My new business — The Writing Prof Editorial Services — The Writing Prof publication is spinning off into a business — The Writing Prof Editorial Services. The Writing Prof blog will remain the communications newsletter for my editing/coaching/writing business. You can find my website at The Writing Prof Editorial Services (https://leehornbrook.com). …

11 Books on my Bookshelf — In October 2022, the 12th George Saunders book was published, a collection of exhilerating short stories titled Liberation Day. If you’re not familiar with George Saunders, arguably the best short story writer in America today, take a look at this brief introduction to his work. For a career as high-flying…

In which I announce a chat feature on my memoir newsletter — Hello! The Writing Prof is open for business. We publish all things writing, writing process, grammar and punctuation, books and literature, and personal essays. If you’d like to be a writer, sign up at the Contribute link. I’m a writing professor and writing process expert. If you’d like to work…

In which I invite you to participate in internet chat with me — I’ve completed my memoir: “My Own Private Waste Land.” It’s a train wreck of a story through a decade of dysfunction. I’ll cut to the chase and let you know the ending: I survived. I’m lucky to be here and alive, telling my story. I discuss my memoir at my…

The last part here is much like my own story and book.

In which we welcome Fall from beautiful Seattle — Hello everyone. Welcome to A Word, Please, the official newsletter of The Writing Prof. It’s been a while. I have exciting new updates for you. 1 — Accepting New Writers and New Submissions. The Writing Prof is growing and needs new writers and new submissions. You can sign up to be a writer at the “Contribute” button on…

Master these skills to achieve success in online classes — Today, the opportunity to take online college classes is greater than ever before. Whether you are fulfilling basic requirements in preparation for more advanced work in a 4-year college or seeking a degree fully online, learning online successfully takes specific skills and temperament. In an almost 25 year college teaching…

A substack community about short fiction, writing, and kindness — Newsletters are a thing. Writing about writing is a thing. Writing about writing and writing newsletters about writing on Medium is a thing. Most new writers on Medium don’t really want to learn how to write. They want to learn how to make money writing by blogging. And there are…

Don’t sweat it, and absolutely don’t be a punc-snob! — My life is lived among language nerds — writers, editors, English teachers, people who love language and the written word. But lately I’ve become testy with dictatorial, petty, prescriptive purveyors of punctuation policy. That’s right: the punctuation police. …