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There's Finally a Pill for Writer's Block!
Unable to finish what you started?
May 24, 2023 • Lev Raphael
In Love With Stories
Where It All Began
Jan 20, 2023
Dissed by a Best-Selling Author
Jay McInerney has a new novel out and it brought back an encounter we had many years ago in East Lansing, MI.
Apr 22 • Lev Raphael
30th Anniversary of My First Mystery
(And it's been reborn!)
Apr 19 • Lev Raphael
Writers Can Learn to Just Say "No"
It’s important for writers at any stage in their career to know how and when to say “No” and Lit Mag News has my essay/advice column about it.
Apr 16 • Lev Raphael
The Dog Attack That Isn't Over
(updated on 4/15/26 from 7/30/25)
Apr 15 • Lev Raphael
AI is the Enemy of Artists, Journalists, and New Job Seekers
(From The Guardian)
Apr 12 • Lev Raphael
De-Cluttering Can Be Murder
(Clutter Redux)
Apr 8 • Lev Raphael
RaphaelWrites
RaphaelWrites
Free weekly reports--with occasional extras--on the writing life, publishing, and books from a widely-published, award-winning veteran of publishing who's also been a print, radio, & online book reviewer as well as a professor of creative writing.
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