I've been thinking a lot lately about life before the pandemic, especially the kind of gritty, dive-bar experiences I fear are gone for good.
Author: K.W. Colyard
Kristian Wilson Colyard (she/they) grew up weird in a one-caution-light town in the Appalachian foothills. She now lives in an old textile city with her husband and their clowder of cats. Their fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld and Diabolical Plots, and is forthcoming in Seize the Press. Her nonfiction has been published on Bustle and Tor.com, among other places. They're on Twitter and Instagram @kristianwriting, and you can find more of their work online at kristianwriting.com.
A Chronically Ill Writer Measures Out Her Life in Spoons
In the eight years after my Behçet's Disease diagnosis, I'd had plenty of time to rage, cry, and contemplate my situation. What I neglected to realize was how obvious my condition was to other people.
Becoming a Working Writer: The First, Terrible Year in Review
In October 2019, I took the plunge. I made my first short-story submission to a paying market. The rejection came twelve days later. It was a higher tier rejection—the best kind, short of one bearing a personal note from the editor. I felt energized. I was—to steal Mur Lafferty's phrasing—a working writer. Let me back … Continue reading Becoming a Working Writer: The First, Terrible Year in Review
15 Holiday Gifts for Your Writer Friends
The holidays are here again. Cue the gift-giving anxiety! I can't tell you what you should buy for everyone on your list — mea culpa — but I can offer up these 15 holiday gifts for your writer friends. Whether you know an aspiring novelist or someone just nominated for a major award, this guide … Continue reading 15 Holiday Gifts for Your Writer Friends
Damn Fine Story: A Review
When you've been writing for long enough, or once you've read enough how-to books for writers, you start to notice just how similar all the "different" advice you're getting sounds. In Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative, veteran writer Chuck Wendig has crafted an irreverent guide to the one thing every … Continue reading Damn Fine Story: A Review