Ten Ways to Finish (Really, Finish) a Writing Project: Part One

Ten Ways to Finish (Really, Finish) a Writing Project: Part One

Sprint to the Finish Line: JUST DO IT. How to take a book from draft to ready to publish, with prompts for your writing journal

How to Incorporate Feedback into Your Writing

How to Incorporate Feedback into Your Writing

Revising After Critique, Beta Reads, or Receiving Edits

Why Writing to a Prompt Is a Vital Skill for New Writers

Why Writing to a Prompt Is a Vital Skill for New Writers

Theme is Queen, Baby

What IS Genre, Anyway?

The Fear of Being Pigeonholed and How to Break Free from Genre

The AI Writing "Boom" and the Myths That Surround It

LLMs Are Not AI, and They Certainly Aren't Toothpaste

What I Published & Edited in 2025 + What I Loved This Year

Plus Some Musings on How We Define Accomplishment

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Year-End Round-UpsYear-End Round-Ups
What I Published & Edited in 2025 + What I Loved This Year

What I Published & Edited in 2025 + What I Loved This Year

Plus Some Musings on How We Define Accomplishment

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
Finishing the ProjectFinishing the Project
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Ten Ways to Finish (Really, Finish) a Writing Project: Part Six: Make a 6-Point To-Do List

Ten Ways to Finish (Really, Finish) a Writing Project: Part Six: Make a 6-Point To-Do List

Sprint to the Finish Line: Leveling Up the Average To-Do List

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
The Weird CircularThe Weird Circular
The December Weird Circular

The December Weird Circular

Seasons of Darkness

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
Speculative PoetrySpeculative Poetry
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This Heartbreaking 1888 Mermaid Poem Explores Child Death in the Most Haunting Way

This Heartbreaking 1888 Mermaid Poem Explores Child Death in the Most Haunting Way

Violet Fane's Poem Proves Speculative Poetry Was Feminist From the Beginning

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
FreelancingFreelancing
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How to Get Started as a Freelance Book Editor

How to Get Started as a Freelance Book Editor

Ten Years Later, I'm Still in Love with Editing: Focusing Your Business on What You Love

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
The Weird CircularThe Weird Circular
The June Weird Circular

The June Weird Circular

Summertime Blues

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
Climate ChangeClimate Change
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The Personal Impacts of Climate Change: A Poem About Intimacy

The Personal Impacts of Climate Change: A Poem About Intimacy

Read the Unedited Draft of My Latest Poem "Climate Change Is a Poem"

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
Ten Ways to Finish (Really, Finish) a Writing Project: Part Five

Ten Ways to Finish (Really, Finish) a Writing Project: Part Five

Sprint to the Finish Line: Manifest Your Goals through the Power of Your Imagination

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
CharactersCharacters
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Figuring Out Your Character's WHY

Figuring Out Your Character's WHY

How to Build Character Motivation on the Page

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
Confessional PoetryConfessional Poetry
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Is Confessional Poetry Bad?

Is Confessional Poetry Bad?

Contemporary Poetry and the Church of the Personal: How Much "Personal" Content Should Be in a Poem?

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
AIAI
The AI Writing "Boom" and the Myths That Surround It

The AI Writing "Boom" and the Myths That Surround It

LLMs Are Not AI, and They Certainly Aren't Toothpaste

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
SFFSFF
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Why Speculative Poetry Matters to SFF

Why Speculative Poetry Matters to SFF

Speculative Poetry Should Be a Permanent Hugo Award Category and the Nebula Award Should Recognize Poetry Books

Holly Lyn Walrath
Holly Lyn Walrath
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