Armistice Day: What a Renaming Costs
August 31, 2026
For thirty-six years the United States called 11 November Armistice Day. Then it became Veterans Day, and a specific moment gave way to a general one.
Tag: November
Writing and book holidays observed in November, as the year turns homeward. Every literary celebration, author day, and reading observance falling in November, each marked with an essay.
NovemberThanksgiving
June 14, 2026
Thanksgiving 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.
NovemberNational Family Literacy Day
June 14, 2026
National Family Literacy Day is November 1. Why reading to a child at home is the most powerful gift a parent can give, and why it costs almost nothing.
NovemberNational 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.
NovemberNaNoWriMo Is Gone. The November Writing Challenge Is Not
June 14, 2026
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.
NovemberNational Authors Day
June 14, 2026
National Authors Day is November 1. One discouraging teacher, a long climb through ghostwriting, and why becoming an author is something you claim.
NovemberNational Nonfiction Day
June 14, 2026
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.
NovemberI 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.
Authority Through AuthorshipNational Ghostwriters Week: What 54+ Projects Taught Me About the Invisible Craft
February 11, 2026
A 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.
NovemberVeterans Day: Preserving the Stories That Deserve to Be Told
February 11, 2026
My first ghostwriting project was my grandfather's story, a WWII POW who survived. Why veterans' memoirs matter and how ghostwriting preserves them.
Emotion in Writing36 Ways to Show Heartfelt Author Appreciation
February 8, 2026
Discover over 36 ways to show author appreciation, from engaging on social media to creative testimonials. Support the storytellers who enrich our lives.