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    A blog written for writers by a writer—twice published.

    Alexander Dunford

    June 16, 2022
    Writing
  • A Nod To Derry’s Son

    A Nod To Derry’s Son

    Derry, New Hampshire was the longtime home of Robert Frost. This poem is in dedication to my favorite poetry book: North of Boston, and his poem October.

    Alexander Dunford

    May 25, 2022
    Poetry, Writing
    Christian Author, Christian Poet, Derry New Hampshire, New Hampshire Writer, Poems about New Hampshire, Poetry, Robert Frost, Robert Frost Fans
  • On Writing: Stopping and Noticing

    On Writing: Stopping and Noticing

    Trust me…, stopping and noticing the details around you is life’s most generative experience, not only will your writing improve, but so will your mental health.

    Alexander Dunford

    May 19, 2022
    Writing, Writing Tips
    Christian Author, Damaris Coulter, Finding Inspiration for stories, helping others, how to write, New Zealand Escorts, Photography, prostitution, Stop and Notice, Wolfeboro Public Library, Writing
  • Visiting Virginia & Graduating from Liberty University

    Visiting Virginia & Graduating from Liberty University

    My fellow graduates came from every state and country, from every economic and political theory you can imagine, and every religion rostered. At Liberty University, All Are Created Equally.

    Alexander Dunford

    May 12, 2022
    Academic, Christian, Family, Writing
    Christian Author, Christian College, Christian Writer, Emily Samuelson, God is Good, Graduating Liberty University, Graduation 2022, Liberty University, Liberty University 2022 Graduation, W. Alexander's Wife, Who is W. Alexander, Writing
  • On Gratitude and Growth

    On Gratitude and Growth

    “As nobody, from either of our families, ever asked me about school or how my writing was coming-along, my wife affirmed and filled that emptiness every opportunity she could; she would wake up and help with the kids if I was still writing or studying from the night before….”

    Alexander Dunford

    April 28, 2022
    Christian, Family, Writing
    achieve your dreams, bmw, Christian Writer, graduation, Gratitude and growth, how to write, Liberty University, writers from liberty, Writing
  • I’m a college grad—finally

    I’m a college grad—finally

    I’m a stay-at-home father of two-toddlers, and until March 18, 2022, I was a full-time student at Liberty University—LUO. Juggling these two responsibilities turned out to be a defining moment in my life. I think it’s worth recapping, don’t you? If not, too bad. You’re here anyway, so keep reading. 😂 Why did I go […]

    Alexander Dunford

    March 24, 2022
    Academic, Christian, Family, Writing
    Art, Graduated College, Liberty University, online college student, permission to do art, Writer
  • I’m Published in The Closed Eye Open

    I’m Published in The Closed Eye Open

    Hi, friends and readers, subscribers and first-time-site clickers. I have big, beautiful news to share with you. I published in The Closed Eye Open, which is an impressive literary journal boasting beautiful art and great writing. If you’re looking for something new, creatively speaking, to delight and inspire you, I recommend reading The Closed Eye […]

    Alexander Dunford

    February 23, 2022
    Art, Poetry, Writing, Writing Tips
    Christian Poets Today, Christian Writer, Modern Poetry, New Hampshire Writer, Newly Published Poem, W. Alexander
  • Sell-outs & Cowards. How Consumerist Christianity Ruined Its Rich, Artistic Heritage

    Sell-outs & Cowards. How Consumerist Christianity Ruined Its Rich, Artistic Heritage

    Capitalism is the enemy of art, because it forces labels on artists to succeed.

    Alexander Dunford

    February 12, 2022
    Art, Bible, Christian, Writing
    Art, Can I create the art I want to, Christian Author, Creating Art, Do I have to write christian stories, Writer, writing a book
  • Revision, Start Learning to Love It

    Revision, Start Learning to Love It

    Anyone can write. Few revise well.

    Alexander Dunford

    February 2, 2022
    Grammar, Writing, Writing Tips
    fiction, How to revise, How to write a novel, How to write fiction, I want to write a novel, revision, revision tips, Why revision, writing a novel, writing fiction
  • Writing

    Writing

    I’m starting 2022 intending to grow. Help me grow as an artist and influencer and follow.

    Alexander Dunford

    January 28, 2022
    Writing, Writing Tips
    Christian Author, graduating college, how to write, I'm published, publish, Who is W. Alexander, Writer, Writing, writing a book, writing is a business
  • Escape Second Death

    Escape Second Death

    “Worms tunnel the clay and mud and brains and veins of Man’s forgotten pains.”

    Alexander Dunford

    January 22, 2022
    Christian, Poetry
    Dark Poetry, Death, N.L. Blandford, Poem, Poems about death, Poetry, Published Author, Published Poet, Writer
  • Forlorn Light: Virginia Woolf Found Poems, by Nazifa Islam

    Forlorn Light: Virginia Woolf Found Poems, by Nazifa Islam

    Several poems left me exposed and shivering, as if I were in front of a mirror which revealed what’s inside the reader. The images I discovered moved me to tears. And, the more I studied, the more I understood myself.

    Alexander Dunford

    January 20, 2022
    Book Review, Poetry
    Book Review, Forlorn Light, Nazifa Islam, Nazifa Islam Poetry, Poet, Poetry Review, Virginia Woolf, Writer
  • The Positives and Plights of Being a Ravenclaw

    The Positives and Plights of Being a Ravenclaw

    “Ravenclaws devote their lives to knowledge, they often know, especially the writers like me, too much crap.”

    Alexander Dunford

    January 17, 2022
    Christian, Family
    Family Problems, Gryffindor, Harry Potter, Hufflepuff, Know it all, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, What is wrong with me, Why don't people like me, Writer, Writing, writing a book
  • The Day god Died: Chapters I & II

    The Day god Died: Chapters I & II

    “…I hated him and his kind. I hated his affluence, his expensive clothes, his chiseled looks, and the arrogance he was born too. But most of all, I hated the power he held over me, his assumption of authority, and the truth of his superiority.”

    Alexander Dunford

    December 20, 2021
    History, Literature, Writing, Writing Tips
    Ancient Egypt story, Christian Author, Egypt historical fiction, Emerging author, how to write, Writer, Writing, writing a book, writing fiction
  • One Thankful Adventure

    One Thankful Adventure

    Tell your friends about this live writing experience.

    Alexander Dunford

    November 27, 2021
    Family
  • To Live Is To Never Aim For Gentle Death

    To Live Is To Never Aim For Gentle Death

    The purpose of life is not to arrive safely into old-age, but to live presently.

    Alexander Dunford

    October 19, 2021
    Family, Writing
  • Special Announcement: Watch Me Live Tomorrow

    Special Announcement: Watch Me Live Tomorrow

    Join Me At 10:00 am on Instagram Live

    Alexander Dunford

    October 15, 2021
    Writing
  • The Weekend

    The Weekend

    Today, in America, and around the world, Christians marginalize those who don’t fit their pharisee-lifestyle. All Are Welcome unless you are LGBTQ+ or a progressive; all are welcome as they are, as long as they change.

    Alexander Dunford

    September 27, 2021
    Bible, Christian
  • Portrayals of Commodus, From the Senate Floor to Hollywood

    Portrayals of Commodus, From the Senate Floor to Hollywood

    “Commodus is often portrayed as an inept, spoilt, cowardly, and mentally ill man. None of these are true.”

    Alexander Dunford

    September 21, 2021
    Academic, History, Writing
    Commodus, Essay, Gladiator, History, Movie, Roman Emperor, Roman History, Rome
  • A Life Lived for Art Is Never A Life Wasted

    A Life Lived for Art Is Never A Life Wasted

    To write well, you have to write what-you-know, and your knowledge about what motivates, scares, angers, and affirms the individual person are the brushes you will use to paint page after page.

    Alexander Dunford

    August 27, 2021
    Art, Writing, Writing Tips
    how to write, How to write fiction, Published Author, W. Alexander, Writing, writing fiction
  • Excerpt: A Current Project.

    Excerpt: A Current Project.

    “Ah, the jest is up.”

    Alexander Dunford

    August 17, 2021
    Literature, Writing
    Writing
  • My Writing: A Historical Fiction Sample

    My Writing: A Historical Fiction Sample

    “You won’t need the Gods or anyone else once we’re done. You will have servants to wait on your wives, horses for your sons, and hunger only a bad dream.”

    Alexander Dunford

    July 16, 2021
    Literature, Writing
    fiction, Historical Fiction, Novella, Short Story
  • Big Moments Count

    Big Moments Count

    “it felt like those moments in life where we sense magic; those days where every bone in your body feels good, and there is laughter and love overflowing, and you know how great that feels. I feel that.”

    Alexander Dunford

    July 13, 2021
    Family, Literature, Poetry, Writing
    Published Poet
  • Worlds Apart, by W. Alexander

    Worlds Apart, by W. Alexander

    A Short Story “…I don’t consider your happiness when I call. You are needed, and you are able, therefore you must go.”

    Alexander Dunford

    July 10, 2021
    Art, Christian, Literature, Writing
    fiction, how to write a short story, New Short Story, Short Story
  • A Rambling Treatise on The Craft

    A Rambling Treatise on The Craft

    Nothing arouses me more than when a reader, as if hoodwinked by a magician, thinks I have talent.

    Alexander Dunford

    July 4, 2021
    Grammar, Writing, Writing Tips
    How to write a book, Writing Process
  • Paradise and Achievement: A Week in Acadia

    Paradise and Achievement: A Week in Acadia

    I climbed summits and traversed ocean waters.

    Alexander Dunford

    June 21, 2021
    Family, Nature, Poetry, Writing
    Acadia National Park, Buy Book, Camping, Christian Author, Family Vacation, Published Author, Published Poet
  • N.L. Blandford: On Writing

    N.L. Blandford: On Writing

    “People can shy away from topics because they are hard, and it can be easier to call them dark, rather than truth, or an aspect thereof. I believe that it is in the dark that we can really start to understand the true nature of our world and its people.” —N.L. Blandford

    Alexander Dunford

    June 12, 2021
    Book Review, Guest Writers, Literature, Writing, Writing Tips
    Author, Canadian Writer, How to write a novel, sex trafficking, Woman Author, Writing Tips
  • I am Published!

    I am Published!

    I am excited to finally be able to answer the dreaded question, “Are you actually published?” with a, “Yes!”

    Alexander Dunford

    June 8, 2021
    Poetry, Writing
    Poet, Poetry, Published Author, Published Poet, Success
  • Masters of The Craft: Stephen Crane, The Herald of Naturalism

    Masters of The Craft: Stephen Crane, The Herald of Naturalism

    All great writers master the craft, but Crane—like Whitman, like Dickinson, like Hemingway, like Hugo, like Pope, like Voltaire, like Homer, like Kafka, like Woolf—had a touch of the divine; that unteachable it factor, and it is among the company of these writers where he lives forever in the pantheon of literary immortality.

    Alexander Dunford

    May 24, 2021
    Academic, Literature, Writing, Writing Tips
    Masters of Literature, Naturalism, Stephen Crane, The Open Boat, Writing
  • Miniver Cheevy, by Edwin Arlington Robinson

    Miniver Cheevy, by Edwin Arlington Robinson

    Miniver Cheevy, born too late, Scratched his head and kept on thinking; Miniver coughed, and called it fate, And kept on drinking.

    Alexander Dunford

    May 14, 2021
    Poetry
    Edwin Arlington Robinson, Great Poetry, Miniver Cheevy, Poetry
  • Crosses & Scribbles: Writing As Christian

    Crosses & Scribbles: Writing As Christian

    “If I was to write a Christian novel, I would have to write, like all writers do, a human canvas navigating and experiencing life as it is lived; I would have to write the truth”

    Alexander Dunford

    May 4, 2021
    Bible, Christian, Writing, Writing Tips
    Christian, Christian Artist, Christian Author, Christian Fiction, Writing Christian Fiction
  • Book Review: The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James

    Book Review: The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James

    “Throughout these pages, the reader finds the brushwork of the master, and like all great artists, James can not only paint a story by the prowess of his craft, but, simultaneously, he hangs a mirror of enigmas and human complexity. Every reader can relate to the figurative handcuff’s persons’ finds themselves confined to.” —W. Alexander

    Alexander Dunford

    April 30, 2021
    Academic, Book Review
    American Fiction, American Literature, Book Review, Henry James, Portrait of a Lady, The Portrait of a Lady analysis, The Portrait of a Lady review
  • The Miraculous Rise of Phillis Wheatley

    The Miraculous Rise of Phillis Wheatley

    Wheatley achieved the miraculous, the impossible, the unthought of: she a black-African-born-woman did not peel at the edges of prejudice, she slashed it, and all were forced to recognize her gift and confront their misplaced assumptions on the place of women and slavery.  

    Alexander Dunford

    April 14, 2021
    Academic, Poetry, Writing
  • A New Novella

    A New Novella

    “So, dearest followers, buckle up and enjoy the ride; I will be showing you an inside look of the writing process; you get to join me on an ambitious but fulfilling project.”

    Alexander Dunford

    April 9, 2021
    Writing, Writing Tips
    follow a writer, how to write a short story, writing a book, writing a short story
  • My wife featured in SKATING Magazine

    My wife featured in SKATING Magazine

    Most of you don’t know that I married a celebrity (Olympian and professional ice-dancer) and that we, now, abode in picturesque New Hampshire. Recently, she interviewed for SKATING Magazine. I will brag on my wife every chance I get.

    Alexander Dunford

    April 5, 2021
    Family
    Christian Athlete, Did Emily Samuelson Get Married, Emily Samuelson, Figure Skating, Finance, Ice Dancing, Ice Skating, Olympics, Skating
  • Book Review: On Writing, by Stephen King

    Book Review: On Writing, by Stephen King

    “What I took from this book? Stephen King is not superman, and neither does the aspiring writer need to be. King makes it clear, writers are made in the trenches, and those who put their nose to the grindstone, and never let anything stop their writing, succeed.”

    Alexander Dunford

    March 31, 2021
    Book Review, Grammar, Literature, Writing, Writing Tips
    books about writing, craft reference, Stephen king, stephen king on writing, writing a novel, writing inspiration
  • The Choice to Write: A Reflection, Part 1

    The Choice to Write: A Reflection, Part 1

    I don’t do it for approval, I do it because it is the most natural thing in the world to me.

    Alexander Dunford

    March 29, 2021
    Family, Writing, Writing Tips
    Confidence, I want to be a writer, I want to write a novel, Live your best life, Writing
  • Book Review: The Midnight Library

    Book Review: The Midnight Library

    Few books can change you, teach you, and inspire you at the same time, but Haig’s The Midnight Library is one of those books.

    Alexander Dunford

    March 19, 2021
    Book Review, Literature
    depression, Literature, next read, suicide
  • Spring Break, shew!

    Spring Break, shew!

    There is something motivating in knowing that my children will learn to read on a book I made just for them.

    Alexander Dunford

    March 13, 2021
    Family
    dad life, spring break, update
  • I Write The Words I Cannot Pray: A Poem

    I Write The Words I Cannot Pray: A Poem

    I write the words I cannot pray, too false for Heaven, too honest for Hell, telling the truth by lying well.

    Alexander Dunford

    February 25, 2021
    Christian, Poetry, Writing
    poems about writing, Poetry, Pray, Writer
  • Book Review: The Light Between Oceans

    Book Review: The Light Between Oceans

    This story had me drinking to through it, as it twisted and ripped at my heart, for I could not put it down.

    Alexander Dunford

    February 17, 2021
    Book Review, Literature
    Book Review, Great new literature, Next book, The Light Between Oceans
  • Book Review: The Song of Achilles

    Book Review: The Song of Achilles

    I loved the story; I am a huge history nerd, and I love her ability to retell classic literature through the modern medium of prose.

    Alexander Dunford

    February 6, 2021
    Book Review, Literature
    Achilles, Historical Fiction, History, Troy
  • The Four Elements of Storytelling

    The Four Elements of Storytelling

    How well a writer weaves all four together, is the difference between a great and terrible book.

    Alexander Dunford

    December 15, 2020
    Writing, Writing Tips
    How to be a writer, How to write a novel, How to write fiction, Storytelling
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