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  1. 7 Ways to Make a Small Story Feel Substantial

    I recently finished reading Wild Dark Shore, a literary climate thriller by Charlotte McConaghy. Its cast is small and geographically constricted: Widower Dominic Salt and his three children are performing one last task before shutting down the final scientific operations on soon-to-be uninhabitable Shearwater, a small island not far from Antarctica, when a woman washes up on the beach during a violent storm. Miraculously, she clings to life, and saving her will affect each of them in profound ways. Despite reading another wonderful novel in the meantime, I can’t stop thinking about this story.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/11/7

    #BookTalk #CRAFT #Inspirations #AndyWeir #CharlotteMcConaghy

  2. 7 Ways to Make a Small Story Feel Substantial

    I recently finished reading Wild Dark Shore, a literary climate thriller by Charlotte McConaghy. Its cast is small and geographically constricted: Widower Dominic Salt and his three children are performing one last task before shutting down the final scientific operations on soon-to-be uninhabitable Shearwater, a small island not far from Antarctica, when a woman washes up on the beach during a violent storm. Miraculously, she clings to life, and saving her will affect each of them in profound ways. Despite reading another wonderful novel in the meantime, I can’t stop thinking about this story.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/11/7

    #BookTalk #CRAFT #Inspirations #AndyWeir #CharlotteMcConaghy

  3. 7 Ways to Make a Small Story Feel Substantial

    I recently finished reading Wild Dark Shore, a literary climate thriller by Charlotte McConaghy. Its cast is small and geographically constricted: Widower Dominic Salt and his three children are performing one last task before shutting down the final scientific operations on soon-to-be uninhabitable Shearwater, a small island not far from Antarctica, when a woman washes up on the beach during a violent storm. Miraculously, she clings to life, and saving her will affect each of them in profound ways. Despite reading another wonderful novel in the meantime, I can’t stop thinking about this story.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/11/7

    #BookTalk #CRAFT #Inspirations #AndyWeir #CharlotteMcConaghy

  4. 7 Ways to Make a Small Story Feel Substantial

    I recently finished reading Wild Dark Shore, a literary climate thriller by Charlotte McConaghy. Its cast is small and geographically constricted: Widower Dominic Salt and his three children are performing one last task before shutting down the final scientific operations on soon-to-be uninhabitable Shearwater, a small island not far from Antarctica, when a woman washes up on the beach during a violent storm. Miraculously, she clings to life, and saving her will affect each of them in profound ways. Despite reading another wonderful novel in the meantime, I can’t stop thinking about this story.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/11/7

    #BookTalk #CRAFT #Inspirations #AndyWeir #CharlotteMcConaghy

  5. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  6. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  7. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  8. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  9. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  10. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  11. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  12. Anything Is Possible

    You can do anything. You can write a book. You can get an agent, if that’s what you want, a real powerhouse. You can get a great advance. You can click with your editor in a life-changing way. You can emerge from the editing process with a beautiful book, a wonderful book, a book readers will love. You can write a bestseller. Then you can write another one, a second book that readers embrace just as warmly as the first. You can do this over and over. You can be a career writer for the rest of your life.
    Is it hard to believe statements like this? Impossible? Well, in some cases, of course it is. Things like selling thousands of copies aren’t truly within our control. When I say “anything is possible,” I don’t mean it literally.
    But I want you to believe it, for yourself, just for a while.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/06/01/a

    #Inspirations #bookpublishing

  13. What Other Art Forms Taught Me About Writing

    I collect hobbies. 
    In true ADHD fashion, my interests are expansive, my search history littered with deep dives into any number of subjects, and my living space full to the brim with all the stuff one accumulates if they are, like me, attempting to fully live up to the idea of becoming a “Jack of all trades” (and master of none). 
    (Also, in truly circular fashion, one of the hobbies I’ve collected, much to my mother’s chagrin, is the hobby of collecting itself– books, but also various dolls (American Girl and Disney collectible dolls primarily), along with cute mini-backpacks, quirky overalls, and of course, supplies for all my non-collecting hobbies).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/26/w

    #CRAFT #Inspirations #Process #REALWORLD #Writinglife

  14. What Other Art Forms Taught Me About Writing

    I collect hobbies. 
    In true ADHD fashion, my interests are expansive, my search history littered with deep dives into any number of subjects, and my living space full to the brim with all the stuff one accumulates if they are, like me, attempting to fully live up to the idea of becoming a “Jack of all trades” (and master of none). 
    (Also, in truly circular fashion, one of the hobbies I’ve collected, much to my mother’s chagrin, is the hobby of collecting itself– books, but also various dolls (American Girl and Disney collectible dolls primarily), along with cute mini-backpacks, quirky overalls, and of course, supplies for all my non-collecting hobbies).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/26/w

    #CRAFT #Inspirations #Process #REALWORLD #Writinglife

  15. What Other Art Forms Taught Me About Writing

    I collect hobbies. 
    In true ADHD fashion, my interests are expansive, my search history littered with deep dives into any number of subjects, and my living space full to the brim with all the stuff one accumulates if they are, like me, attempting to fully live up to the idea of becoming a “Jack of all trades” (and master of none). 
    (Also, in truly circular fashion, one of the hobbies I’ve collected, much to my mother’s chagrin, is the hobby of collecting itself– books, but also various dolls (American Girl and Disney collectible dolls primarily), along with cute mini-backpacks, quirky overalls, and of course, supplies for all my non-collecting hobbies).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/26/w

    #CRAFT #Inspirations #Process #REALWORLD #Writinglife

  16. What Other Art Forms Taught Me About Writing

    I collect hobbies. 
    In true ADHD fashion, my interests are expansive, my search history littered with deep dives into any number of subjects, and my living space full to the brim with all the stuff one accumulates if they are, like me, attempting to fully live up to the idea of becoming a “Jack of all trades” (and master of none). 
    (Also, in truly circular fashion, one of the hobbies I’ve collected, much to my mother’s chagrin, is the hobby of collecting itself– books, but also various dolls (American Girl and Disney collectible dolls primarily), along with cute mini-backpacks, quirky overalls, and of course, supplies for all my non-collecting hobbies).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/26/w

    #CRAFT #Inspirations #Process #REALWORLD #Writinglife

  17. Gros coup de cœur pour le livre "La Joie ennemie" de Kaouther Adimi. Enfermée le temps d’une nuit à l’Institut du monde arabe face aux toiles lumineuses de la peintre Baya, l’autrice livre un récit puissant où les traumatismes de la décennie noire en Algérie se confrontent à la beauté de la création.

    A découvrir ICI ou lien en bio :
    soreau-photographe.com/joie-en

    #inspirations #Lecture #kaoutheradimi #litterature #peintrebaya #algerie

  18. 4 Guides to a Sustainable Writing Life

    In the publishing industry, “what will sell” is always a moving target. To adapt is to survive, for both creators and those who sell their works. Add today’s rapid socio-political shifts and it’s hard for a business to create a strategic plan that will still work next week let alone in the year(s) it will take to write and publish a novel.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/14/4

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #Writinglife #DonMiguelRuiz #emotionalmanagement

  19. 4 Guides to a Sustainable Writing Life

    In the publishing industry, “what will sell” is always a moving target. To adapt is to survive, for both creators and those who sell their works. Add today’s rapid socio-political shifts and it’s hard for a business to create a strategic plan that will still work next week let alone in the year(s) it will take to write and publish a novel.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/14/4

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #Writinglife #DonMiguelRuiz #emotionalmanagement

  20. 4 Guides to a Sustainable Writing Life

    In the publishing industry, “what will sell” is always a moving target. To adapt is to survive, for both creators and those who sell their works. Add today’s rapid socio-political shifts and it’s hard for a business to create a strategic plan that will still work next week let alone in the year(s) it will take to write and publish a novel.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/14/4

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #Writinglife #DonMiguelRuiz #emotionalmanagement

  21. 4 Guides to a Sustainable Writing Life

    In the publishing industry, “what will sell” is always a moving target. To adapt is to survive, for both creators and those who sell their works. Add today’s rapid socio-political shifts and it’s hard for a business to create a strategic plan that will still work next week let alone in the year(s) it will take to write and publish a novel.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/14/4

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #Writinglife #DonMiguelRuiz #emotionalmanagement

  22. Readings for Writers: In Extremis: W.B. Yeats

    As an Irishman, Yeats understood revolution as a turn toward independence, the freedom to determine one’s own fate. He also knew the cost, measured in lives lost, of the struggle to throw off British colonial rule. He was born in Dublin in 1865, the same year the Fenian Land Reform Movement began. He was 40 when the Sinn Féin political party was founded. He was 51 at the Easter Rebellion of 1916. He lived through the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), the brief truce that followed, the reignition of civil war, and the consolidation of the Irish Free State (1925-1939).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/11/r

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #ElizabethHuergo #inspiration #writinglife

  23. Readings for Writers: In Extremis: W.B. Yeats

    As an Irishman, Yeats understood revolution as a turn toward independence, the freedom to determine one’s own fate. He also knew the cost, measured in lives lost, of the struggle to throw off British colonial rule. He was born in Dublin in 1865, the same year the Fenian Land Reform Movement began. He was 40 when the Sinn Féin political party was founded. He was 51 at the Easter Rebellion of 1916. He lived through the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), the brief truce that followed, the reignition of civil war, and the consolidation of the Irish Free State (1925-1939).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/11/r

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #ElizabethHuergo #inspiration #writinglife

  24. Readings for Writers: In Extremis: W.B. Yeats

    As an Irishman, Yeats understood revolution as a turn toward independence, the freedom to determine one’s own fate. He also knew the cost, measured in lives lost, of the struggle to throw off British colonial rule. He was born in Dublin in 1865, the same year the Fenian Land Reform Movement began. He was 40 when the Sinn Féin political party was founded. He was 51 at the Easter Rebellion of 1916. He lived through the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), the brief truce that followed, the reignition of civil war, and the consolidation of the Irish Free State (1925-1939).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/11/r

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #ElizabethHuergo #inspiration #writinglife

  25. Readings for Writers: In Extremis: W.B. Yeats

    As an Irishman, Yeats understood revolution as a turn toward independence, the freedom to determine one’s own fate. He also knew the cost, measured in lives lost, of the struggle to throw off British colonial rule. He was born in Dublin in 1865, the same year the Fenian Land Reform Movement began. He was 40 when the Sinn Féin political party was founded. He was 51 at the Easter Rebellion of 1916. He lived through the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), the brief truce that followed, the reignition of civil war, and the consolidation of the Irish Free State (1925-1939).
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/11/r

    #Inspirations #REALWORLD #ElizabethHuergo #inspiration #writinglife

  26. Writing on Solid Ground: Create an Intentional Writing Practice

    The first time I took the bus from Pennsylvania to New York City I was surprised to discover that the skyline is not, as I had thought, all skyscrapers. Seen from a westerly approach, there are two distinct clusters of skyscrapers separated by blocks and blocks and blocks of shorter buildings. It seemed weird that the city planners hadn’t built more skyscrapers, given how many people want to live and work in Manhattan.
    It was a puzzle I didn’t unlock until I found out about the geology of the island.
    Manhattan has two areas of solid bedrock—one in Midtown and one downtown. And that’s where the skyscrapers go.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/05/w

    #Inspirations #Process #provocations #REALWORLD

  27. Writing on Solid Ground: Create an Intentional Writing Practice

    The first time I took the bus from Pennsylvania to New York City I was surprised to discover that the skyline is not, as I had thought, all skyscrapers. Seen from a westerly approach, there are two distinct clusters of skyscrapers separated by blocks and blocks and blocks of shorter buildings. It seemed weird that the city planners hadn’t built more skyscrapers, given how many people want to live and work in Manhattan.
    It was a puzzle I didn’t unlock until I found out about the geology of the island.
    Manhattan has two areas of solid bedrock—one in Midtown and one downtown. And that’s where the skyscrapers go.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/05/w

    #Inspirations #Process #provocations #REALWORLD

  28. Writing on Solid Ground: Create an Intentional Writing Practice

    The first time I took the bus from Pennsylvania to New York City I was surprised to discover that the skyline is not, as I had thought, all skyscrapers. Seen from a westerly approach, there are two distinct clusters of skyscrapers separated by blocks and blocks and blocks of shorter buildings. It seemed weird that the city planners hadn’t built more skyscrapers, given how many people want to live and work in Manhattan.
    It was a puzzle I didn’t unlock until I found out about the geology of the island.
    Manhattan has two areas of solid bedrock—one in Midtown and one downtown. And that’s where the skyscrapers go.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/05/w

    #Inspirations #Process #provocations #REALWORLD

  29. Writing on Solid Ground: Create an Intentional Writing Practice

    The first time I took the bus from Pennsylvania to New York City I was surprised to discover that the skyline is not, as I had thought, all skyscrapers. Seen from a westerly approach, there are two distinct clusters of skyscrapers separated by blocks and blocks and blocks of shorter buildings. It seemed weird that the city planners hadn’t built more skyscrapers, given how many people want to live and work in Manhattan.
    It was a puzzle I didn’t unlock until I found out about the geology of the island.
    Manhattan has two areas of solid bedrock—one in Midtown and one downtown. And that’s where the skyscrapers go.
    writerunboxed.com/2026/05/05/w

    #Inspirations #Process #provocations #REALWORLD