Issue 103: 8 Questions with Gina Chung
Here’s Gina on making your protagonists feel the impacts of their actions and the importance of keeping the tension of a scene going.
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Issue 102: Be messy on the page
It’s not just for word count’s sake. What’s effective is that it helps you get away from “is it good or bad” and gets you to embrace being messy.
Issue 101: 8 Questions with Jemimah Wei
Jemimah on depicting the internal and interpersonal conflicts of living in modern society, pandemic writing ruts, and managing time in fiction.
Issue 100: Looking back and looking forward
HAPPY 100TH NICOLEDONUT! This has been a place to share what I’m learning, and to connect with folks who are equally interested in storytelling and creativity.
Issue 99: We have writing retreats at home
Whimsy is accessible to you now, and it doesn’t have to cost you a ton of money or vacation days!
Issue 98: 8 Questions with Carter Sherman
Carter on her reporting process, embracing tangents in her writing, and the differences in working with editors in journalism vs. publishing.
Issue 97: 100 things that made my year (2025)
A look back on 2025
Issue 96: Throwing a bookish wedding
This year I got to exercise creativity in a different direction by planning a loosely literary wedding.
Issue 95: 8 Questions with Eshani Surya
Eshani Surya, author of Ravishing, on her publishing journey, depicting living with chronic illness, and embracing the sticky spots in writing.
Issue 94: Newsletter recs, part 3
Part three of my favorite writing-related newsletters.