Writing to be Read

Kristiana Liepa was supposed to use the money to save her family farm. She was not supposed to spend it all to save a massive, black stallion.

But when she saw how he was being trea...

I’m delighted to welcome author and poet, Jan Sikes, as this month’s Treasuring Poetry guest. Jan is the author of a significant number of novels, novellas and short stories and she has recently published a collection of short storie...

There are some movies that I can watch over and over and never get tired of them because they are so fun to watch. I’m sure certain movies are the same for everyone, in this respect. For “Everyone is a Critic” in 2026, I’d like to talk about my all-time favorites, because if you haven’t seen them, they are worth watching, and if you have, maybe this will remind you how fun th...

This column discusses Artificial Intelligence, AI. Articles and essays are written with citations. Creative nonfiction is offered with the author as a main character interacting with a robot with AI software.

What Undawn...

For years, authors have borrowed characters from other authors’ works. For example, Jean Rhys’s novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, details the early life of Mrs. Ro...