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NaPoWriMo

Well, we did it again, everybody! Another April — and another National/Global Poetry Writing Month — have come and gone.

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

A week of poetry, music, dancing, workshops, exhibits, conversations, food and fellowship, rooted in tradition but focused on today’s rural West.

Writing Is Thinking

When you write about your work, it makes all of us smarter for the effort, including you. Done well, this kind of sharing means you’re contributing signal, instead of noise. But writers are made, n…

State of the Word 2016: Mullenweg Pushes Calypso as Future of WordPress’ Interface, Proposes Major Changes to Release Cycle

Philadelphia welcomed 1,923 attendees to WordCamp US this weekend with an additional 2,028 enthusiasts watching via live stream. Matt Mullenweg delivered his 11th annual State of the Word address t…

Drew Houston's Commencement address

'I stopped trying to make my life perfect, and instead tried to make it interesting.'

Future of Scientific Publishing: Interview with Mathïs Fédérico - Writing Scientist

It started as a week-long writing bootcamp, with participants writing together on a video call. The week was a great success and everyone wanted to continue, so they did another week — and are continuing ever since.

On Writing #3

Periodically I like to gather various observations about writing, and share my perspective.

Writing With and Beyond AI: Fieldnotes from Computer-Mediated Poetry

Apr 10, 2026, 12:15 pm - Large language models can make writing mind-numbingly efficient — but the point of writing with AI should be to write what we couldn’t have written alone (without generating bland, derivative “slop”).

Alexis King’s Blog

This is a blog post I have been considering writing for a long time.