LiteraryMama: Your Toddler: Socrates in Training Pants

Got a toddler? Looking to kickstart your creativity? I don’t have a toddler (though I could use tips for dealing creatively with teens) but after reading this essay by Lockie Hunter, I almost wish I did: As I search for answers, my characters become deeper, the stakes are raised. Each nuance carries meaning …. I [...]

The Keep by Jennifer Egan

I requested this book from the library and then took it back again after reading the first few pages. I hated the narrator with all his fashionable quirks, thought the style was precious, and the story was just too far out. Not my kind of thing, I thought. Then a friend loaned me a proof [...]

Your writing prompt for today

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