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It Can Never Be Perfect
But it CAN be finished.
Aug 18 • 
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July 2025

A Timid Writer’s Guide to Asking for Help
Asking for help is part of any writer’s life. Here’s how to get started.
Jul 19 • 
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June 2025

The Power of Names
And where to find them for our fiction.
Jun 21 • 
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May 2025

The Challenge of Being Where Your Feet Are
…When the writing happens somewhere else.
May 19 • 
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April 2025

Finding the Energy to Write (in an Increasingly Exhausting World)
It’s time for ENERGY & WRITING: Part Two
Apr 19 • 
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March 2025

ENERGY & WRITING: Part One
All your burning questions about writing with energy, answered.
Mar 19 • 
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February 2025

This February, Say It With PowerPoint
Why you should host a .ppt party with your friends, family, colleagues, and/or minor-league nemeses.
Feb 16 • 
Nicki Porter
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January 2025

Let’s Make Like the Cast of RENT and Try to Measure a Year
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUUUUUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES—
Jan 13 • 
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December 2024

The Power of Intention
On the page and in life.
Dec 15, 2024 • 
Nicki Porter
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November 2024

On Rest.
And reckoning with the ghosts of elections past, present, and yet to come.
Nov 15, 2024 • 
Nicki Porter
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October 2024

How We Fend Off the Dark
With a long winter fast approaching.
Oct 14, 2024 • 
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September 2024

When Using Your Head Isn’t Working, Use Your Hands
A case for getting out of our heads.
Sep 15, 2024 • 
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