends Do Not Exist (Or, “Fuck It, This One Is For Me”)

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December 2023

  1. Digging A Grave For 2023, As 2024 Struggles To Be Born
  2. Why Aren’t There More Pandemic Novels, Anyway?
  3. Black River Orchard Is $2.99 Today
  4. The Weird Holiday Nowheretimes (And Why Knowing Thyself Matters)
  5. How To Blow Up Your Writing Career

November 2023

  1. The Terribleminds Gift Guide 2023
  2. Social Media Network Report Card (Translation: I’m On Threads Now?)
  3. December 4th: Last Day To Order Holiday Tomes of Wendig
  4. Suyi Davies Okungbowa: A Sequel, In Protests
  5. Wisps Of News Make A Nest
  6. Brian Keene: “Let’s Open A Bookstore!”
  7. Eliot Peper: Five Things I Learned Writing Foundry
  8. My Cooked Apples Recipe Will Bring All The Apple Monsters to The Yard
  9. Want My Books For The Holidays? Here’s How.
  10. New Appearance: B&N Montgomeryville, 11/11
  11. When Your Process Isn’t Working For You, Change Your Process
  12. The Book of Accidents: $2.99

October 2023

  1. Psst, Leave A Review (And Why Leaving A Review Matters)
  2. Dan Moren: Five Things I Learned Writing All Souls Lost
  3. Half Price Books Workers, Unite
  4. I Get Weird Emails, And Other Important News
  5. Caitlin Starling: Five Things I Learned Writing Last To Leave The Room
  6. The Orchard Has Released Me, But My Mouth Still Tastes Of Apples
  7. The Pixel Project: Five Reasons to Give to the 10th Annual Fall Read For Pixels Campaign For Domestic Violence Awareness Month

September 2023

  1. Take A Bite: Black River Orchard Is Out This Week
  2. William Sterling: Five Things I Learned Writing String Them Up
  3. The Humblest Of Asks
  4. A Reminder About How I Will Gladly Haunt Your Book Club If You Invite Me
  5. You Need To Watch Deadloch Or I’ll Be Mad At You
  6. Your Guide To (Probably, Maybe, Maybe Not) Having A Great Book Signing Event At A Bookstore
  7. Dan Frey: Truth and The Real Power of Fantasy
  8. From Stem to Calyx: Black River Orchard News Roundup
  9. Black River Orchard Pre-Order Giveaway
  10. Blurb Disk Horse
  11. Some Very Brief Capsule Reviews Of Stuff I Am Shoving In My Mindholes

August 2023

  1. Announcing: The Evil Apples Tour! Black River Orchard And Me Coming To Your Bookstore! Maybe!
  2. Here’s What I Want A.I. To Do
  3. One Month Till BLACK RIVER ORCHARD
  4. Out This Week: Wayward, Sequel to Wanderers, In Paperback
  5. Series VS Standalone: Cage Match
  6. Keith Rosson: Writing the Chaos, Through the Chaos
  7. Bloggy Update And Super Mario Dogshit Time
  8. Forgive The Writers, For We Are So Tired
  9. Letters from Covidtown
  10. Miles Cameron: Five Things I Learned While Writing Storming Heaven

July 2023

  1. Welcome to Covidtown, Population: Me

June 2023

  1. Where I’ll Be And What I’m Up To
  2. Rebecca Zahabi: Five Things I Learned Writing The Collarbound
  3. James L. Sutter: Darkhearts and Lessons from a Mid-Career Pivot
  4. Out Now: Gentle Writing Advice (How To Be A Writer Without Destroying Yourself)

May 2023

  1. The State Of Being A Published Writer In 2023 Is Really Weird, And A Little Worrisome
  2. Next Week: Saratoga Springs!

April 2023

  1. Social Media Report Card: Time To ReSkeet the Blooski, Apparently?
  2. Should You Pay For Twitter’s New Blue Check?
  3. Announcing: Monster Movie!
  4. The Pixel Project: Five Really Good Reasons to Give to the Read For Pixels Campaign this Sexual Assault Awareness Month

March 2023

  1. Montana Book Company Is Fighting The Good Fight On Trans Visibility Day (And Every Day)
  2. James Bennett — Not All About Arthur: A Most Pleasant History
  3. Holy Crap, Kevin Hearne And I Are Coming To Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, 4/28!
  4. No, I Still Don’t Have Anything To Do With The Publisher Lawsuit Against The Internet Archive

February 2023

  1. Black River Orchard Preorder Deal Plus Other Sundry Shenanigans
  2. A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
  3. The State of Social Media (As It Pertains To Writers In Particular)

January 2023

  1. The Book Of Accidents For Five Bucks? Sure!
  2. Cover Reveal: Black River Orchard, Coming September 26th, 2023, from Del Rey Books
  3. Reminder: B&N Bethlehem, This Weekend
  4. Wanderers: On Sale Today, $2.99 At Your Major E-Monger Book Receptacles
  5. Eat Shit, Robots! (Or: “No, The Absolute Intrusion Of Artificial Intelligence Is Not Inevitable”)
  6. Writer’s Resolution 2023: Mounting An Aggressive Defense

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December 2022

  1. The Death And Rebirth Of A Year: What Happened In 2022, What May Happen In 2023
  2. I Saw The Blue Goat Cat Fish People Sequel Movie, And It Was Definitely A Movie That I Saw
  3. The Bird Site Is Fucked
  4. The Non-Comprehensive Non-Exhaustive List Of Cool Stuff I Liked In The Year 2022
  5. Melissa Olson Delivers The Terribleminds Gift Guide For 2022
  6. Why I’m Done Using And Boosting AI Art
  7. What To Know About Wayward (Dogs, Dolly Parton, Divining the Future, And More)
  8. What’s Up In Wacky Wild Wendigworld

November 2022

  1. The Walking Ghost Phase Of Twitter, And Where The Hell Do We Go From Here
  2. Wayward, the Sequel to Wanderers: Out Tomorrow!
  3. Hey Holy Crap I Have Some Good News
  4. Emery Robin: Five Things I Learned Writing
  5. Kindly Go Fuck Yourself With Your Shitty Fucking Gas-Powered Leafblower, You Tremendous Asshole
  6. Michael Harris Cohen: Five Things I Learned Writing Effects Vary

October 2022

  1. What To Do About Twitter?
  2. A Shimmery Sprinkling Of News Glitter Raining Upon Your Tender Head
  3. Where’s Wendig? Wayward Wanderings, A Wendig-in-the-Wild Book Tour!
  4. Elijah Kinch Spector: Five Things I Learned Writing Kalyna the Soothsayer
  5. Why I Don’t Talk (As Much) About Writing Anymore
  6. The Pixel Project: Five Win-Win Reasons to Give to the Read For Pixels Campaign this Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  7. Bits And Bobs Of Thread And String

September 2022

  1. Dust & Grim — Now Out In Paperback!
  2. Victor Manibo: Five Things I Learned Writing The Sleepless
  3. Clay McLeod Chapman: Just So We’re Clear (The Terror of Clear Plastic Tarps)
  4. Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam: How Horror Helped Me Conquer a Shitload of Fears
  5. Nanci Schwartz: Five Things I Learned Writing Robber Barrons
  6. Dan Koboldt: The Inevitable Government Co-Opting of New Technology
  7. The Book of Accidents Won A Dragon Award?? Wait, What?

August 2022

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Art Robot Wants Us To Open Some Doorways
  2. Alan Baxter: Sallow Bend, and The Power of Small Town Horror
  3. Kate Heartfield: Five Things I Learned Writing Assassin’s Creed: The Magus Conspiracy
  4. Bryan Young: Five Things I Learned Writing BattleTech: A Question of Survival
  5. Nat Cassidy: Five Things I Learned Writing Mary, An Awakening Of Terror
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Revenge Of The Insane Art Robot
  7. This Ain’t Your First News Rodeo
  8. Wayward Giveaway Over At Goodreads?
  9. Flash Fiction Friday: The Artificially Intelligent Return!

July 2022

  1. Adventures Through Midjourney
  2. Dan Moren: Five Things I Learned While Writing The Nova Incident
  3. News Nukes From Orbit, It’s The Only Way To Be Sure
  4. Ryan Van Loan: Five Things I Learned Writing The Memory in the Blood
  5. Alex White: Five Things I Learned while Writing AUGUST KITKO & THE MECHAS FROM SPACE
  6. No, I Am Not Suing The Internet Archive
  7. The Weekly Weird
  8. The Book Club Offer
  9. “Don’t Complain” Is Not A Winning Political Message

June 2022

  1. Lucas JW Johnson: Five Things I Learned On The Way To Writing The Clockwork Empire
  2. Sometimes Writing Is Finding A Place To Put All Your Rage, Sorrow, And Even Joy
  3. Things Are Fucked, And Our Leaders Lack The Will To Unfuck Them
  4. Fun Updates And Tidbits Amid The Continuing Collapse Of Democracy, I’m Sure It’s Fine

May 2022

  1. Anne Heltzel: Five Things I Learned Writing Just Like Mother
  2. Monsters Are In Charge, And Nobody Is Coming To Save Us
  3. Jeff Macfee: Five Things I Learned Writing Nine Tenths
  4. In Which I Gesticulate Wildly At You For A Variety Of Reasons
  5. Dan Koboldt: Fact, Fantasy, and What Lies In Between

April 2022

  1. Alma Katsu: How To Research Your (Historical) Novel
  2. We Have To Talk About Twitter
  3. Blackbirds: Ten Years Later
  4. Munchings & Crunchings: Dust & Grim, Black Cauldron, And Other Grunted News Utterances
  5. The Pixel Project: Five Reasons to Give to the Read For Pixels Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women

March 2022

  1. All The News That’s Fit To Digitally Barf Up Onto A Blog
  2. Now Out: The Book of Accidents in Paperback
  3. Bits, Bobs, Globs and Blobs: A Post About Many Things
  4. Elden Ring: The Opposite of Self-Care
  5. Brian McClellan: Five Things I Learned Starting The Page Break Podcast

February 2022

  1. Updates In The Void
  2. Richard Swan: Five Things I Learned Writing The Justice of Kings
  3. Rob Hart’s Research Toolbox
  4. Delilah S. Dawson: Ten Ways To Torture People (In Fiction)
  5. Update To The Tiny Tour!
  6. Wonky Site Goblins
  7. Merch? Merch!

January 2022

  1. Lickity-Quick News Kick, Slick
  2. A Little Tiny Baby Of A Book Tour?
  3. Three Bucks Gets You An Apocalypse
  4. The Great Surrender: How We Gave Up And Let COVID Win
  5. Writer’s Resolution, 2022: The Necessary Act Of Selfishly Seeking Joy

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December 2021

  1. 2021: Things What I Liked (That I Can Remember)
  2. 2021: My Favorite Photos
  3. 2021: The Year That Almost Was
  4. Matrix: Resurrections — Or, The Conversation Art Has With Itself
  5. Johann Thorsson: Five Things I Learned Writing Whitesands
  6. Miyuki Jane Pinckard: Five Things I Learned While Becoming an Independent Publisher
  7. Wayward: Cover Reveal And Excerpt
  8. Does Social Media Sell Books? A Vital Inquisition!
  9. Gosh and Golly, This Sale Is No Accident!

November 2021

  1. Batman, Beatles, And Billions: Many Words Make A Post
  2. The Weekly Lowdown
  3. Ajit George: The Beautiful Challenge of Bringing India to D&D’s Ravenloft
  4. Goodreads Choice Awards And Other Such News
  5. Terribleminds Gift Guide 2021
  6. A Bucket Of Thought-Spiders Dumped Inelegantly Upon Your Head
  7. Jeremy Szal: Five Things I Learned Writing Stormblood

October 2021

  1. Emmie Mears: Five Things I’ve Learned Building a Writing Career the Wrong Way
  2. Ryan O’Nan: Five Things I Learned Writing Winders
  3. Wendig’s Heirloom Apple Review, 2021
  4. Elsa Sjunneson: The Blanked Out Space Where We Should Be
  5. The Worldbuilding In Villeneuve’s Dune
  6. Various Warblings And Ululations
  7. Dust & Grim Is Here!
  8. Caitlin Starling: Five Things I Learned Writing The Death of Jane Lawrence
  9. Gwenda Bond: Five Things I Learned Writing Not Your Average Hot Guy
  10. What’s The Word From Wendigworld?

September 2021

  1. Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds
  2. Dust & Grim: New Release Date And Events!
  3. What’s Up In Wendigworld

August 2021

  1. Emily Wenstrom: Why We Need ADHD Representation in Fiction
  2. Kevin Hearne: Five Things I Learned Writing Paper & Blood
  3. Dust & Grim, Book of Accidents, And Where I Will Pop Up
  4. The Book Of Accidents: The First Two Weeks

July 2021

  1. Reddit AMA, Starred Dust & Grim, And More
  2. The Book Of Accidents: An Ask, And An Update
  3. The Book Of Accidents: More Updates For The Update God
  4. Welcome To Ramble Rocks: The Book Of Accidents Is Out Now
  5. Ada Hoffman: Five Things I Learned Writing The Fallen
  6. Ryan Van Loan: 4 Things I Learned While Writing The Justice in Revenge (And One Lesson Relearned)
  7. The Book Of Accidents: Reviews, Signed Copies in the UK, And More
  8. How To Buy Signed Copies Of The Book Of Accidents?
  9. Ten Years In The Word Mines: One Lesson

June 2021

  1. The Book of Accidents: Virtual Tour Announcement!

May 2021

  1. S.G. Browne: Five Things I Learned Writing Lost Creatures
  2. Wanderers In The KDD, Yeah You Know Me
  3. Jeff Noon: Five Things I Learned Writing Within Without
  4. Megan Lindholm: The City Primeval
  5. Yes, Virginia, There Is Still A Goddamn Global Pandemic

April 2021

  1. On This Cake-Smeared Nativity, A Gift Exchange Of Sorts
  2. What’s Wendig Up To These Days, That Squirrely Bastard, You Can’t Trust Him
  3. Out Now: You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton!
  4. Where’s Wendig? April Edition!
  5. Five Reasons to Donate to the Read For Pixels Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women

March 2021

  1. C.L. Clark: Five Things I Learned Writing The Unbroken
  2. The Curiously Complicated Emotions of Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine
  3. Should Writers Write Every Day?
  4. Douglas Wynne: Five Things I Learned Writing His Own Devices
  5. Kali Wallace: Five Things I Learned Writing Dead Space
  6. Emily R. King: Five Things I Learned Writing Wings of Fury

February 2021

  1. Amanda Cherry: Five Things I Learned Writing The Dragon Stone Conspiracy
  2. Why “Gentle Writing Advice,” Exactly?
  3. Susan Mihalic: Five Things I Learned Writing Dark Horses
  4. Cover Reveal: Dust & Grim!

January 2021

  1. Building Bridges Made Of Breakfast
  2. Healing Takes Time, And Healing Is Painful
  3. Blurbing A Book: What It Is, What It Means, And Other Questions
  4. Julie Hutchings: Five Things I Learned Writing The Harpy 2: Evolution
  5. I Want To Say Something, But I Don’t Know What

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December 2020

  1. Writer Resolution 2021: How We Heal, How We Grow
  2. Eat Farts, 2020 (And 2021, You Are On Notice)
  3. This Grievous Wound
  4. Natania Barron: Five Things I Learned Writing Queen of None
  5. Excerpt And Cover Reveal: The Book of Accidents, July 2021
  6. Gifts For Writers 2020 (Pandemic Edition?)

November 2020

  1. Essa Hansen: Five Things I Learned Writing Nophek Gloss
  2. Thoughts On An Election
  3. I Don’t Know What’s Going On And You Don’t Know Either

October 2020

  1. Half-Digested Thought Gruel, Ladled Into Your Blog Bowl
  2. With One Week To Go, Here’s My Prediction Of What Happens On Election Day
  3. James S. Murray And Darren Wearmouth: Five Things We Learned Writing Don’t Move
  4. Mike Monello and Nick Braccia: Five Things They Learned Editing Video Palace: In Search Of The Eyeless Man
  5. Do I Need To Tell You To Vote? Vote. Vote!
  6. Lisbeth Campbell: Five Things I Learned Writing The Vanished Queen
  7. More Books For The Book Gods: Wayward, The Orchard, And More
  8. Simon Stephenson: Five Things I Learned Writing Set My Heart To Five

September 2020

  1. You’re Not The Fucked Up One
  2. Eddy Boudel Tan: Five Things I Learned Writing After Elias
  3. On Plot And Character (And Giving Writing Advice At The End Of The World)
  4. Where’s (Virtual) Wendig?

August 2020

  1. Wanderers TV News And, Wait, Did Someone Mention A Sequel?
  2. Kevin Hearne: Five Things I Learned Writing Ink & Sigil
  3. Christopher Brown: Five Things I Learned Writing Failed State
  4. No, Writing For IP Is Not Soulless
  5. Wanderers Nominated For A Dragon Award
  6. Ferrett Steinmetz: A Messy, Incomprehensible, And Unfathomable Endeavor
  7. David Mack: I Come Not To Praise My Series, But To Bury It
  8. Caroline Leavitt: Five Things I Learned Writing With Or Without You
  9. Sparks From The Robot’s Ears, But Also, Look At This Cool Thing
  10. Wanderers Is the Kindle Daily Deal Today, August 3rd

July 2020

  1. Lisa Braxton: Five Things I Learned Writing The Talking Drum
  2. How To Novel: Pandemic Fun Times Edition
  3. Wayne Santos: Five Things I Learned Writing The Chimera Code
  4. Gabbling Into The Void 7: The Covid Will Continue Until Morale Improves
  5. Debra Jo Immergut: Five Things I Learned Writing You Again
  6. Ryan Van Loan: Five Things I Learned Writing The Sin in the Steel
  7. Cat Scully: Five Things I Learned Writing Jennifer Strange
  8. Django Wexler: Star Wars and the Beginnings of Ashes of the Sun
  9. Gabbling Into The Void 6: Billy Peltzer’s Mogwai Problem
  10. How The Sweet Hot Hell Are We Gonna Open Schools?
  11. Follow The River, No Matter Its Rapids, No Matter Its Turns
  12. Gabbling Into The Void 5: The Void, in 3-D
  13. Andrea Phillips: The Corporation As Tool
  14. Matt Wallace: Five Things I Learned Writing Savage Legion
  15. Gabbling Into The Void 4: The Quest For Quainter Quarantimes

June 2020

  1. Author Pet Show!
  2. James S. Murray: Five Things I Learned Writing Obliteration
  3. A Statement About Recent Harassers In SFF
  4. Gabbling Into The Void 3: Effervescent Blog Bubbles
  5. Gabbling Into The Void 2: Drinking From The Firehose
  6. Gabbling Into The Void
  7. Lauren Ho: Five Things I Learned Writing Last Tang Standing
  8. FIYAH Magazine — Subscription Giveaway

May 2020

  1. Margo Orlando Littell: Five Things I Learned Writing The Distance from Four Points
  2. Swati Teerdhala: Five Things I Learned While Writing The Archer at Dawn
  3. Steven Spohn: We’re Not Going Anywhere
  4. Eliot Peper: Five Things I Learned Writing Veil
  5. Jason L. Blair: Five Things I Learned Writing Full Deck Roleplaying
  6. Wanderers: Now Out In Paperback
  7. Disjecta Membra: 8
  8. Where I’m At, Plus Some Free Ice Cream
  9. Dan Moren: Five Things I Learned Writing The Aleph Extraction
  10. Disjecta Membra: 7
  11. Laura Lam: The Gut Punch of Accidentally Predicting the Future
  12. Disjecta Membra: 6

April 2020

  1. Writing Advice In The Age Of The Pandemic
  2. A.J. Hartley: Five Things I Learned Writing Impervious
  3. Announcing: Dust & Grim
  4. Stephen Blackmoore: A Most Discourteous Death
  5. I Made A Bread
  6. Disjecta Membra: 5
  7. May The 4s Be With Me, Get It, Because I Turn 44, Never Mind, Shut Up
  8. How To Make Your Kids Like Spinach
  9. Molly Tanzer: Five Things I Learned Writing Creatures of Charm and Hunger
  10. Disjecta Membra: 4
  11. Being Broken In Half (But Wanting To Be Whole)
  12. Disjecta Membra: 3
  13. Corry L. Lee: Five Things I Learned Writing Weave The Lightning
  14. Alma Katsu: Five Things I Learned Launching A Book During A Pandemic
  15. Reddit Books AMA With Yours Truly
  16. Psst, The Wanderers e-book Is $3.99
  17. Authors: I Remind You About Doing A “Five Things I Learned” Post
  18. None Of This Is Normal
  19. Disjecta Membra: 2

March 2020

  1. The Mookie Pearl Duology, Now Free
  2. Disjecta Membra
  3. In Which I Play Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  4. Emily Wenstrom: Pantsing Your Series Without Getting Lost in the Woods and Eaten by Bears
  5. It’s Okay That You’re Not Okay
  6. Anne Charnock: Five Things I Learned While Writing Bridge 108
  7. Ann VanderMeer: Five Things I Learned Editing Avatars, Inc.
  8. The Ghost Of Normalcy Lingering Past Its Time
  9. Bit Of News, Couple Of Sales, Yadda Yadda
  10. Wanderers News, When Wanderers Also Sort of IS The News?
  11. Anonymous: “I Got Swabbed For Covid-19 Today”
  12. So, You’re Working From Home!
  13. Sadly, I’m Not Headed To The Tucson Book Festival

February 2020

  1. So, You Wrote About A Pandemic (Book Club Answers For Wanderers)
  2. Running A Con, Conference Or Festival In The Age Of A Burgeoning Pandemic!
  3. K.S. Villoso: Five Things I Learned Writing The Wolf Of Oren-Yaro
  4. Wanderers On The Final Stoker Ballot, Holy Shit
  5. The Perils Of The Pre-Sale, Pre-Pitch Blurb Request
  6. In Which Valumtime’s Day Brings Some News Candy For Your Heart Bucket
  7. You Will Eat This Applegasmic Oatmeal And You Will Give Me Gold In Tribute
  8. Hey, Look: Wanderers On Locus Reading List And Poll! Maybe Vote?

January 2020

  1. Surprise Appearance: Hey Come Hang Out With Maureen Johnson And Me
  2. In Which I Rank Grocery Store Apples, Part Two
  3. Macro Monday Brings A Little Bit Of Wanderers News
  4. If I Were Making The Sequel Trilogy (Part Three: The Rise Of Skywalker)
  5. Harry Connolly: A Narrator In Every Port
  6. If I Were Making The Sequel Trilogy (Part Two: The Last Jedi)
  7. Why Am I Voting For Elizabeth Warren?
  8. Old Man Blogs At Cloud
  9. If I Were Making The Sequel Trilogy (Part One: The Force Awakens)
  10. Writer Resolution, 2020: Write With A Knife To Your Back, The Cliff’s Edge At Your Feet

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December 2019

  1. The Oughts Are Dead, Long Live The Twenties
  2. Psst. Psst! Hey, Kid. Hey. You Want Some Wanderers?
  3. The Rise Of Skywalker, And How Star Wars Is Junk
  4. Macro Monday Masticates Morgue Meat
  5. Gifts For Writers 2019
  6. A.R. Moxon: Five Things I Learned Writing The Revisionaries
  7. Cyber Monday Brings The Deals Okay Just One Deal Shut Up

November 2019

  1. Sweet Baby Yoda, Do I Have Some News For You
  2. Swimming Sideways: Navigating Grief As A Writer And An Artist
  3. On Writing What You Want, Without Permission
  4. Myke Cole: What I Tried To Do With The Killing Light
  5. Hey, You Did It!
  6. Wanderers And The Goodreads Choice Awards
  7. For National Novel Writing Month, Two Vital Reminders

October 2019

  1. In Which I Recommend Some Scary Stories For You To Read
  2. Macro Monday Was Born On A Monday Wait What
  3. Sharp Rock, Soft Pillow: The Balance Of Self-Care And Tough Love
  4. The Word On Wendig Street
  5. The Good News, The Bad News
  6. John Hornor Jacobs: Five Things I Learned Writing A Lush And Seething Hell
  7. My Mother (1941 – 2019)

September 2019

  1. How To Be A Professional Author And Not Die Screaming And Starving In A Lightless Abyss
  2. Macro Monday Brings The Magnificent Mantises

August 2019

  1. Did You Know That Writing Books Is Hard?
  2. Christopher Brown: Five Things I Learned Writing Rule of Capture
  3. Rob Hart: Five Things I Learned Writing The Warehouse
  4. Kia Abdullah: Five Things I Learned Writing Take It Back
  5. Alex Segura: Having the Ingredients Ready to Cook Your Book
  6. Writing From A Place Of Fear Versus From A Place Of Love
  7. David Wellington: Five Things I Learned Writing The Last Astronaut

July 2019

  1. Elsa Sjunneson-Henry: Truths On A Page For All The World To Read
  2. I Have Returned From The Wanderin’ Wendig Wanderers Tour
  3. My SDCC Schedule
  4. Kali Wallace: Five Things I Learned Writing Salvation Day
  5. Hey, I’m Going Places! Bonus: Wanderers Wrap-Up
  6. Friday Launch Week Wrap-Up
  7. S.A. Hunt: Cover Reveal and Excerpt for Burn The Dark
  8. Five Things I Learned Writing Wanderers
  9. This Week: Wanderers (Holy Crap! Finally!)

June 2019

  1. One Week Till Wanderers, Plus A Promise Of Ink And Blood
  2. Macro Mwednesday Is Totally A Thing, How Dare You Question Me
  3. Michael Moreci: Writing Under the Influence
  4. Tracy Townsend: In Pursuit Of The Sequel
  5. Megan O’Keefe: Five Things I Learned Writing Velocity Weapon
  6. Ferrett Steinmetz: Five Things I Learned Writing The Sol Majestic
  7. All The News That’s Fit To Fall On A Friday

May 2019

  1. On Running, And Writing, And How A Little Becomes A Lot
  2. The Spectrum Of News, From Good To Sad
  3. Endings Are Not Stoppings: On Game of Thrones, And How We Conclude Our Stories
  4. Have You Ever Heard The Tragedy Of Darth Daenerys The Wise?
  5. Listen, This Is A Fox Blog Now, I Don’t Make The Rules
  6. Hi, Definitely Don’t Tag Authors In Your Negative Reviews Of Their Books
  7. Your Friday Fox Update Is Here, Plus, Y’know, Book News And Stuff

April 2019

  1. The Legacy Of Character in Avengers: Endgame
  2. The Only Fox News You Need
  3. Alex Kane: Five Things I Learned Writing A Book About Knights Of The Old Republic
  4. Christopher Golden: Eight Tips For Parenting The Geek Within
  5. If You Wanna Get Me A Birthday Present…
  6. Lucky Annie LeBlanc: Christian Swingers And Other Strange Song Inspirations
  7. Macro Monday Wrestles With The Demons Of Our Time
  8. Macro Monday Is A Contented Avocet
  9. Oh, Hello, What’s This? Wanderers? Maybe Coming To Your TV Or Streaming Device?
  10. Caitlin Starling: Five Things I Learned Writing The Luminous Dead
  11. Brian McClellan: Five Things I Learned Writing Uncanny Collateral
  12. The Wandering Wendig Is Back From His Pacific Exile

March 2019

  1. Pre-Order Wanderers, Become A Shepherd For The Book
  2. Mayo On Grilled Cheese (And Other Controversial Food Opinions)
  3. Star Wars: A Modest Proposal
  4. A Finely Reduced Friday News Sauce, Ladled Into Your Open Mouth
  5. Dan Moren: Five Things I Learned Writing The Bayern Agenda
  6. Self-Rejection: What It Is, Why You Do It, And How To Eject Its Ass Out The Airlock
  7. Monday Is Singing The Newsy Blues — Er, Bluebirds, I Mean

February 2019

  1. Out Now: Death & Honey!
  2. Sarah Chorn: Five Things I Learned Writing Seraphina’s Lament
  3. Cover Reveal: A Lush And Seething Hell
  4. Who Rules Blurbtown, Macro Monday Rules Blurbtown
  5. E.K. Johnston: Your Brain Is A Forest
  6. Your Ideas Aren’t That Interesting
  7. Monday Watches You From A Tree, Waiting
  8. Want To Win An Advance Copy of Wanderers?
  9. On Day-Jobs And Starving Artists
  10. Friday Newsfood Feeds You With Some Book Release News

January 2019

  1. The Story About The Story: Or, How Writers Talk About Their Books
  2. Macro Monday Does The Technicolor Yawn
  3. Out Now: Vultures, The Last Miriam Black
  4. Macro Monday Appears On A… Sunday? Whatever, Have Some News!
  5. David Mack: (Almost) All Of Us Are Faking It
  6. In Writing, Progress Doesn’t Always Look Like Progress
  7. In Which I Rank Grocery Store Apples
  8. Macro Monday Is Better Than Mackerel Monday
  9. Welcome To My New Netflix Show
  10. Macro Monday Wants You To Have A Cookie

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December 2018

  1. In 2019: Persist, Persist, Persist
  2. 2018, Meet 2019: The Year Behind And The Year Ahead
  3. Friday Newsplosion: Hey, Look, It’s Wanderers
  4. Recipe: Coconut Curry Garbage Ramen
  5. Friday Newsbump
  6. Alex White: Five Things I Learned Writing A Bad Deal For The Whole Galaxy
  7. Recipe: Mushroom Tacos
  8. How To Break Into Comics: The Chuck Wendig Way!
  9. David Keck: Five Things I Learned Writing A King in Cobwebs
  10. Arwen Elys Dayton: Five Things I Learned Writing Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
  11. Macro Monday Will Make It Quick

November 2018

  1. Friday Newspoop!
  2. First The Why, Now The How: 25 Ways To Keep Making Stuff
  3. Julie Hutchings: Five Things I Learned Writing The Harpy
  4. Gifts For Writers 2018
  5. Macro Monday Is The Weirdest Heirloom Apple Yet
  6. Macro Monday Hides In The Shadow Of Vader
  7. Shaun Barger: Five Things I Learned Writing Mage Against The Machine
  8. 25 Reasons To Keep Making Stuff
  9. Molly Tanzer: Five Things I Learned Writing Creatures of Want and Ruin
  10. Macro Monday Eats So Many Berries, It’ll Burst
  11. Kate Heartfield: Five Things I Learned Writing Alice Payne Arrives
  12. Tips On Horking Up Your Novel’s Zero Draft
  13. Dan Koboldt: Horrifying But True Tales from Science
  14. Amy Jo Cousins: Help Provide Child Advocates
  15. Alan Baxter: The H-Word
  16. Macro Monday Exhorts You To Participate In Your Democracy
  17. A Nibbling Of Numptious News Nuggets
  18. Here Is How You NaNoWriMo, You Ruinous Monster, You

October 2018

  1. Wanderers: Cover Reveal And Excerpt!
  2. I Can Fly Twice As High — AKA, My HalCon 2018 Recap
  3. Aliette de Bodard: Cannibalizing A Draft (Or: The Art Of Rewriting)
  4. Myke Cole: From Fantasy To History
  5. Macro Monday: Harassed By Bots Edition
  6. A Face Full Of Friday News Fritters
  7. Monday Morning FAQ!
  8. In Which I Am Fired From Marvel
  9. Friday Funday News Dump!
  10. For World Mental Health Day: When Writer’s Block Is Actually Depression
  11. Hi, Dad, I’m In (Twitter) Jail
  12. Macro Monday Is A Dark Lord Of The Sith
  13. S.L. Huang: Let’s Also Write Our Joy
  14. Terry Brooks: More Than The Story
  15. My NYCC 2018 Schedule, For Your Perusal
  16. Macro Monday Is Bees, Bees, Bees

September 2018

  1. Hey, Who Wants A Little Hot Fresh Escapism?
  2. It’s Official: YMBTK on The SyFy Channel
  3. A Writing Career Is Basically A Really Weird RPG
  4. Macro Monday Is Running Giddily Through Dry, Dead Leaves
  5. Coming This Thorsday, It’s Chuck & Anthony: Ragnatalk
  6. Peter Tieryas: Five Things I Learned Writing Mecha Samurai Empire
  7. YMBTK: The Poster
  8. A Writing Career Is A Series Of Cliff-Mitigation Exercises
  9. Macro Monday Will Make It Quick
  10. You Might Be The Killer: The… Movie?
  11. Sean Grigsby: Pulp With A Purpose
  12. Jessica McDonald: Five Things I Learned Writing Born To Be Magic
  13. Amber Fallon: Just As Vicious As The Boys
  14. Trust In The Process
  15. Macro Monday Has A Very Cool Thing To Show You
  16. Michael J. Martinez: What To Do About Fan Service
  17. Sometimes It’s Okay To Quit Writing The Thing You’re Writing

August 2018

  1. Why Writing A Series (Especially As A New Author) Is Really Goddamn Hard
  2. Macro Monday Chases The Spotted Lanternfly With A Hammer
  3. Michael Pogach: Five Things I Learned Writing Dystopias in the Age of Trump
  4. Originality Is Overrated In Authorland
  5. Macro Monday Brings The Tale Of The Mantis And The Serpent
  6. Rachel Caine: Dead Air, And Abstract Darkness
  7. Cover Reveal: John Hornor Jacobs, The Sea Dreams It Is The Sky
  8. Yes, You Can Pronounce GIF With A Soft-G Or Hard-G, Settle Down, Francis
  9. Macro Monday Is A Crab Offering You A Quest — Will You Heed The Call?
  10. Michael Mammay: Five Things I Learned Writing Planetside
  11. Your First Draft Does Not Require Your Faith In It
  12. What I’m Holding Onto In This Epoch Of Autocratic Fuckery
  13. Macro Monday Continues Its Fond Reminiscing Of The Pacific Northwest
  14. Amanda Cherry: Five Things I Learned Writing Rites & Desires
  15. Oh Shit, I Jumped The Gun (Again), by Tracy Barnett
  16. What Tumbles Out: Thoughts On Folk Horror, By Howard David Ingham
  17. Carrie Vaughn: Five Things I Learned Writing The Wild Dead

July 2018

  1. Five Things Kevin And Delilah Learned Writing Kill The Farm Boy
  2. Awkward Author Photo Contest Strikes Back: The Winner You Chose
  3. Macro Monday Went Into The West, But Did Not Diminish
  4. Macro Monday Is Gone Fishin’
  5. Awkward Author Contest 2018: Winner, And Now It’s Your Turn
  6. T.J. Berry: Five Things I Learned Writing Space Unicorn Blues
  7. The Save The Cat Conundrum
  8. Macro Monday And The Boycott Of Doom
  9. Terribleminds, Reborn In The Ashes Of Moderate Dysfunction
  10. K.D. Edwards: Five Things I Learned Writing The Last Sun
  11. Laura Anne Gilman: On Writing Weird Alt-Westerns…
  12. Macro Monday And The Wonky Website Of Doom

June 2018

  1. Tremontaine: The Interview
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Pop Culture Mash-Up Edition
  3. How To Be A Writer In This Fucked-Ass Age Of Rot And Resistance
  4. Macro Monday And The Fuck Trump Tweet
  5. Random AMA, Ask Me Anything, Today
  6. Setting Free The Sacred Cows Of Writing Advice
  7. Macro Monday Is Now Zoom Lens Monday, To Hell With Your Laws
  8. The Opposite Of “Kill Your Darlings”
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: To Write About Food
  10. The Awkward Author Photo Contest Strikes Back
  11. Macro Monday Magnifies The Moist Monster
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Random Scattering Of Fresh Titles

May 2018

  1. Fonda Lee: So, You Think You Know How To Write A Sequel
  2. Macro Montuesday Is Back From The Heat Death Of The Universe
  3. Macro Monday’s New Band Name Is Skull Angel, Pass It On
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: Thy Name Is Vengeance
  5. The Wendigo Configuration: Eat The Sandwich, Join The Cult
  6. Macro Monday Is Wandering Widely
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Real Estate
  8. Stacey Filak: Five Things I Learned Writing The Queen Underneath
  9. K.R. Richardson: Five Things I Learned Writing Blood Orbit
  10. Alex Segura: The Challenge Of Paying It Forward
  11. The Eternal Question: What Should I Write?
  12. It’s Time To Talk About The Sandwich
  13. Macro Monday Is Full Of Pollen And Now You’re Sneezing
  14. Flash Fiction: Space Operatics
  15. Is Thanos The Protagonist of Avengers: Infinity War?
  16. Fran Wilde’s Museum of Errant Critters
  17. Joseph Brassey: Five Things I Learned Writing Dragon Road

April 2018

  1. We Need To Talk About Avengers: Infinity War (Spoilers Inbound)
  2. Macro Monday Smells Nice And Flowery
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Complications Of Heroism
  4. Fuck Yeah, Independent Bookstores
  5. Chicken And Waffles Drizzled With Salt-And-Vinegar Maple Syrup
  6. Macro Monday Knows How To Multiply Six By Nine
  7. Bryan Camp: Five Things I Learned Writing The City Of Lost Fortunes
  8. Michael Moreci: The Origin Story of Wasted Space
  9. My Trip To An Amazon Bookstore: A Review
  10. Solomon Grundy Was Born On A Macro Monday
  11. Flash Fiction Friday: Luck
  12. Catherynne M. Valente: Five Things I Learned Writing Space Opera
  13. Charles Soule: On Finding The Joy
  14. Ilana C. Myer: When Do You Stop Researching and Start Writing?
  15. The Most Important Writing Advice You Need Right Now
  16. Macro Monday Cares Little For Your Human Concept Of “Spring”
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Stolen Titles (Stephen King Edition)
  18. “Do The Thing?” — An FAQ About Doing The Thing
  19. Macro Monday Is An Anxiety Toothbrush

March 2018

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: New Life
  2. R.J. Theodore: Five Things I Learned Writing Flotsam
  3. Aaron Rosenberg: Five Things I Learned Writing Digging Deep
  4. History Versus Destiny: On Giving Characters Agency In Narrative
  5. Macro Monday Is Back From The Land Of Liberal Barbecue
  6. Die, Demon Cabbage, Die! (I Will Make You Like Brussels Sprouts)
  7. David Mack: Five Things I Learned Writing The Midnight Front
  8. Macro Monday Is Off To Austin
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Magic Realism Bot’s Revenge
  10. The Skywalker Six: Explaining The Plan to Rescue Han In ROTJ
  11. Macro Monday Thought It Was Time To Thaw
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: They Fight Crime (Amongst Other Things)
  13. Sarah Elkins: Five Things I Learned Writing Psychic Underground: The Facility
  14. Sean Grigsby: Five Things I Learned Writing Smoke Eaters
  15. Maybe Neil DeGrasse Tyson Should Embrace The Humanities More
  16. Macro Monday Is Back From Seattle And Back In The Saddle Again

February 2018

  1. Three Truths About Writing, And How The Writing Gets Done
  2. Macro Monday Pits The Justice League Versus Black Panther
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose A Title And Go
  4. Alan Baxter: Five Things I Learned Writing Hidden City
  5. Dan Koboldt: Nine Years A Penmonkey, And Nine Lessons
  6. In Which I Appear On Launch, John August’s Bookish Podcast!
  7. Macro Monday Soon Heads West, Young Man
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: A World Without Guns
  9. My Cup Runneth Over: Quick Thoughts On Managing Anxiety
  10. Macro Monday Shells Shellseas On The Shoresea
  11. Yes, You Can Hiss Without Sibilance
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: Strange Photos
  13. Brooke Bolander: FIVE THINGS I LEARNED WHILE WRITING THE ONLY HARMLESS GREAT THING
  14. Macro Monday Is Made Of Birds
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: SubGenre Shake-And-Bake, Baby

January 2018

  1. Macro Monday Is Walking On Eggshells
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Travel Woes
  3. Grant Faulkner: Fortify Your New Year’s Resolutions
  4. The Doormakers Will Make No Doors
  5. The Miriam Black Books: Giveaway, Plus How To Get Signed Copies
  6. Ursula K. Le Guin On Writing: “Alas, There Are No Recipes”
  7. Out Now: The Raptor & The Wren (Miriam Black, Book 5)
  8. Macro Monday Is A Magic Fox
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: This Time, I Pick The Lyric
  10. Assorted Thoughts On Impostor Syndrome, Gathered In A Bouquet
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: Song Lyric Story
  12. Ask The Wendigo: My Advice To A Young Writer
  13. Macro Monday Returns To Regularly-Scheduled Shenanigans
  14. Tansy Rayner Roberts: Five Things I Learned Writing Girl Reporter
  15. Awards Eligibility Post, 2017
  16. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Danger of Undeserved Power
  17. Let Me Predict Your Death: Pre-Order The Raptor & The Wren

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December 2017

  1. Writer Resolution, 2018: Write With Intentionality
  2. 2017: The Year That Lasted Ten Years
  3. Where I’ll Be (So Far!) In 2018
  4. The Last Jedi: A Mirror, Slowly Cracking
  5. E.C. Myers: ReMake America Greater Than It Ever Was
  6. Racheline Maltese: Queerness In Tremontaine
  7. The Danger of Writing Advice From Industry Professionals
  8. The Art Harder, Motherfucker Mug
  9. Macro Monday Asks, What The Fuck Is This Fish, Seriously, WTF
  10. Where To Begin With The Novels Of Me, Chuck Wendig?
  11. Dear Mens: Your Greasy Demon Hands Are In Time Out
  12. Macro Monday Says Baby, It’s Cold Outside

November 2017

  1. Leanna Renee Hieber: Five Things I Learned (And Re-Learned!) Writing The Eterna Solution
  2. Tracy Townsend: Five Things I Learned Writing The Nine
  3. Spencer Ellsworth: Five Things I Learned Writing Shadow Sun Seven
  4. Gifts For Writers, 2017
  5. The Dating World Is Complicated, Part Two
  6. The Maze And The Magic Cupboard
  7. A Review Of The 2017 Film, Baby Driver
  8. The Dating World Is Complicated, Part One
  9. K.C. Alexander: Generous Orthodoxy (Look It Up, Goddamnit)
  10. Molly Tanzer: Really? Victorian England Again?
  11. Toot-Toot, Motherfucker: Early Thoughts On Mastodon
  12. Macro Monday Dumps A Buncha News On Your Head And Runs
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: Predictive Text Fun
  14. The Essential Ingredient Of Hard Choices
  15. Jim C. Hines: Space Janitors Vs. Brain Weasels!
  16. A Saucy Recipe For Nanowrimo Success!
  17. Fonda Lee: Jade City, An Anti-Nanowrimo Case Study

October 2017

  1. Macro Monday Carves Out Your Head And Puts A Candle In It
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Things Fall Apart, The Center Cannot Hold
  3. The Scapegoat That Is Senator Jeff Flake
  4. Killing Malmon: A Charity Anthology
  5. Some Crass But Necessary Self-Promotional Reminders
  6. Not Being Inclusive Is Also A Political Choice
  7. Macro Monday Is Still High From Left Coast Life
  8. Out Today: Damn Fine Story
  9. Macro Monday Hits The Road
  10. Invasive At CBS — “Unthinkable”
  11. Kali Wallace: Five Things I Learned Writing The Memory Trees
  12. Jon McGoran: What Spliced Taught Me About Spliced
  13. The Game Is Rigged
  14. An Oubliette Of Unconventional Writing Advice
  15. Macro Monday Met Space Dad
  16. NaNoWriMo Prep: Bundle On Sale

September 2017

  1. Macro Monday Appears On Friday To Deliver My NYCC Schedule
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Write About A Tree
  3. Alethea Kontis: Five Things I Learned Writing When Tinker Met Bell
  4. Fran Wilde: How To Build A Monster!
  5. A Message To My Younger Writer Self
  6. Macro Monday Says, Buy Some Books, Help Puerto Rico
  7. Walt Williams: Five Things I Learned Writing My Memoir
  8. “What Am I, A Fucking Pioneer?” (Or, My Descent Into Forager’s Madness At The Behest Of Sinister And Seductive Hickory Nuts)
  9. Macro Monday Makes You Meet The Mantis Again And Again
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Fix
  11. The Book Smugglers: Five Things We Learned Starting a Short Fiction Program from Scratch
  12. It, Horror Fiction, And Story-Shaped Heart-Holes
  13. Macro Monday Marks The Mantis Mastication
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: Good Vs. Evil
  15. Michael J. Martinez: How To Write While The World Burns
  16. Ferrett Steinmetz: Five Things I Learned Writing The Uploaded
  17. The Raptor And The Wren: Miriam Black, Book Five
  18. Why I Hate Self-Promoting My Books: A Probably-Not-Helpful List
  19. Tiger Tuesday With The Big Cat Blep
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Title And Two Lines

August 2017

  1. Katherine Locke: Five Things I Learned Writing The Girl With The Red Balloon
  2. Ruminations On The Release Of Empire’s End
  3. The Girl And The Tiger (And Other Updates)
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: Let’s Keep This Party Going With A Title
  5. A Simple Solution For When Your Story Hits The Wall
  6. These Skulls Won’t Leave Me Alone
  7. Macro Monday Brings The Eclipse-Watching Tips
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: And Now, The First Sentence, Please
  9. Invasive And Zer0es E-Books Are On Sale
  10. Last Chance To Get Off The Ride
  11. Fight On, Space Unicorns: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction
  12. “This Isn’t Us”
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Last Sentence Is Needed
  14. PSA To Writers: Don’t Be A Shit-Flinging Gibbon
  15. Sometimes Storytelling Is Just Resource Management
  16. Macro Monday Has A Lot To Say About Invasive Species, Apparently
  17. Some Book Sales To Sail You Into The Weekend
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Behold The Magic Realism Bot
  19. Adam Christopher: Retro-Futurism (Or, The Very Serious Business Of Pulp Fiction)
  20. Vivian Shaw: Five Things I Learned Writing Strange Practice
  21. In Which My Technology Punches Me In The Crotch Region

July 2017

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Slasher Movie Edition
  2. When Authors Talk On Twitter: Slasher Movie Edition
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: Inspired By InspiroBot!
  4. Yes, I Am Now On Instagram
  5. Repeal Without Replace: Out The Plane Without A Parachute
  6. Macro Monday Was Really Inside Us, All Along
  7. So, You’re Having A Bad Writing Day
  8. Macro Monday Has A Book Cover To Show You, Deer Reader
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: There Is No Exit

June 2017

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Here Are Your Five-Word Titles
  2. Emmie Mears: You Have Comrades In This Trench
  3. Ways To Stay Motivated In This Shit-Shellacked Era Of Epic Stupid
  4. Macro Monday Changes Its Skin (Bonus Blog Question For Y’all)
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Five-Word Title
  6. Laura Lam: I Am On So Many Government Watchlists
  7. Linda Nagata: Five Things I Learned Writing The Last Good Man
  8. Robyn Bennis: Five Things I Learned Writing The Guns Above
  9. Carnival and Chess and Boxes of Bees: Politics In America, 2017
  10. Spider Pals, A Twitter Adventure
  11. And, Scene: Some Thoughts On Writing A Scene
  12. Macro Monday Sleeps At The Dew Drop Inn
  13. Drink Me: The Velvet Wendigo
  14. Return Of The Gaysaber
  15. Solomon Grundy Born On A Macro Monday
  16. Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten Random Titles
  17. Riding The Rides At Comey Island
  18. Greetings From The Eunuch Moon Colony #457!
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Invasive Species

May 2017

  1. INVASIVE: Out Now In Paperback!
  2. Dear Writers: A Book Needs Time To Cook
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: Fire-Owls, Magic Bands, Wizard Vans, Otter Gods
  4. David Kazzie: Five Things I Learned Writing A Sequel
  5. Let’s Turok And Roll Oh God I’m Sorry I Made That Pun
  6. Macro Monday Snags Snap Wexley
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: X Versus Z, Redux
  8. A Hot Steaming Sack Of Business Advice For Writers
  9. Macro Monday Smells Nice And Flowery
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: The SubGenre Smash-And-Grab
  11. Carrie Patel: Five Things I Learned Writing Song Of The Dead
  12. Maurice Broaddus: Wrestling With Writer’s Block
  13. Macro Monday Goes Big And Then Goes Home

April 2017

  1. Sked, Stuff, And Other Updatery-Doo
  2. Clark Thomas Carlton: Let’s Not Be Like Ants
  3. Dan Koboldt: Five Things I Learned Writing The Island Deception
  4. Elizabeth Vaughan: Five Things I Learned By Writing Wardance
  5. What I’ve Learned After 5 Years And 20 Books: 25 Lessons
  6. The Problem With Blurbs (Or How I Got My Reading Groove Back)
  7. Alex Segura: The Moments That Keep You Going As A Writer
  8. Macro Monday Appears In A Snap (Wexley)
  9. Flash Fiction Challenge: The End Of A Long Journey
  10. A News Dart To The Neck
  11. The Great Ewok Defense of 2017
  12. Joseph D. Carriker, Jr.: Five Things You Didn’t Know About Life as a Queer Superhero
  13. You Can Write At Any Age
  14. Aliette de Bodard: In Defense Of Uncanny Punctuation

March 2017

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: One-Word Titles
  2. Lilith Saintcrow: When A Short Story Won’t Stay Short For Long
  3. On The Murder (And Resurrection?) Of Expertise
  4. Macro Monday Brings The First Official Mystery Macro Contest
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: Fuck You, That’s What
  6. On Work-for-Hire As A Humble Novelist
  7. So, You Wanna Be A Professional Writer? Some Considerations!
  8. Awooga, Awooga: Reddit AMA Is Live, Live, Live
  9. Macro Monday Brings Fox Floof, Schedule Updates, And Vet Bills
  10. A Reminder Of What Makes A Real Writer
  11. Flash Fiction Challenge: To Behold The Divine
  12. Widdle Iddle Fits of Flitting News Bits
  13. Snow Day Book Love
  14. Macro Monday Brings More Macro Mysteries
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: Create Your Own Monster
  16. Should A Writer Get An English Degree, Yes Or No?
  17. The Djinn Falls In Love & Other Stories: Lessons From The Editors And The Authors
  18. Macro Monday? More Like Macrowl Monday, Am I Right?
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Right Vs. Wrong
  20. So, This Happened

February 2017

  1. Out Now: Thunderbird (Miriam Black, Book Four)
  2. A Very Good List Of Vital Writing Advice — Do Not Ignore!
  3. Macro Monday Has Sprung A Spring
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Photo Exercise
  5. Betsy Dornbusch: The New Relevance Of The Fantasy Novel
  6. The Many-Headed Hydra Of Republican Hypocrisy
  7. Write Unafraid, Without Fear Of Failure
  8. Star Wars: Empire’s End (Aftermath #3) Has Arrived
  9. Macro Monday Brings The Mystery Macros
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten More Titles (Round Two!)
  11. Is It Time, Dear Writer, To Ditch Your Literary Agent?
  12. Macro Monday Says To Hell With It, Have Some Dogs
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten Titles From You
  14. Lara Elena Donnelly: Five Things I Learned Writing Amberlough
  15. Kameron Hurley: How to Keep Writing Through Times of Great Political Upheaval
  16. Why Persist As A Writer In Times Of Such Heinous Fuckery?
  17. You Want To Marry This Breakfast Fried Rice And Have Its Babies
  18. Stephen Blackmoore: On Deadlines, And The Missing Thereof
  19. Macro Monday Beholds The Common As Extraordinary
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: We Only Need A Three-Word Title
  21. Star Wars! Atlanta Burns! News That Won’t Hurt Your Soul!
  22. Fonda Lee: Five Things I Learned Writing Exo
  23. Escapism Is Not A Dirty Word
  24. Steven Spohn: The Real Value Of Hope

January 2017

  1. My 2017 Schedule (So Far!)
  2. This Is A Test Of The Emergency Broadcasting System
  3. Flash Fiction Challenge: Acts Of Rebellion
  4. Trust Me, I Don’t Wanna Talk About This Shit Either
  5. The Duck Is A Dog And Other Alternative Facts
  6. Macro Monday Is Feelin’ A Little Buggy
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Hope In The Face Of Hopelessness
  8. No One’s Coming To Save Us, So We Have To Save Each Other
  9. Hacking At The Roots Of The Tree
  10. PSA: Fake Donald Trump Is Maybe Not Your Best Marketing Plan
  11. Macro Monday Is Light As A Feather
  12. Sarah Gailey: Get Rich Or Die Trying — On Repealing The ACA
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: Something That Scares You
  14. Why We Need The Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  15. Here’s How To Finish Your Revision, You Filthy Animal
  16. Macro Monday Gets A Little Frosty
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Apocalypse Now!
  18. I Gotcher Blackbirds! Blackbirds Here! Just A Buck-Ninety-Nine
  19. Awkward Author Photo Contest: The Awkward Author Winners!
  20. Writer Resolution, 2017: Write Despite

2016 223

December 2016

  1. What I Say To 2016 As It Exits… And To 2017 As It Enters
  2. Sometimes, You’re Just Wrong (And That’s Totally Okay)
  3. Awkward Author Photo Contest: Let The Judging Begin
  4. The Key Is Always Hope
  5. Andrea Phillips: The High Goddamn Responsibility Of Fiction
  6. How To Create Art And Make Cool Stuff In A Time Of Trouble
  7. Macro Monday Has To Go Back To The Island, Kate
  8. Dearest Electors, Or, Ha Ha Ha What The Fuck Is Actually Happening In This Reality Show Nightmare That We Cannot Escape
  9. Ruth Vincent: Five Things I Learned Writing Unveiled
  10. Kids Are Fucking Weird (Part 4,912)
  11. Macro Monday Brings The Maui Macro (And A Bit Of News)
  12. Gifts For Writers, 2016

November 2016

  1. The Awkward Author Photo Contest Awakens
  2. Macro Monday’s The Hell Outta Here
  3. Mourn, Then Get Mad, Then Get Busy
  4. Stronger Together, But So Far Apart
  5. I’m Voting For Hillary, Because I Am Not A Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller (Nor Do I Want To Become One)
  6. Macro Monday Soothes Your Election Worries With Waterdrops
  7. Frederick Turner: Five Things I Learned Writing Apocalypse
  8. Whitney Beltrán: Five Things I Learned About Feminine Horror
  9. Dearest Deplorables
  10. NaNoWriMo Pep Talk: The Pure Fucking Joy Of Getting It All Wrong

October 2016

  1. Macro Monday Brings You The Story Of The Bone Tree
  2. Why Is Horror So Anathema In Publishing?
  3. The Forever Endeavor: Out Now
  4. A Cooling Mist Of NaNoWriMo-Flavored Novel Writing Advice
  5. Five Storytelling Lessons From Hamilton’s America
  6. Flash Fiction Challenge: Finish That Scary Story
  7. Tee Morris: Five Things I Learned About My Writing Career While Running A Half-Marathon
  8. Katie Fetting: Five Reasons Writers Choose To Break History
  9. Macro Monday Is A Cup Of Currant Affairs
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Scary Story, Part Two!
  11. Announcing: Exeunt
  12. Nik Abnett: Five Things I Learned Writing Savant
  13. Cassandra Khaw: Five Things I Learned Writing Hammers On Bone
  14. Not All Locker Rooms, But Yes, Some Locker Rooms
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Scary Story, Part One
  16. Ten Quick Story Tips To Use Or Discard At Your Leisure
  17. Control What You Can Control: Good Writing (And Life) Advice
  18. How A Writer Quiets His Self-Doubt
  19. Macro Monday Is A Fun Guy, Part Two

September 2016

  1. Flash Non-Fiction Challenge: Share Your Spooky Experiences
  2. Things Hillary Clinton Could Do During The Debate To Lose My Vote To Donald Trump: A Very Important List
  3. Macro Monday Has My NYCC Schedule For You
  4. You, Me, And Margaret Atwood: Pelee Island Writer’s Retreat
  5. Yes, Virginia, Writing Is Too A Job
  6. It Is Art That Will Help Us Survive
  7. Here’s How To Finish That Fucking Book, You Monster
  8. What Fiction Can Do For The Writer And The Reader
  9. Macro Monday Has Luminous Spines
  10. Ambien Tales
  11. Jason Arnopp: Certainty In The Social Media Age
  12. Macro Monday Is Not A Macro But Surly Owl Doesn’t Care
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: Genre-Flip An Iconic Scene
  14. Michelle Belanger: Five Things I Learned Writing Harsh Gods
  15. K.C. Alexander: Publishing While Female (Or, “Why I Stopped Internalizing Your Shit”)
  16. Michael J. Martinez: Listen To Miss Frizzle
  17. In Writing, The Rules Are True, Until They’re Not
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Who The Fuck Is My D&D Character?
  19. Elsa S. Henry: On Teaching Disabled Representation In Fiction

August 2016

  1. Dear Men, It’s Time We Had A Conversation
  2. Invasive Photo Contest — Winners!
  3. Five Things I’d Like To See In No Man’s Sky
  4. Macro Monday Dreams Of Autumn, And Bears Bad News
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: Behold The Idiomatic!
  6. Five Things I Learned Writing Invasive
  7. Writing Is Work, And It’s Art, Except When It’s Not
  8. Writing: Longevity, Patience, And Shittin’ Pants (A Storify)
  9. Macro Monday Looks A Little Like Snaggletooth
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: Pick Three Sentences And Write
  11. Melanie Meadors: Five Things I Learned Editing Hath No Fury
  12. Defense Against The Dark Ants: Invasive Is Out Now
  13. Macro Monday Knows The Definition Of Formication
  14. The Invasive Photo Contest!
  15. Flash Fiction Challenge: Write One Sentence
  16. Brooke Johnson: Five Things I Learned Writing The Guild Conspiracy
  17. 10 Things Stranger Things Taught Me About Storytelling
  18. 25 Reasons Why I Stopped Reading Your Book
  19. Macro Monday Is A Fun Guy
  20. Flash Fiction Challenge: The SubGenre Blender Spins Again
  21. Hayley Stone: Five Things I Learned Writing Machinations
  22. Slaying The Dragon: Social Media For Writers, And What That Means For The Success Of Your Book
  23. Macro Monday Needs A Drink

July 2016

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Vacation
  2. A.A. George: Gen Con’s Featured Speaker Panels Cannot Be Missed
  3. Macro Monday Eats Ants On Thursday, Zorak Is Your God Now
  4. News Nibblings In A Savory Gravy, Baby
  5. The Politician and the Plague: Magma Enemas, Shit Scorpions, And The Truth About How Many Boxes We Get
  6. Paul Tremblay: My 1970s Satanic Horror Childhood
  7. Letters From Flavortown: The Gospel According To Guy Fieri
  8. Life Debt: Out Now!
  9. My SDCC Schedule
  10. Macro Monday Is A Pretty Pretty Butterfly
  11. S.L. Huang: On The Subject Of Manpain
  12. Beth Lewis: Five Things I Learned While Writing The Wolf Road
  13. Empire’s End Cover, And Other Shiny News Nuggets
  14. The Thoughts I Thinkily Thunked Whilst Watching Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice (Ultimate Edition)
  15. What I Talk About When I Talk About Almost Shitting Yourself When You’re Running
  16. Flash Fiction Challenge: Insomnia

June 2016

  1. Quickly! To The Newsmobile!
  2. Emmie Mears: My Identity Is Political
  3. Macro Monday May Contain Spiders
  4. Strawberry Lemonade Impregnates Your Face With Deliciousness
  5. Flash Fiction Challenge: Five Random Story Seeds
  6. You Want Trump? This Is How You Get Trump.
  7. Quickly Now! To The Newsmachine!
  8. Eliot Peper: Five Things I Learned Self-Publishing My Novel, Cumulus
  9. Anne Frasier: Five Things I Learned Writing The Body Reader
  10. Star Wars: Life Debt Excerpt at Mashable!
  11. Let’s Whip Up Some Common Sense Gun Control! Weehaw!
  12. Macro Monday And The Otherworldly Proximity
  13. Yoon Ha Lee: Five Things I Learned Writing Ninefox Gambit
  14. Cassandra Khaw: Vexed About Voice
  15. Recipe For A Shooting
  16. Invasive And Zer0es Giveaway
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Knock Knock, Who’s There?
  18. I’m With Her
  19. What Exactly Makes A Damn Good Story?
  20. Macro Monday Wears Its Spots And Dots Proudly
  21. Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Contain A Map
  22. Steven Spohn: I Am Not Your Plot Device
  23. Holding Many Truths: The Loss Of Nuance To Vicious Polarity

May 2016

  1. Macro Monday On Tuesday, A Starred Invasive, Zer0es, And More!
  2. Ten Warnings About The Small Children You May One Day Have
  3. I Have Finally Listened To Hamilton, Please Update Your Records
  4. Flash Fiction Challenge: It Starts With A Bang
  5. Leah Rhyne: Five Things I Learned Writing Heartless
  6. Winning, Losing, And Participating: Shut Up About The Trophy
  7. Macro Monday Will Throw You Into A Trash Compactor
  8. Flash Fiction Challenge: Kids Say The Darnderniest Things
  9. The Wisdom Of B-Dub
  10. Kat Howard: Five Things I Learned Writing Roses And Rot
  11. Crotch-Punching The Creative Yeti: Exploding More Writing Myths
  12. Macro Monday Is Sun-Kissed And Rain-Tickled Teeheehee
  13. Writing Dialogue, And How It Relates To Plot And Character
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: They Fight Crime!
  15. Defy Reality, Become An Artist
  16. Macro Monday Rides Into Battle On The Back Of Skeledeer
  17. Flash Fiction Challenge: Inspiration Of The Random Image
  18. Happy Star Wars Day, And May The Fourth Be With You
  19. Hello, I Have Anxiety, How Are You?
  20. Macro Monday Gets Moist

April 2016

  1. Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten Titles You Made Up…
  2. We Have A Problem
  3. Leanna Renee Hieber: What To Do When The Bottom Drops Out
  4. What I’d Like To Say To Young Writers, Part Two
  5. The Tiny House Hunters Drinking Game! (Tiny Living, Big Drinking!)
  6. Macro Monday Is Otherworldly
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: We Need Only A Title
  8. Jon McGoran: How Bad Is Too Bad?
  9. Lessons From 40: Four Decades Of Dumb Stuff I Learned
  10. An Open Letter To The “Bring Back Legends” Star Wars Fans
  11. Elsa S. Henry: So, You Wanna Write A Blind Character?
  12. Macro Monday Is One Thing That Looks Like Another
  13. Flash Fiction Challenge: Twenty Random Titles
  14. Alex Segura: Bringing Balance To The Book Force
  15. On The Value Of Your Authorial Platform
  16. The Escape Your Taxes Sale: 8 Authors, 22 Books!
  17. Writers: When In Doubt, WWYL
  18. Macro Monday Gives The Finger To Spring Snow
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: Randomize Your Title And Write
  20. Steven Spohn: Your Last Good Day
  21. An Open Letter To Tiny House Hunters
  22. Macro Monday Beholds The Blood Orange
  23. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Dragon

March 2016

  1. Sam Sykes: A Blorgery Post About Escalation In Writing
  2. AMA: Ask Me Anything (Here At The Blog)
  3. Fuck Your Shit Up With This Ham Tetrazzini, AKA, “Hamtrazzini”
  4. Macro Monday Yells At Flowers
  5. You Have Permission Not To See Batman Vs. Superman
  6. E.J. Wenstrom: Five Things I Learned Writing Mud
  7. Hyperion, #1 — Or, How I Got Lucky Enough To Write Comics
  8. Macro Monday Is Late But Has A Doctor’s Note So It’s Cool
  9. Pneuma
  10. Flash Fiction Challenge: A Story In Five Sentences
  11. Joe Hart: Five Things I Learned Writing The Last Girl
  12. Episode 0: Luke Skywaker And The Return Of The Rainbow Gaysaber
  13. Macro Monday: The Tangle, With Bonus Tucson Book Fest Schedule
  14. Flash Fiction Friday: Seven Deadly Sins
  15. How Much Should Writers Pay To Be Published?
  16. Please Let Me Motivate You With My Gesticulations And Screams

February 2016

  1. Macro Monday: The Oothica
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Pick A Sentence And Go
  3. Jason LaPier: Five Things I Learned Writing Unclear Skies
  4. The Cormorant: Back In Print!
  5. V.E. Schwab: Books As Bodies (And Other Thoughts)
  6. Macro Monday: The Cradling Hand
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Post An Opening Sentence
  8. Andrea Phillips: Throw Everything At The Wall
  9. Scream It Until Their Ears Bleed: Pay The Fucking Writers
  10. Rob Hart: How To Put The Toilet In The Right Place
  11. Firewatch: What Storytelling Lessons Can It Teach Us?
  12. Simplicity And Elegance In Storytelling
  13. Macro Monday: Tidal Freeze
  14. Flash Fiction Challenge: Revenge Of X Meets Y Pop Culture Mashup
  15. On Sentence Fragments And Other Stylistic Jibber-Jabber
  16. Out Now — Atlanta Burns: The Hunt
  17. Snoobug, We’re Home
  18. Macro Monday: Observatory On The Glob Planet
  19. Flash Fiction Challenge: The Subgenre Tango
  20. Emmie Mears: Hi, Hello, We’re Here to Revoke Your Artist Card
  21. If I Did A Novel-Writing Story-Lab, What Would It Look Like?
  22. February Is The Month Of Digital Book Sales, Apparently!
  23. Macro Monday: The Damselfly Dead

January 2016

  1. The Pros And Cons Of Pro Cons (For Writers)
  2. Flash Fiction Challenge: Yes I Know It’s Sunday Not Friday Shut Up
  3. Invasive: Cover Reveal!
  4. Zer0es — Now On Audio!
  5. 25 More Hard Truths About Writing And Publishing
  6. Macro Monday: Snow Is Prettiest When It’s A Flake And Not A Flood
  7. Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten More Titles
  8. Tim Akers: Five Things I Learned About Writing The Pagan Night
  9. Dan Koboldt: Five Things I Learned Writing The Rogue Retrieval
  10. Some Thoughts For You Mid-Career Writers Out There
  11. Macro Monday: The Lightbulb
  12. Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Title And Write
  13. Death Becomes Us
  14. Meet the Bookburners! Four Authors Talk Fighting Demons
  15. Jason Gurley: Five Things I Learned Writing Eleanor
  16. Five Storytelling Lessons From The Force Awakens
  17. Self-Care For Writers: Some Tips!
  18. Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Flickr Photo Challenge
  19. Your 2016 Authorial Mandate Is Here: Be The Writer That You Are, Not The Writer Other People Want You To Be

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