Summer stretches before us, with all its potential for meeting research and writing goals. But if you’re going on the faculty-job market for the first time — as a recent Ph.D. or an advanced doctoral ...

Letter writing and writing instruments are seeing a surge in interest as people look for space to reflect and build ...

Is letter writing a dying art? Not so fast. In today’s day and age, retro is cool again. Nostalgia is huge, and brands are increasingly marketing nostalgia to consumers who want to return to the 1990s ...

Stephen Elliott, founder and editor-in-chief of a literary website called The Rumpus, has found a modern-day audience for old-school letters. The program, a mixture of old-world letter writing and the ...

Emails, texts, tweets, posts – in the 21st century, we write more than ever but without putting pen to paper. We frequently and casually fire off digital messages using generic text speak and ...

Sales letters are powerful selling tools. They give you a simple, direct way to generate sales leads and orders. But for many businesspeople, they present a daunting writing challenge and a host of ...

Give me a stack of plain white writing paper, a sheaf of pens, a dictionary, a thesaurus, and some fecund ideas with which to work, mold, to shape, and I’ll give you food for thought, grist for the ...

It is an honor to be asked to be someone’s character reference. But even if you are enthused about helping a friend or colleague out, you might feel a little intimidated by the prospect of putting the ...