Swirl & Swing: A Writing Blog

“I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
— James A. Michener

Seek an Agent Who Takes the Long View: Advice for writers from literary agent Marie Campbell

July 6, 2016

MARIE CAMPBELL is a senior agent and partner with the Transatlantic Agency, based in Toronto, Canada. She joined Transatlantic in...

June 1, 2016

Each week on Wordless Wednesday, bloggers around the world post a photo they’ve taken that tells a story....

June 1, 2016

This is Marilyn, at seventeen. I think she’s beautiful, far more so than I remembered growing up. Why did...

May 25, 2016

1. The memoir is more than historical. Memory is a vehicle to explore a question you need to find and...

May 18, 2016

Each week on Wordless Wednesday, bloggers around the world post a photo they’ve taken that tells a story. I...

May 11, 2016

Each week on Wordless Wednesday, bloggers around the world post a photo they’ve taken that tells a story. I...

May 11, 2016

"I love to write stories (I call them “scenes”) and often write them without regard for a narrative...

February 25, 2016

Chloë Catán's poem "Uprush" (read it here) received first prize in the 2015 Aspiring Canadian Poets Contest....

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