Dear Newlyweds, Are you worried about the current attacks on the LGBTQ+ community? Just as the single strand of yarn knits together to become an entire blanket, your love weaves itself to become a lif...

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I’d like to introduce you to Jolly and Icicle, the penguins who live down the hallway.

In our relationship, my wife is the Rememberer. I am the forgetful Mad Hatter asking “What was that thing I was supposed to do?” and “If I can’t remember it, could it really have been that important?”...

On Thursdays, I’m posting pieces from my next book, a memoir in essays that covers the period where I leaped off the cliff and ran toward my dream of being an author, consequences be damned!

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The only things keeping me awake right now are caffeine and hope. And my mother’s Arkansas farm family genes that wake me up at 4am. So here I am with three questions for you—

What is that floating past the window? Is it a silky scarf dancing through the air? A breath of frosty mist? Wait! I recognize it now! That’s my caution. I threw it to the wind last weekend when I cas...

While The Bone Thief is a rollercoaster that pulls readers along on an adventure that features stolen remains, weird rites linked to an exclusive society, and a missing woman’s ghost, I always find my...

Engage in a writing adventure with Wonderbook and discover Jeff VanderMeer’s vibrant, visual guide to creative storytelling.

And that’s what made it feel ironic that, finally and only because I was at a nadir in my financial life, I began using shredded paper as kitty litter. I could always tell you that I decided to go DIY...

Besides purchasing bags of chocolate “just in case a trick-or-treater shows up” and sneaking the occasional candy bar after dinner (and lunch and snack time), my favorite pre-Halloween activity is rea...

Many mandarin oranges sacrificed themselves as I listened to the US response to the invasion of Ukraine.

A Guided Relaxation to Access Stability Amidst the Chaos

“I am a horrible little goblin like that, and it's just what happens. So I have to trick myself and the ways that I trick myself are to really let myself see what I want to create.” - LA BourgeoisAbou...

During the first Fall that we lived in Ithaca, Gui came home from one of his farmland explorations with a grape pie he purchased at a roadside stand. I had never heard of such a thing and became immed...

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On Thursdays, I’m posting pieces from my next book, a memoir in essays that covers the period where I leaped off the cliff and ran toward my dream of being an author, consequences be damned!

The Guilt-Monster is a sneaky little bastard.

Letting the Monster Out of the Closet for Coming Out Day 2025

Results for "bigger broader delightfuller"

The last time I gave up my dream was the worst one.

It’s time to play!

Guess what!!! I'm speaking on a live panel at next week's Queer Joy Summit!

Before we dive into today’s tale of wormy woe, I’m so excited to announce that I’m a speaker at this year’s Queer Joy Summit!

October’s pick for our Books for Thriving Creatives series is a writing instruction manual for those who love pictures, and a picture book for those who’d like to learn how to write fiction.

A Qstack Talk from LA Bourgeois

“Should” can be a dangerous word.

Discover Jill Badonsky’s Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard, a playful guide to overcoming creative blocks and thriving as an artist.

A review of The Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard

When Hurricane Helene hit Asheville, we’d been gone for about a year and a half.

Hi everyone!

As I walked Mack the Dog the past few days, the leaves have joined the cooler air to let me know that autumn has arrived.

Robert Redford’s passing this week immediately made me think of Cary Grant.

A Chat with the Inventor of the Modern Day Muses, Jill Badonsky

On a Friday in early September, Gui showed up at my door with a bag full of concord grapes. Grape Jam Ahead!

Today, we welcome Steevie Jane Parks, the first member of our Thriving Creative community to share her story!

Just say yes to a weekend of reading in Delhi, NY

The memory of these freshly roasted Hatch chile peppers seemed so entrenched in Colorado that my chiropractor’s announcement that they would be here in Ithaca stunned me.

Celebrating the launch of Old Wilding Lesbian Housewyfe, the newest essay collection!

The next book in our series for Thriving Creatives and an opportunity for a Creative Writing Professionals Apprenticeship

When my wife and lived in Denver back in the 90’s, we would drive down South Federal where the chile roasters set up in abandoned spaces and on the edges of parking lots. Now they were at Wegmans?

Discover how Margo’s Money Troubles reveals lessons on building a creative business, selling your writing, and thriving as an author.

Back when I was in college, I lived by myself in a ground floor studio apartment for the summer and fall quarter of my senior year.

Along with being an utterly entertaining piece of fiction, Rufi Thorpe’s Margo's Got Money Troubles is a brilliant roadmap for building a creative business.