By Tom White Few people can be as tortured by writing as I am. — Virginia Woolf It’s 2:00AM and I am exhausted. I am tired of reworking this draft for the umpteenth time. I am tired of hunching like Quasimodo in this worn leather chair. I am tired

By Katerina Bohle Carbonell Community as a source of support for creativity is a two-edged sword. It drives you forward when you can trust community members and talk with them. But it holds you back when your strangeness is frowned about. When being creative you are taking steps into the

By Corey Wilks In late 2020, I got fired. Long story short, I was working as a therapist doing remote telehealth and my employer decided they only wanted in-person staff. So my job was on the chopping block. It sucked, and I felt betrayed. But it was the kick in

By Chinyere Erondu "Out of the mysterious place where words first come to be “made flesh”— that place which is all holiness—I am given the grace to work with words in a spirit of right livelihood which calls me to peace, reflection, and connectedness." – bell hooks Around last year,

By Russell Smith Early this year, my business coach took me through a meditation. After inviting me to sit up straight and plant my feet on the floor, he began: “I want you to go back to when you were five years old. Remember how carefree you were when you

By DJ May I once dated a man nicknamed “McLovin.” Yes, he bore an unfortunate resemblance to the “Superbad” character with the fake ID. What’s worse? He didn’t make up for the lack of good looks with a shimmering personality. He leaned sinister, wrapping me in wrought words

By Minnow Park I was listening to an Ocean Vuong interview the other day, and at one point he said he isn’t comfortable calling himself a writer. (If you don’t know his work, his novel just sold one million copies in 40 languages and he’s a MacArthur

By Caryn Tan Writing is one of those things that seems so easy but try making it a habit. It feels like repetitively chasing someone who is just not interested. Or at least, that’s how it feels to me! Reflecting on my journey, here are some of the things

Foster is on a mission to make editorial and collaborative support accessible to all writers. We envision a world where every writer is empowered to tell the stories most important to them. Where ideas find their highest expression through human collaboration. And where the lone genius myth yields to the