Writing to be Read

There are some movies that I can watch over and over and never get tired of them because they are so fun to watch. I’m sure certain movies are the same for everyone, in this respect. For “Everyone is a Critic” in 2026, I’d like to talk about my all-time favorites, because if you haven’t seen them, they are worth watching, and if you have, maybe this will remind you how fun th...

This paradise world has a dark side: a mult...

All too often the American literary establishment, i.e… the literati, often holds humorous writing in low esteem, reasoning that if something is funny, it can’t be s...

I’ve always been one to stand on the middle ground in most things. “All things in moderation” is one of my mottos. And that’s how I was when it came to AI. I saw the value in some AI tools and I admittedly experimented with both AI and Gener...

Svetlana Rodina is an independent writer based in Buenos Aires. She writes contemporary women’s fiction that reimagines familiar fairy tales through the lives of modern adult women. Her novels explore fa...