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Writing Resources for Every Stage of Your Project — And They Don’t Cost a Dime

Free tools I’ve used to brainstorm, draft, revise, find critiuqe partners, and submit work. Nope, this ain’t no ad.

12 min readApr 25, 2024

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Writing Resources for Every Stage of Your Project — And They Don’t Cost a Dime

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Benjamin Ray Allee

Meet Ben — He’s Not Sure What He is

A quick introduction to me and my work

3 min readFeb 9, 2024

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Meet Ben — He’s Not Sure What He is

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An Unusual Experiment In Southern Gothic Reading

4 books in 4 weeks has taught me a lot about one of my favorite genres…and about the unique worlds of publishing.

11 min read2 days ago

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An Unusual Experiment In Southern Gothic Reading

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Dispatches From the Badlands

Trading my querying siege canon for an indie-pub pike as I seek shelter in the publishing wilds

8 min readApr 15, 2024

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Dispatches From the Badlands

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The Writing Cooperative

Finding the Hidden Chorus in Every Writer’s Head

Criticism can be discordant and overwhelming — so learn the value of every ‘critical voice’, then turn the noise into music

7 min readMar 28, 2024

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Finding the Hidden Chorus in Every Writer’s Head

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The Image I’m Glad Is Blurred

Connections between a flawed travel photo and a short story about dangerous perfectionism

5 min readMar 16, 2024

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The Image I’m Glad Is Blurred

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Breasts & Blood — Questions of American Purity in Media

I grew up watching violent movies but skipping sex scenes. What gives?

5 min readFeb 24, 2024

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Breasts & Blood — Questions of American Purity in Media

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Cooking Competition Shows Have Consumed Me — Here Are 5 Worth Streaming

These shows provide every flavor of chaotic cooking fun: from gamey gimmicks to avant-garde lobster/menthol soups

8 min readJan 27, 2024

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Cooking Competition Shows Have Consumed Me — Here Are 5 Worth Streaming

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Films, TV Shows, and a Comic From the Globetrotting Genre No One Talks About

Standout stories from the difficult to define ‘geopolitical thriller’ genre

10 min readJan 13, 2024

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Films, TV Shows, and a Comic From the Globetrotting Genre No One Talks About

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2 Murders & 1 Execution in a Book That Transcends True Crime

The Executioner’s Song, Norman Mailer’s massive novel about Gary Gilmore, shows a fractal of the human experience

6 min readDec 18, 2023

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2 Murders & 1 Execution in a Book That Transcends True Crime

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Benjamin Ray Allee

Benjamin Ray Allee

Writer and information omnivore in Athens, GA. Interests include film, communication theory, art history, journalism and too much more

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