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the writing life

Please read. Please write.

There are ways of understanding, challenging, and deepening our humanity that only come from writing. Not just the greats – absolutely anyone working out on the page what they think and feel and who they are.

What we can learn from our childhood masterpieces

Early drawing says a lot. About how we see and think, and who we are.

Handwriting forever (because we love analog and it’s National Handwriting Day)

In a screen-first world where expression is masked in digital uniformity, handwritten type is becoming more precious.

Reading between the typefaces

A sentence is never just a sentence, given how many styles you can apply to text. Typefaces affect the message, so how do you choose?

And our 2025 Helveticahaus scholar is…

Caya Berndt on designing for cause and the joy of the craft.

When creativity goes super-niche

It’s time to find your inner outsider, whether that’s lawn artist, duct-tape clothing designer, or odd title writer.

Mind the Gap: On semicolons

Kicking off Mind the Gap, our series on punctuation, the semicolon is seen by some as confusing, pretentious, or even pointless. To others, it’s an essential artistic choice.

Rogue postcards from Ireland

When you visit a place, what makes you look? Put your snapshots side by side and patterns emerge, revealing where you were and what you felt.

Et tu, Ampersand?

Love it or hate it, the ampersand has its own holiday, & we are celebrating.

Do you know where your apostrophe is?

On International Apostrophe Day, we celebrate our favorite punctuation offender.

How to use a long dash like a human

AI loves the em dash, and we’re good with that – thanks to our rogue use of its cuter little brother.

On Death and AI

Did you know that AI is writing obituaries now? It makes sense, given how ubiquitous artificial intelligence has become in our modern world.

When Punctuation is a Crime

I don’t know which offends more: the graffiti or the poor writing mechanics.

It’s All Geek to Me

My husband is fluent in geek. He’s a software engineer, so he obviously learned it on the job. But I’m sharing his secrets, so you can learn to speak geek too.

What’s a Snark Mark?! Quirky Punctuation You’ve Never Seen

Get ready to have your mind blown. I’m about to share five obscure punctuation marks that you’ve always needed in your life but never knew existed.

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