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Hi! I’m Holly Lyn Walrath and I’m a poet, editor, writer, publisher, and freelancer. My poetry and short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Daily Science Fiction, Luna Station Quarterly, Liminality, and Analog. I am the author of Glimmerglass Girl (Finishing Line Press, 2018), Numinose Lapidi (in Italian, Kipple Press, 2020), and The Smallest of Bones (Clash Books, 2021).
On Writing
- Finding Your Voice as a Writer
- Resources for Submitting Writing
- How to Organize Your Writing Drafts with Inspiration from Marie Kondo
- Writing Successful Book Reviews
- Simple Steps for Promoting Short Fiction and Poetry
- Not Sure How to Market as a Writer? Get a Pet.
- How to Hook a Reader on the First Page
- Are Writing Contests Worth Entering?
- Creatives, You Need to Slow Down
- The Hardest Part of Being an Editor
- My NaNoWriMo Was a Mess
- The End of the Year Sometimes Sucks for Creatives
- Tricking Yourself into Writing: Simple Hacks to Help You Write Every Day, with Help from J.R.R. Tolkien
- Reluctantly Writing About Death
- NaNoWriMo Isn’t Just for Books: Write Anything You Want in 30 Days for NaNoWriMo
- Does Publishing Short Stories Matter?
- The Writing Life: An Infographic
- 40 Writing Milestones to Celebrate
- Queries, Contributors, and Common Terms
An A-Z glossary for submitting writing - Fighting Self-Rejection and Imposter Syndrome
- Switching Genres: How to move from writing “realism” to “speculative” genres
- Creating a Writer’s Mission Statement
- Submitting Short Fiction: Literary/Realism Edition
- These are a Few of My Favorite Rejections
- Submitting Short Fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Genre Edition
- Forming a Critique Group 101
- Art is Love
- Creating an Environment Where You Have License to Try New Things
- Working with a Freelance Editor to Boost Your Writing Career
- Taking Back Time for Writing: Digital Detox
- The Art of Receiving Criticism
- Ten Ways I’m Learning to Be a Better Writer
- Art as a Way into Writing: How ekphrastic collaborations can inspire your words
- Developing a Daily Writing Practice
- How to Prep for NaNoWriMo in Seven Days
- 10 Twitter Bots to Follow for Writing Inspiration
On Writing Poetry
- Revising Poetry and Wildness
- What Makes a Poem Memorable? It’s in the Science of the Brain
- Submitting Poetry
- How Poetry is Different than Other Genres
- My Favorite Poetry Writing Prompt is also the Simplest
- Crafting a Small Poetry Collection
- NaPoWriMo: A Poet’s Challenge
Poems
- She Learns How to Disappear
- Lunar Girl Drinks Poetry from the Stars: A Visual Poem
- Confessions of a Supermassive Black Hole
- We Have Always Lived: Erasure of Shirley Jackson
- The Mining Town
- The Fox and the Forest
- Sheaves of Wheat
- Behind the Glass
- Break of Day
- Espejitos
- Housewife
- Aerie
- A Red Sky
- She Learns How to Disappear
- Two Young Wives
Poetry Series
- #SerialKillerSummer: Black Out Poems about Serial Killers
- The Best Speculative Poetry Engages in Experimental Forms: Recommended Reading from the 2020 Elgin Awards
- A Queer Poem a Day: A June Poetry Challenge in Celebration of Pride Month
- A Haiku Love Poem a Day: A February Poetry Challenge
- Instapoems from My New Chapbook: Numinose Lapidi
- Speculative Poets Renegotiate Femininity & the Strange
Recommended Reading from the 2019 Elgin Awards - A Tiny Love Poem a Day
Fiction
Other Topics: Pop Culture, Feminism, TV/Film, Books
- Husbands Are the Problem with Zero Waste
- True Crime is a Feminist Hobby
- In Defense of Bad Horror Movies
- Beastars is Weird Anime at its Best
- Erasure of the Harper’s Cancel Culture Letter
- 21 Soft, Cozy, Warm and Fuzzy Movies and Shows to Watch in the Apocalypse
- On the Loss of Cursive
- Defying Genre in The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- “Yesterday” as a Metaphor for the Creative Process
- Will Byers’ Canonical Queerness
- Defining Art
- The Ones Who Walk Away: On the anniversary of her death, Ursula K. Le Guin’s most famous short story is just as relevant as it was 46 years ago.
