National Authors Day
National Authors Day is November 1. One discouraging teacher, a long climb through ghostwriting, and why becoming an author is something you claim.
ObservancesNational Authors Day is November 1. One discouraging teacher, a long climb through ghostwriting, and why becoming an author is something you claim.
ObservancesBanned 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 Book and Copyright Day is April 23. It celebrates books and the copyright that protects them. What every author should know about the rights they own.
ObservancesNaNoWriMo shut down, but the November writing challenge lives on. Why writing a book in a month works, and how to actually finish one this year.
ObservancesJuly 30 is Paperback Book Day. A 113-book author on why paperbacks changed publishing and why physical books still matter.
ObservancesEvery year on August 9th, book lovers celebrate the written word. Here's why this day matters, ten must-read books, and a nod to the writers behind the scenes.
ObservancesAugust 18 is Bad Poetry Day. Why writing badly on purpose is one of the best exercises a writer can do. Vogons welcome.
ObservancesHow a 113-book author uses the 24 days before Christmas as a creative advent calendar, why Christmas Day is for reflection not production.
ObservancesA writer's reflection on Independence Day, from childhood fireworks to Big Bear Lake, from grandfather's POW camp to the freedom to build a career out of words
ObservancesSeptember is National Library Card Signup Month. Why every writer needs a library card and how libraries shaped one author's career.
ObservancesA ghostwriter with 54 completed projects and 113+ published books on what the profession looks like from the inside. March 1-7 is National Ghostwriters Week.
ObservancesA publisher of 20 coloring books on what makes them work, why adults need them, and how real dancers became line art.
A holiday survives because somebody wrote down what it meant while the people who knew were still around to ask. The same is true of a life and a career. Richard Lowe has authored 113+ books and ghostwritten 54+ more, most of them built from interviews with people who thought their story was ordinary. If yours has a date on it, start with a conversation.
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