The Best Distraction-Free Writing Apps
If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you just stopped whatever writing you are pretending to do and googled “distraction-free writing apps.” So, let’s be clear: you’re the distraction.
If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you just stopped whatever writing you are pretending to do and googled “distraction-free writing apps.” So, let’s be clear: you’re the distraction.
A few years ago, I wrote a silly post called Top 10 Email Subject Lines for When You Just Want to Say ‘Hello.’ The post was an inside joke that turned into the most viewed post in the history of this site. I’m embarrassed that that simple post, which offers very scant advice for writing emails,…
Hey, should I start blogging again? Yes. Yes, you should.
The Best American Travel Writing, which highlights the best travel stories from the previous full year, arrives in bookstores and on tablets this week. The 2014 edition is edited by Paul Theroux, who has selected some outstanding reads from a variety of print and online publications. Here are few that you can read online right…
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Writers’ residencies are becoming all the rage it seems. So here’s one where the wifi will probably work. TinyLetter, the newsletter company, is putting up five writers for ten days at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs, California. The timings for the TinyLetter Writing Residency are: Application deadline: September 26 Residency: November…
If you have a friend that you talk to on a regular basis, either over coffee or gchat, you’ll start to notice certain words that she uses. You have your own signature words, too, even though you may not even realize it. Matthew J.X. Malady explores fingerprint words this week in Slate. How do we…
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