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If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Every single evening for the past week, as my husband and I walk our dogs, we’ve encountered one of our neighbors sitting outside in her front yard hunched over her computer working on her complex system of Halloween decor...

New blog post by Vagabond Heart WTF, Will! parts – 30 – 32 By now Shakespeare was all Henried out, so he turned to the ancient world to inspire his next set of plays. With varied results, to be honest, but he did get us in the mood with this famous tale of doomed lovers. 30. Anthony and...

New blog post by Vagabond Heart – discussions in this thread, please --- I’d now encountered a few stand-out plays, in my great Shakespeare-reading marathon, so I felt quite buoyed up at the prospect of what was approaching. But then I was hit with this one. 11. King John I’m not saying this...

New blog post by Johann Maestrukner – discussions in this thread, please --- test post here --- Get the discussion going – post your thoughts & comments in the thread below… For more posts by Johann Maestrukner click here This is A Test – Litopia...

New blog post by Laura Rikono – discussions in this thread, please --- Ten minutes before I left the house, my boss called. “The science class is cancelled today. Take Jisoo and Jennie instead. They need adjective practice.” (By the way, this happens a lot. I once opened the classroom door to...

New blog post by Jason L. – discussions in this thread, please --- I have to make a new word. This is not uncommon for me. Legiterally is now, officially, a thing. Coffeed is a passive verb that has long need to be in existence. I am still looking for one for accidentally on purpose and those...

Royal Road is partnering with publishers to help writers on their site. https://www.royalroad.com/blog/70/introducing-a-new-publishing-program

New blog post by mickleinapickle – discussions in this thread, please --- She was distracted and he ran on the pitch in an instinctive, uninhibited, exhilarating chase along the right wing. . He out-stripped the startled player, gave the ball a tremendous kick and followed up with a...

I would like to know people’s thoughts about using a pen name. Does anyone here use one? What are the practices one must adhere to when using a pen name? I have always intended to use a pen name. One long-standing reason for this is that I have never wanted anyone from "the family" to discover...