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The Many Faces We Leave Behind: The Life and Afterlife of Imola Tóth
An excerpt from The Encyclopedia of Forgotten Authors Imola Tóth (1990–2067) Author's note: Fifteen years after the death of Imola Tóth, I was given the impossible task of writing her definitive biography.
By Imola Tóth3 months ago in Writers
Which Cat is your Inner Feline. I am a Purrfect Sphynx Cat.
I am an Aquarian. My cat is a sleek and beautiful Egyptian Sphynx, feline and fierce she sits on a moonlit rock... skin gleaming like polished black marble. The Aquarius jug beside her spills silver water as constellations, forming the zodiac’s twin waves in the air. The cat’s eyes burn aquamarine, reflecting the stars as if it were the keeper of celestial tides. Feline grace - angular, and unapologetically otherworldly. Meeeooowww.
By Novel Allen3 months ago in Writers
Your Writing Refuses to Stay in One Lane
I think a lot of people run into this, mostly because we mix up two different questions. You might spend a week writing about relationships, grief, then get interested in AI, then disappear into books about creativity. A month later you’re thinking about politics instead. None of that feels strange while you’re doing it. Your curiosity is broad, so writing about different subjects feels natural.
By Annam M Gordon3 months ago in Writers
Why him?. Honorable Mention in The Posthumous Author Challenge.
From the Canadian Authors’ Encyclopedia: In the annals of literary achievement, there may be nothing to compare to the career of Kendall August Defoe ( OC, OM, GG, Nobel? ). I add the question mark to this description because of recent news regarding the procedures of the Nobel Committee and the politics therein, but it is, surprisingly, the least interesting thing about this particular entry.
By Kendall Defoe 3 months ago in Writers
Maybe Later, Nope NOW!
Alicia Anspaugh was primarily a fiction writer who achieved mild success in the 21st century. While she has been dead for over 235 years, her influence stays on in her style, subject matter, and some of the factual information that was a hallmark of her writings.
By Alicia Anspaugh3 months ago in Writers
A Woman Built From Words
Megan Janousek has been dead for nearly forty years, which means we have had plenty of time to decide who she was. We have called her a prairie writer, a feminist writer, a working-class writer and, for a particularly popular stretch of literary criticism, an angry rural housewife. Her marriage has been examined, her motherhood discussed, and the roads appearing throughout her work mapped across western Kansas. Scholars have counted how often her female characters look out windows and searched her fictional men for traces of her husband.
By Megan Janousek3 months ago in Writers
