ObservancesWorld Photography Day marks the 1839 gift of the daguerreotype to the world. With 980,000 pictures and counting, a photographer-writer reflects on what the camera's eye brings to the page.
Writing Craft HolidaysFrank Herbert's Dune was rejected by 20+ publishers before an auto-repair-manual company printed it. On his birthday, a look at the worldbuilding that makes Dune the genre's gold standard, and what it teaches anyone building a universe.
Writing HolidaysFather's Day is the third Sunday in June. When the relationship was hard, the holiday is complicated. Writing the honest version instead of the card version.
ObservancesEaster is a moveable spring Sunday. A childhood story about a pet rabbit, a hard rural lesson, and why the unsentimental truth makes the best writing.
ObservancesSt. Patrick's Day is March 17. Beyond the green beer, it celebrates a great storytelling culture. What writers can learn from the Irish oral tradition.
Writing Craft HolidaysValentine's Day is February 14. Why the love letter is a lost art, why writing about love is so hard, and how to say it in your own words instead of a card's.
ObservancesNew Year's Eve is December 31. Why the backward look matters more than the countdown, and how a writer should close out a year before the new one starts.
ObservancesThanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November. The family stories told over dinner vanish if no one writes them down. Why this is the day to start.
ObservancesColumbus Day is the second Monday in October. An honest look at the Columbian Exchange, the collision of two worlds, and a book that explains it.
ObservancesLabor Day is the first Monday in September. An honest take on the holiday and the writing angle in it: writing is real labor, most of it invisible.
ObservancesPresidents' Day is the third Monday in February. The presidents we remember could write, and the words outlasted the terms. Why it still matters.
ObservancesMartin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday in January. The man behind the holiday was a writer first, and his words are why we still listen.
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