LRRewind: Interview with John Guillemette LRR, September 20, 2026 Transcript: Lyhan Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Long Review Podcast. And today, I’m with none other than the writer, artist, and cartoonist, John Guillemette. John Hi, I’m John Gilman. Thank you for having me. I’m super excited to be here. I’m an artist and writer, cartoonist…. Continue Reading
Blog What is a Writer Made of? LRR, April 18, 2025May 7, 2025 Written by: Fernanda Ieffet If there is anything that every writer experiences at least once, it is impostor syndrome. I have asked myself “Am I a real writer?” many times before and I know I am not alone in this because this question is difficult to answer. I am sure… Continue Reading
Blog The Lessons I Learned from Writing a Book that Never got Published LRR, March 11, 2025May 7, 2025 Written by: Sofia Tas-Castro I wrote my first full-length novel at 17 when I was a Junior in high school. I edited it on my own and even sent it to over 50 agents to try to get it published. I had heard and read about how most people never… Continue Reading
Blog Read Between The Lyrics LRR, April 30, 2020February 8, 2025 5 female singer-songwriters who put poetry into pop By Ryan Amato When you think of creative writing, chances are you don’t immediately think of music; but you’d be surprised that the same amount of creativity that goes into crafting the powerful metaphors and storylines that can be found in some… Continue Reading
Blog Why I now have all the free time to write, yet I don’t do it LRR, April 22, 2020February 8, 2025 By Ryan Amato Staying home all day, avoiding contact with others, having less obligations than usual: This is the writer’s dream. Or, at least, it should be. For some reason, the idea of sitting down to write something just hasn’t crossed my mind, despite having nothing but free time to… Continue Reading
Blog Writing With Sound: Making playlists for your stories LRR, February 18, 2020February 8, 2025 Sometimes to see, you need to listen first. For almost all of the projects I would create before 2016, I ran into a wall over and over again: For some reason, I couldn’t visualize anything about my stories the way I needed to. It wasn’t because I didn’t have a… Continue Reading
Blog How to Be A Starbucks Writer LRR, February 7, 2020February 8, 2025 If you’ve taken a creative writing course, or desperately searched the internet for tips to increase your writing efficiency, you may have been exposed to “The Coffee Shop Effect.” It is believed that a change of location, not to mention the caffeine fix, can be beneficial for boosting creativity and… Continue Reading