Quoth Raiders of the Lost Words: During a recent trip to the endlessly burning coal mines of Centralia, Pennsylvania, my laptop slid from my grasp and…

January 2023

Quoth R-E-S-P-E-C-T: I’ve been working at my craft awhile now and sold some stories to decent places, but nobody seems to be taking me or my work…
Quoth Hopeless Romantic: This may be a sore subject for you, but do you think marriage or long-term relationships interfere with the literary life? Sore…
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December 2022

Quoth Stimulate Me: “Hey, what do you think about writing prompts? Are they a crutch for people who don’t have enough to say, or are they a good way to…
Quoth Meatbag, “Hello! I like discourse about writing, but I am getting discouraged of late. A brilliant program called ChatCPT seems capable of writing…
Welcome to Might As Well Write, my newsletter for cynical writers looking for practical hope! Its tagline is “Darkly encouraging advice for creators who…

September 2022

Quoth Entrepreneurial Spirit: “Given all I’ve heard and read about how horrible traditional publishing is with shitty odds and no support, why shouldn’t…
Quoth Anonymous: "I know I should write every day, but with my job and life, I just can't. It's hard to get back into whatever I was writing if I'm away…

October 2021

Quoth Anonymous: I know we’re not supposed to ask this because it seems amateurish, but where do you get your ideas? There’s a certain kind of writer…

September 2021

Quoth Too Broke: I’m a pretty disciplined guy and I do some writing before or after work almost every day, but I feel like I’m missing something that…
Quoth Not Having Fun: A lot of the time, I find the act of writing to be pretty much agonizing. I mean, not like “severe acid burn” agonizing, but at…