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50 Word It’s really cold outside, warm me up with Horror Contest
Ok, so we’ve been out of it for a while. EWR hasn’t published a whole lot since Halloween, but we are back online now. This our our first contest of 2019. It’s one of those, oh so fun 50 word contests that everyone loves.
Writing Prompts
Writing Prompts are the anomaly of the writing world. A lot of writers, when first faced with the idea of a writing prompt, turn their nose up at them. The writer feels like they can make it without the gimmick,
Word Search for Writers (Mondays)
Many respectable news and literary publications have crosswords or word searches, so we thought we could run a weekly Word Search for writers. On Mondays we will run one of these. If you find all the words, post a comment below. Not all of these will be this easy, but they will all have something[…]
Crossword for Writers Horror Kickoff
Well, you know how I am about Halloween. If you’be read EWR at all you know I’m just crazy for scary stuff. Anyway, here is a head scratcher for you, see if you can name some of the top names in horror old and new. These are all authors. They are all famous. See how[…]
Exquisite Corpse: for writers, we all need a break.
Welcome to our game for writers. It is an Exquisite Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse is a writing or art game where you complete the story, poem or drawing in parts
Continue the Story
We haven’t done one of these in a long time. Our Haiku, Horror Story, and 2 Sentence Stories are doing so well, we thought we’d add one more, Continue the Story…
Stories and poetry
Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
This poem was originally titled A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. It is considered the quintessential poem about Christmas and Santa Claus.
Poem: Night Music by Anne Mikusinski
Anne Mikusinski has been writing poetry and short stories since she was seven years old and most probably making them up long before she could hold a pen or pencil in her hand.
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10 Days to Write Better: A Writing Challenge
10 Days to Write Better: A Writing Challenge Writers are always looking for the ways to hone creative skills and work on certain trouble areas. The writing challenge is a great way to exercise your writing,
Should I Self Publish My Book?
Should I Self-Publish My Book? This article was moved from our old achieve. The information in here is still It is somewhat relevant. We hope it is helpful. There is a big question out there authors are asking themselves every day, should I self-publish my book? I hope this article will help a little bit.[…]
How to Publish a Short Story
I’m astonished by how many are terrified to have others read their work. I’ve found that many people are happy to have a few readers. Some writers will post work on their facebook, myspace…
Top 50 Literary Magazines -Every Writer
Our criteria for this list has not changed and we feel the top 50 literary magazines on this list are much better ranked than our previous list. It’s always hard to build this list,
Best Editing Tools for Bloggers
Here are some suggestions on finding the best editing tools for bloggers. After you spend hours or even days working on a single blog post and organizing your notes and references like a maniac, you finally have a great blog post ready to be posted.
Tips and Tricks for More Productive Writing
Tips and Tricks for More Productive Writing: Writing has become more and more a part of our communication system, as we stay engaged with digital information regularly.
Is There a Santa Claus 1897
The following, reprinted from the editorial page of the New York Sun, was written by the late Mr. Frank P. Church: We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear[…]
Authors who Built a Modern Christmas
Authors over the years have played a big role in creating the modern day Christmas. Some authors published and publicized Christmas, setting up traditions
13 Halloween Poems: Classic and Terrifying
13 Halloween Poems: Classic and Terrifying These poems are all “classic” poems, and they written by poets who have passed away. Many are scary, but all are generally appropriate ok for children. Generally scary poems or horror poems are difficult to come by, but we’ve collected 20 below that you just have to read. The[…]
Interview with Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster
After a year of searching and many stories, I am able to meet with the man who inspired Halloween in many ways. He is iconic.
On Writing
Halloween Movie Night 2018
We will be announcing the winners of our contest, Oct 31, 2018, in our movie chat. Our chat starts at 9pm eastern. Be there, watch House on Haunted Hill and chat!
10 Scariest Short Film on Youtube
We wanted to do a 10 Scariest Short Film on Youtube list for you. I’m a big fan of little horror, but short Horror films on Youtube are numerous. Many are simply terrible. From bad acting to not scary
10 Tiny Tales that will Terrorize You
Here are 10 Tiny Tales that will Terrorize You. These scary stories are written by new, up and coming authors. As a writer if you can inspire emotions in your readers
How long is a short story? A question for the ages.
The short story usually falls between 1,000 and 15,000 words. At around 15,000 words the novella is born. We are addressing the modern short story and not the ancient tale, fable, or sketch. There is no exact word length, and to
Looking for magazine for kids? Here are our 10 Best Magazines for kids.
So I wanted to find a couple of kids magazines for my son and daughter. I thought “What could be more fun than getting a cool science magazine or literary magazine on their level! Ugh,
Top 10 Hottest Female Poets of the 19th Century
Top 10 Hottest Poets of the 19th Century This list is for fun, and it is meant to be to tongue-in-cheek. We hope to honor the women on this list, and by writing it we hope to draw more attention to their works. Imagine for a moment that these women lived today, in our culture.[…]
Advice on Writing a Novel by Joseph Conrad
Advice on Writing a Novel by Joseph Conrad “I have not read this author’s books, and if I have read them I have forgotten what they were about.” These words are reported as having been uttered in our midst not a hundred years ago, publicly, from the seat of justice, by a civic magistrate. The[…]
Fenimore Cooper Sucks at Writing by Mark Twain
Fenimore Cooper Sucks at Writing by Mark Twain It seems to me that it was far from right for the Professor of English Literature in Yale, the Professor of English Literature in Columbia, and Wilkie Collins to deliver opinions on Cooper’s literature without having read some of it. It would have been much more[…]
POETRY TO-DAY IN AMERICA by Walt Whitman
POETRY TO-DAY IN AMERICA SHAKSPERE—THE FUTURE by Walt Whitman Strange as it may seem, the topmost proof of a race is its own born poetry. The presence of that, or the absence, each tells its story. As the flowering rose or lily, as the ripened fruit to a tree, the apple or the peach, no[…]
My First Typewriter Sucked by Mark Twain
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES (From My Unpublished Autobiography) by Mark Twain Some days ago a correspondent sent in an old typewritten sheet, faded by age, containing the following letter over the signature of Mark Twain: “Hartford, March 10, 1875. “Please do not use my name in any way. Please do not even divulge that fact[…]