Every December, various publications around the world submit their "Word of the Year." From the Oxford Dictionary to The Local (Germany's English-language news source), organisations hope to offer up one word that best sums up the year that was....
This Saturday is Robbie Burns Day, an increasingly universal celebration of all things Scottish. Named for the famous 18th-century poet and lyricist, Scotland's "favourite son" Robert Burns, the day has been adopted around the world as a chance to...
This weekend the 56th annual Grammy Awards will honour some of the greatest musical achievements of the past year. An impending event of this calibre got us thinking: How different is the art of songwriting from the novel and...
The genre of science fiction is used to satirically reflect modern-day society. The most skilled authors do this while crafting fantastical stories, set in other worlds or future eras, that also stand on their own as readable works of...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people's personal journals to celebrate their imaginations and inspire others.
This month we're taking a look at Alaa Heikal's friendship-inspired journals:
This is my very first journal which a really dear friend got...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people's personal journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others.
This month we're taking a look the manga- and tattoo art-influenced sketchbooks of Sabrina:
My name is Sabrina and I'm a twenty-year-old media...
Name: Sarah Louise Boulton
Age: 31
City/Town: Manchester
Country: UK
Places Travelled: Andalusia, Paris, Portugal, Rome, Tuscany, Verona, New York, Boston, Mystic, CT and San Francisco
Places Lived: London and Liverpool
Music: I’m a Soul baby
Important People: My family and close friends
Occupation: Half Marketing Manager,...
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt
-Sylvia Plath
That may be all well and good for Sylvia Plath to say, but what about the rest of us who aren't yet enshrined in literary lore? How can the aspiring writers among...
Last week on Writing Wednesday we spoke about the importance of getting physical when battling writer's block. It's not just physical fitness, however, that is important in boosting your brain power. Keeping your mind active and pushing your thoughts...
On a recent Writing Wednesday, in an effort to provide hope to all those writers struggling to be published, we highlighted four of the harshest rejection letters some extremely successful authors have received. But what if you can't even...