You know that consistent effort is one of the keys to improving your writing quality and output, but it's hard. If you want some extra incentive and support in reaching your writing goals, join other Any Good Thing readers for our February Writing Challenge.   It will run from February 5 to March 4, and... Continue Reading →

I've shared this in a few other places, but I've received requests for it again this week and so wanted to put it here in case folks wanted it again in the future. It's the Barrett-Fox-family-chore-chart, and it works really well, as long as you do it, which isn't so hard because the kids will remind... Continue Reading →

I'm so happy to have an essay appear alongside work by my KU friends Hannah Britton, DaMaris Hill, and Liam Lair--plus contributions by  Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Marilyn Frye, CJ Pascoe, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Gloria Anzaldúa, Gloria Steinem, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Gorilla Girl, Bikini Kill, Rosamarie Garland-Thomson, and dozens of other fantastic authors... Continue Reading →

Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham and founder of Samaritan's Purse, an evangelical relief agency serving children worldwide, was an early Trump fan and a proponent of the Muslim ban. When asked this past weekend how he could square the mission of Samaritan's Purse with a refusal to allow Syrian refugees to come to the US,... Continue Reading →

You probably don’t write on an ancient typewriter, like the one in the picture above. Whatever works for you is great–but if you want to put some money on it, it’s even better.  For the past three weeks, writers participating in the Any Good Thing Writing Challenge have been pumping out words--400 x 5 days... Continue Reading →