We are coming up on the 60th anniversary of the Batman TV series' debut (Jan. 12, 1966). This serves as a reminder that Adam West was indirectly responsible for a scar I have on my left knee. I wrote about that scar a few years ago in this blog. I hold no grudges.
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Writers often discuss whether to use AI. But a related problem is people accusing writers of using AI simply because they used a particular word, writing convention, or punctuation mark that ChatGPT is said to be fond of. My latest blog tackles this topic.
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In writing, how can you help the reader experience the moment you are describing? Ethan Gilsdorf offers his take on this problem in a guest essay for the Brevity Blog. He calls his approach "zooming in and lingering."
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I didn't even realize today was National Essay Day until this reminder from Dinty W. Moore appeared. I probably should get to writing right now. @dintywmoore.bsky.social
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Today is the day! AIR-BORNE is out. Thanks to the Associated Press for this review, calling the book "gripping"--"reads like a combination of detective and horror stories." 🧪https://apnews.com/article/book-review-airborne-zimmer-1adb7f2db55012be5f0d383d5908f3cc

The First-Ever Film Version of Lewis Carroll’s Tale, Alice in Wonderland (1903)

Advantage Books recently launched its own brand store on Amazon and I was happy to see "Eisenhower Babies" neatly tucked among other memoirs and biographies.

Ever write a paragraph that is deliciously beautiful but doesn't move your story along in any substantive way? In this guest essay for the Brevity Blog, Allison K. Williams discusses why even good writing sometimes needs to feel the wrath of the delete key.
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We have specific words for employed writers: Screenwriter, Author, Copywriter, Journalist, Critic, Editorialist. But if you write, you are a writer. Don't let anyone tell you - or even tell yourself - that you aren't a real writer until you are paid or published. I'm here to tell you that you are.

As writers, how important is it for us to have a specific reader in mind before we begin a new piece? Amanda Le Rougetel explores that question in this essay for the Brevity Blog.
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As a collector of old books, I own quite a few early 20th century juvenile series books similar to this one from the Stratemeyer Syndidate. But I do not have a single Motion Picture Chums book in my collection so I have some hunting to do.

Man Finds Rare Trove of Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings and Manuscripts in His Father's Attic

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"I knew that what I had was saggy and bloated, not sufficiently coherent or compelling to be publishable. The main problem, I thought, was how to structure and organise the pieces. I started borrowing memoirs from the library." ~ Beverley Stevens brevity.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/a...

Who do you compare yourself to? Whose stellar achievements make yours look shabby and small? What does “normal” creativity look like to you? Insight from @amcarley.bsky.social.

William E. Leuchtenburg, a historian whose books cemented the place of Franklin D. Roosevelt among the greatest American presidents, died on Tuesday. He was 102.