Archive - Gaining Ground

a summer smorgasbord

a writing tip, book recommendations, motivation to write, and our next book

Jul 4 •

June 2025

summer (and fall) reads 2025

bring the kids and a picnic blanket

Jun 6 •

May 2025

thoughts on ChatGPT and other bougie conveniences

Published on Shannon Guerra • May 29

April 2025

how to survive Ivanhoe

or if you don't, here's some other books you might like

Apr 25 •

March 2025

1138 pages later

let's discuss brilliant characters, a library tip, and have a brief poll about...um...

Mar 28 •

February 2025

in defense of limitations

why writing needs rules to abide by

Feb 26 •

January 2025

quadrant 2 reading

what grows us deep and wide

Jan 30 •

where we've been and where we're going

Jan 8 •

December 2024

and other gifts good writers give their readers

Dec 28, 2024 •

November 2024

memes, tips, and the Oxford comma

...see what I did there

Nov 27, 2024 •

October 2024

pages & shelves

what we learn from all those books

Oct 22, 2024 •

September 2024

On Books and Guilt

Friends, please welcome Sarah Lancaster, an active and insightful member of our group who wrote such wonderful things about books that I pestered her to…

Sep 20, 2024 •

Sarah Lancaster

and

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