Free Talk: The Power of Titles — Strategies for Choosing the Right Title for Your Stories & Poetry

Practical tools and insights for navigating the surprising complexity of titling your work.

Available to watch right now, completely free.

Free Talk: Practical Tools to Help You Write Layered Stories, Not Stereotypes

Tools for writing complex characters from outside your lived experience.

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5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2025

Literary magazines paying for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Kismet Magazine: Now Seeking Submissions

A literary magazine accepting poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews.

Self-Doubt as a Constant Companion

How to take advantage of doubt as a writer (and when to ignore it).

38 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for October 2025

These are calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from 38 publishers/organizers. A couple are open for more than one call. Some of the call themes are: Objection! Overruled!; soilpunk; haunt; no laughing matter; Helen of Troy; Walpurgis witcheries; rebels; performance; swashes and buckles; alien celebrations; and the lantern keepers. THEMED CALLS Murderous Ink…