Writing

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Zora Neale Hurston

As a lifelong writer (minus a few preverbal years...), let me help you relieve that agony with some tips, tricks, and a bit of commiseration.

Effy Lindström

Lessons in Empathy from Murakami's "The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day"

Find out how inherited chauvinist attitudes shape relationships in Haruki Murakami's "The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day".

Effy Lindström

Tips for AI-Assisted Writing: Six Dos and Don’ts

When I was in the sixth grade, I brought a Christmas gift to school that won me a full day’s worth of clout in an otherwise geeky and...

Effy Lindström

Tips for Writing Whilst Chronically Ill

View from The Royal London (photo by me) If you’ve ever tried to cut sugar out of your diet, you–more than any Regency era literary...