Archive - Inkwell Insights by Howdy Curiosity

Let’s Call Them Plot Twists Because Calling Them Pivots Feels Too Corporate

Instead of creating art, I've been creating burnout for myself. Here's what I'm doing, changing, and exploring to get back on track.

Jul 20 •

Blake Reichenbach

Notes, Quotes, and Poems on Independence

What is freedom? How do our thinkers and leaders continue a dialogue that's been evolving over two millennia?

Jul 4 •

Blake Reichenbach

June 2025

Willa Cather on Writing and Gender Expression

From everyone's favorite New York prairie lesbian...

Jun 14 •

Blake Reichenbach

Keith Haring on Art, Journaling, and the Role of the Artist

What the journals of one of the US' most influential artists can teach us about the creative life.

Jun 2 •

Blake Reichenbach

May 2025

Art. Good for Your Soul and, Apparently, Your Health

It turns out, art is about more than aesthetics. But you read this newsletter, so you knew that already.

May 22 •

Blake Reichenbach

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Copywriting, Clickbait, and Cheap Gimmicks | Digital Writing Trends and their Impact on Craft

May 10 •

Blake Reichenbach

April 2025

The Necessity of Writing Communities in the AI Age

Writing communities and groups have shaped literature over the centuries. While it's easy to see the value of communities from the past, our communities…

Apr 28 •

Blake Reichenbach

Do You Have Any Questions for Literary Agents?

If you had the opportunity to ask a literary agent a question (you do), what would it be?

Apr 24 •

Blake Reichenbach

New Podcast Guest, Writing Sprints, and Our Current Reads

Send your writing questions in for our upcoming podcast guest– James Blatch.

Apr 14 •

Blake Reichenbach

Studio Ghibli, Stolen Books, and the Use of Art

Ah, yes, another bit of ranting about generative AI in the arts and publishing space. Let's do it.

Apr 5 •

Blake Reichenbach

March 2025

"The Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather, the Lure of Impossible Things, and the Desire to Create

I've got a fiction project brewing that I'm terrified to write, and the more I teeter on the edge of committing, the more I feel like Thea Kronberg in…

Mar 17 •

Blake Reichenbach

Digital Burnout, the Pursuit of Aesthetics, and Post-Postmodernism

Are you trendy? Do you know all the buzzwords? I don't either (praise our lord and savior, Willa Cather).

Mar 3 •

Blake Reichenbach

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