Easter
Easter 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.
Father’s Day
Father’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.
Burns Supper
Burns Supper is January 25. The Scottish tradition of reading poetry aloud, and why hearing words instead of scanning them changes how they land.
Poetry at Work Day
Poetry at Work Day is the second Tuesday in January. An honest take from a writer who doesn’t like poetry, and what the form still teaches everyday writing.
National Storytelling Week
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.
A Room of One’s Own Day
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.
National Science Fiction Day
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.
National Library Shelfie Day
National Library Shelfie Day is the fourth Wednesday in January. Why your bookshelf is a portrait of your mind, and what taking it seriously reveals about you.
Read Your World Day
Read Your World Day falls in late January. Why books are how we practice being other people, and why that matters for kids and writers alike.
Hate Week
Hate Week comes from Orwell’s 1984. Why the novel stays relevant decade after decade, and what writers can learn from fiction that became a permanent warning.
Winnie the Pooh Day
Winnie the Pooh Day is January 18, A.A. Milne’s birthday. Why the simple writing in Pooh is far harder to pull off than it looks. A craft lesson.
National Movie Night
National Movie Night is the second Friday in June. The case for the at-home movie night, why physical media beats streaming, and how to build a movie night.
Memorial Day
Memorial Day is the last Monday in May. Why it honors those who served, including police and firefighters, and why their stories deserve to be recorded.
Thesaurus Day
Thesaurus Day is January 18. How to use a thesaurus to sharpen your writing instead of bloating it, and why the simple word usually beats the fancy one.
National Word Nerd Day
National Word Nerd Day is January 9. Why caring about words at the nerd level is the foundation of good writing, not a quirk. A celebration for word lovers.
National Handwriting Day
National Handwriting Day is January 23. Why writing by hand helps memory and thinking, why the skill is fading, and when a writer should still reach for a pen.
Public Domain Day
Public Domain Day is January 1. Why copyright expires, what it means when a work belongs to everyone, and why writers should care about both ends of it.
Book Publishers Day
Book Publishers Day is January 16. What publishers actually do, how self-publishing changed everything, and the hard lesson about platform dependence.
Drop Everything and Read Day
Drop Everything and Read Day is April 12. Why uninterrupted reading has become hard, and why stopping to read for pleasure matters more now than ever.
National Librarian Day
National Librarian Day is April 16. How a librarian’s small kindness opened a child’s world, and why librarians matter more than most people realize.