Looking For Writers To Interview – News We here at Pens and Words know what it means to be a writer. You think about words in rhyme, out of verse, and every other type of word. You ponder of your next story and make up an excuse on why you aren’t writing your current book. […]
Maybe We Should Be Nicer To Those Medieval Writers – Op-Ed Piece Being a writer is not easy. All those words you have to write. Then they have to make sense. Then you need to add more words that also have to make sense. Someone has to edit your stuff without changing it too much. […]
Here is a book review by Anastacia Walden of a book by Glennon Doyle. We hope to review more books in the future. You can follow us on Facebook,Twitter or Instagram if you want. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” Read more Literary Quotes “Mrs. Dalloway was the […]
Here is a short story for the theme of “New Year” Check us out on Facebook and Twitter if you want. We have been including book deals in the posts, so make sure you look into that if you like the book. Other than that, there is nothing for me to tell you. Book – […]
Go directly to the article here We got a poem by Raymond Carver and a theory concerning a popular ancient character and a popular modern character. They are Achilles and John Wick. The title of the piece gave that away. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Subscribe to our blog if you want to […]
Six books combined in three read end to end, My humble thanks for there and back again. Fellowship of nine forged to bear His Ring, Isildur’s Bane laid on not one but all, But one in the company carries this thing, A hobbit who stands less than tall. Unlikely as it seems in Middle-Earth, All […]
I’m skipping the usual introduction and skipping right to the piece. It’s been too long without one. So let’s get right to it. Before I forget, Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. Mom, I know that you’re reading this, so Happy Mother’s Day to you too. Are There Too Many Books? – […]
Can We All Stop Acting Like Any Of This Made Sense? – Poem Somehow we have given a number a characteristic. The same thing that we use to add up our checks and receipt we have given life to as if it has one. 666 – the mark of the beast. Is there anything that […]
The Irishmen – Short Story I sat at the kitchen table in silence. Stereotypical Leprechaun, yes that’s his name, sat next to me, wearing a cowboy hat, and a one-piece pajama outfit. Also in silence. We had nothing to say to each other, for we had nothing to even think about. “I don’t like how […]
The word that you have to include in this prompt is “then” Make the piece shorter than 1000 words. Here are some suggestions for you to get going – (or that you can completely ignore) 1. Reminisce of back then. 2. Rhyme then with ten and den and other words. 3. “And then it happened” […]
The word that you have to include in this prompt is “MAY” You all know what time of the year it is. You all know what this means. You all know that it’s gonna be May. Rules – (if you want to call them that) Make the piece shorter than 1000 words. It could be […]
Here is a piece about characters in stories and what we are to make of their changes. I included a link to this post in the piece. Also, since I mentioned Harry Potter so much, here is a piece about Harry Potter being the best character. I want to get back to this series where […]
Here is the second end of the year list that we made for stuff on this site. These are the short stories that we wrote. The first list, in case you missed it, was the poetry we wrote here. We will have another post to end the year for our op-ed pieces and then we […]
Go directly to the article. Sorry about the long lay-off between articles. We have been dealing with some personal setbacks and writing-related ones too. Here is a piece about the 16th’s president speech at Gettysburg and our take on a theory of it. We are giving you only an article this time, so we hope […]
