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Call It What It Is

Are you a bi-polar writer? Do you write like crazy for three days then quit for six months? Columnist David Harris attacks the greatest of literary demons by calling it out by name.

Writing Sucks

Writing sucks. Go on, say it. It’s okay to admit it, even to yourself. There is nothing that we as writers hate more than to spend our precious minutes typing or writing or agonizing over that one silly word that just seems so out of place, but without which my whole story...

Interview with wickedwitch (Rachel)

What do you do besides post at Xenith? I get tangled in things- bits of yarn, fishing line, bolts of fabric that have become unwound, bird's nests, tree branches, long grasses, weird love triangles, suicide pacts, assassination plots.

Interview with Xenith author Sam Virzi

If you’ve been here longer than a week and you haven’t read a short story written by Sam, you’ve probably not captured the real soul of what Xenith is. One of the most talented fiction writers here, Sam continues to astound and inspire the rest of us to really work at our craft. What is...