May 7, 2013
I am sure you know that creating rhyming poems – though high on the cheesy scale – has its uses. From birthday cards to classroom assignments, from Valentine endearments to Facebook status updates, rhyming words to make a poem is an "in-demand" art form. I reckon that if aspiring poets can have their poetry apps and poetry get-togethers on the web, we amateurs can do with a bit of rhyming help.
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May 4, 2013
You can find Twitter users sharing their poetry, short stories, and even the work of famous writers, all in little bite-sized 140-character updates. If you're not sure where to start on your literary journey on Twitter, we've got a few tips to get you going - from who to follow, what hashtags to keep an eye on, and even how to get your Twitterary works out to a wider audience.
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October 30, 2012
It's that time of year again, the one where Instagrammed photos of corny costumes plague Facebook, and department stores stock up enough candy to give an entire army a diabetic coma. However, that's all Halloween is these days, right? It's become incredibly cheesy, and although personally not a fan of the holiday myself, I'll admit that I'm concerned for it. When will people start treating it with a little more class? What happened to the personal side of it all?
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May 11, 2012
It seems like there is no hobby or topic a person could be interested in that does not “have an app for that.” For poetry, I was shocked in regards to just how many iPhone apps are available and how many different things they can do. There are apps for writing poems, finding words that rhyme, reading other’s poems for inspiration, finding writing prompts and even watching videos of people performing their poetry live.
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February 22, 2012
Listen to public domain audiobooks in your browser, then download the ones you like. If you're looking to reacquaint yourself with the classics, AudioLiterate is a great site to check out and browse. There's something relaxing about listening to a book being read. Whether you want something to do during a long drive or just a way to relax at home while doing chores, audiobooks make reading something you can do while multi-tasking.
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February 13, 2012
As with all things, the internet is a fount for budding poets and those who are genuinely enthusiastic about the most beautiful form of literature. Which are the better ones you can go to? Let’s browse around and find the five best poetry websites to catch the best of verse.
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April 20, 2011
Have you ever had the idea to finally sit down and write that great novel you've always wanted to create, but you kept putting it off because the whole process just felt too complicated? Some novels have dozens of main characters and several threads of storyline all going on at the same time. How does the author keep it all straight?
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March 2, 2011
For children, stories are the window to the outside world. Stories continue to tell generations that the world outside is filled with great adventures, heroic princes and beautiful princesses. It also has ogres and monsters that we must battle to keep it that way. I bet all of us have our own favorite stories from [...]
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November 1, 2010
Do you feel that shorter attention spans are giving short stories a leg up? I personally don’t feel so, because a story well-told is a story well-enjoyed, short or stretched. Short stories have always been a popular form of writing. It is also the cloth where a wannabe writer cuts his first teeth. Many of [...]
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October 30, 2009
Those mandatory high school reads, how many of them did you actually read? Be honest, probably not all of them, huh? Thought so. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an avid reader, devouring books one after another. Nevertheless, these high school reads aren’t always too practical. Sometimes they’re incredibly boring, and other times you just do [...]
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January 20, 2009
When I was in elementary school I was very annoyed by all this studying. But my idea and hope was that once I was done with school, I would also be done learning. I couldn’t wait. Thus I was rather irritated when I heard that my dad had to complete training for his job to [...]
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