3 Mistakes I Made When I First Started Submitting Short Stories
These last couple of months have been hard. I’ve accumulated dozens of rejection letters and more heartbreaks than I care to count. But I’ve also
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- Ana Reis
- 1 de February, 2020
- Blog, Social Media, Writing
The Strange Case of Disappearing Stories and the Rise of Internet Censorship
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins hits the shelves causing a digital backlash of epic proportions. Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash causing dubious
Keeping up With Our Resolutions Depends on the Power of the Stories We Chose to Tell
This time of the year is prone to a very peculiar phenomenon: people flocking to the entrance of the gym lost in excited conversations and
My Year in Writing – Lessons from 2019 and Plans for the Future
The first time I knew I could move people with my writing was when I cold-pitched an opinion article to a big Portuguese magazine. It
How to Recognize Good Feedback and Use It to Become a Better Writer
Feedback is important. In the words of my all-time favorite author, Brandon Sanderson, the people who actually grow up to be amazing authors are the
How Bruce Springsteen, Neil Gaiman, and John Scalzi Yanked Me out of My Secret Writing Cave and Convinced Me to Start Publishing My Stories
I’m not a Springsteen’s mega fan. But for some weird reason, I found myself gravitating towards his book: Born to Run. Maybe it was because
Lessons on Writing Short Stories (Plus Cover and Title Reveal for My Upcoming Dark Fantasy Short Story)
If you’re reading this article because you want to have a sneak peek at the cover of my upcoming short story, please feel free to
How to Know If You’re a Writer? or How to Smash Your Fear of Writing?
Writing is partially an obsession or a compulsion. People who are meant to do it are going to do it whether they are published or
What It Truly Means to Write About What We Know
I decided to wait a few years before publishing my writing and I never regretted that decision To write is to know something. What a
Writing Is Hard, Don’t Trust the People Who Tell You Otherwise
Is writing hard for you? So much that you start wondering about your mental sanity each time you sit down to write? Don’t worry, writing
