writer's life – Mangus Khan

2024/06/08

REBLOG: A Writer’s Path – Why Authors Need Continuous Learning

I’ve been saying this for years, but this article gives some advice. Continue reading REBLOG: A Writer’s Path – Why Authors Need Continuous Learning

2023/08/182023/08/18

Mangus Unplugged

Peering at the surface of my mind PROSE – Straight talk This is a response to a writing prompt I found on Medium. I thought it would be a good opportunity to slow down and examine what I’m doing and why? In the following few lines, perhaps, you will be able to better understand the … Continue reading Mangus Unplugged

2023/03/152023/05/04

Java & Verse #1

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917 – 2000) In honor of the writing community we know and love. I wanted to point out one of its legends for a few moments. Gwendolyn Brooks in the poetry room at the Library of Congress in November 1985. (Bettmann, Getty Images) She was the first ethnic minority to win the Pulitzer … Continue reading Java & Verse #1

2023/03/14

Closed Blinds

POETRY – MINDFULNESS With a push of a button, the television screen goes blank, removing that annoying hum that fills our homes for the better part of the day. A hum we seldom realize exists until it has gone. Then, finally, we notice how peaceful your life has just become. I sat down by my … Continue reading Closed Blinds

2023/03/11

Finding Your Writing Voice — A Writer’s Path

I’ve always been secretly embarrassed by what I write, but not in the way that most genre authors are. I never had a high school English teacher or undergrad professor dress me down for writing fantasy instead of literary fiction. I’ve never left a critique at my grad school feeling like I was metaphorically bleeding. And yet, I […] … Continue reading Finding Your Writing Voice — A Writer’s Path