National Storytelling Week
June 14, 2026
National Storytelling Week runs late January into February. Why storytelling is the root skill under all writing, and how to actually get better at it.
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ObservancesNational Science Fiction Day
June 14, 2026
National Science Fiction Day is January 2, Asimov's birthday. Why the genre matters more than its reputation suggests, and the books that hooked me for life.
ObservancesA Room of One’s Own Day
June 14, 2026
A Room of One's Own Day is January 25, Virginia Woolf's birthday. Why a dedicated writing space matters, and a look at the office I built out of a dining room.
ObservancesNational Write Your Story Day
June 14, 2026
National Write Your Story Day is March 14. Why your story is worth recording, how to start when it feels impossible, and why the form can be anything.
ObservancesNational Life Writing Month
June 14, 2026
National Life Writing Month is November. Life writing is more than memoir: journals, essays, letters, and family history. How to start without a book.
ObservancesNational Grammar Day
June 14, 2026
National Grammar Day is March 4. Why grammar matters, when breaking the rules is right, and how to keep your writing clean with editors and tools.
ObservancesBanned Books Week
June 14, 2026
Banned Books Week is late September. A personal story about being denied The Grapes of Wrath in high school, and why the fight over reading still matters.
ObservancesWorld Poetry Day
June 14, 2026
World Poetry Day is March 21. An honest take from a prose writer who doesn't love most poetry, on what poetry is for and what every writer can steal from it.
ObservancesNational Poetry Month
June 14, 2026
National Poetry Month is April. Why writing a single poem, even badly, makes you a sharper prose writer. A non-poet's case for trying the form.
ObservancesNational Haiku Poetry Day
June 14, 2026
National Haiku Poetry Day is April 17. An honest look at haiku from a writer who doesn't get it, what its fans see, and the one lesson any writer can use.
ObservancesWorld Read Aloud Day
June 14, 2026
World Read Aloud Day is the first Wednesday in February. From bedtime stories to critique groups, why reading aloud is the best editing tool a writer has.
ObservancesI Love to Write Day
June 14, 2026
I Love to Write Day is November 15. Where a love of writing comes from, and the truth that love gets you to the page but habit gets you to book one hundred.