Free Talk: How to Write a Satisfying Final Act for Your Novel

How to keep readers engaged, ramp up the tension, resolve essential plot points, and give your readers a satisfying end to your story.

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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.

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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: October 2025

New NaNoWriMo; $1.5 billion in AI copyright settlement; Unethical journal practices; Paying writing calls.

Pine Hills Review: Now Seeking Submissions

An online journal accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid writing.

Why You Should Write About Other People’s Writing

6 surprising benefits for authors.

Nine Terrific New Literary Journals (October, 2025)

In my experience, there are many reasons to seek publication in journals that have been around for less than a year. When a literary journal is new, the editors tend to be a lot more passionate. I have gotten handwritten thank you cards from editors of new publications, something that has never happened when my…