Reading HolidaysRead Across America Day
Read Across America Day is March 2. A lifelong reader on how books protected him as a child, how taste changes over a life, and why a book matters to a kid.
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Reading Holidays
Writing HolidaysI Love to Write Day
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.
Reading HolidaysHobbit Day
Hobbit Day is September 22. What Tolkien's hobbits teach about character and worldbuilding, an honest take from a writer who never read The Hobbit.
Reading HolidaysNational Tolkien Reading Day
National Tolkien Reading Day is March 25. The boxed set I saved for, the boring opening I almost quit, the eagles plot hole, and what Tolkien taught me.
Writing Craft HolidaysNational Poetry Month
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.
Writing Craft HolidaysWorld Poetry Day
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.
Writing Craft HolidaysNational Grammar Day
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.
Writing HolidaysNational Nonfiction Day
National Nonfiction Day is the first Thursday in November. Why nonfiction matters, what makes it good, and why the best reason to write it is not sales.
Writing HolidaysNational 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.
Book HolidaysBanned Books Week
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.
Book HolidaysWorld Book and Copyright Day
World 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.
Writing HolidaysNaNoWriMo Is Gone. The November Writing Challenge Is Not
NaNoWriMo 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.