SHAULA EVANS

Inspiration & Support for Writers

Cover of "Our Hearts Still Beat, Issue One", showing a rainbow heart with an EKG pulse — I am excited to let you know that my poem “Glorious” is featured in Our Hearts Still Beat Issue 1, an uplifting charity zine by Margins Publishing to […]

Proud to be part of Orlando charity zine “Our Hearts ...

This entry was posted in My Work Writing on July 11, 2016 by Shaula Evans (updated on July 11, 2016)

Three crocuses — I want to know three things you love about your writing (or about whatever your creative pursuit is). Not what other people love about what […]

Three Things You Love (About Your Writing)

This entry was posted in Creativity Writing on December 30, 2015 by Shaula Evans

sunset in the rear view mirror of a Mini Cooper — Hello from the road, everybody! That photo is last night’s sunset in the side mirror of our Mini Cooper. We’ll be on the road (which […]

Forecast: Heavy Travel, Light Posting

This entry was posted in Site News & Updates on November 8, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on November 8, 2015)

Welcome, writers to our first check in for November and the home stretch of the 2015 writing year. Its also our first check in of […]

Weekly Writer’s Check In: Everyone Welcome!

This entry was posted in Weekly Check In Writing and tagged NaNoWriMo on November 2, 2015 by Shaula Evans

A small bouquet of daisies surrounded by presents wrapped in spring-green paper with white polka-dots — I know that some of you will be doing NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, this year, the annual (November) novel writing project that brings […]

Something Special for NaNoWriMo Writers

This entry was posted in Creativity Quotes Site News & Updates Special Events on October 31, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on November 2, 2015)

a cryptozoological map of monsters in America — This lovely cryptozoological map by artist Mark Adams for HogIsland Press delightfully illustrates regionally-famous monsters in America. Some of these monsters are well documented in […]

Writing Prompt: Monsters in America

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games on October 30, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on October 30, 2015)

close-up of a tongue-in-cheek flow chart by Canal+ showing how to make a horror movie — Just in time for Halloween, enjoy this tongue-in-cheek flow chart showing how to make a horror movie from Canal+: Click on image for larger version […]

How to Make a Horror Movie

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged filmmaking horror infographic on October 28, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on October 28, 2015)

Jennifer Egan — Jennifer Egan’s near-future science fiction story “Black Box”, written in the form of “mental dispatches” from a spy living in the Mediterranean, was originally published in […]

Writing Prompt: The Medium is the Message

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games on October 20, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on October 19, 2015)

Grace Lee Boggs, Detroit, August 2012 — “A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.” […]

Grace Lee Boggs on creative revolution

This entry was posted in Quotes and tagged creativity Grace Lee Boggs revolution on October 13, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on October 12, 2015)

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