WRITING ON THE DAILY
SINCE 1/1/11
On January 1, 2026, my daily writing project turns 16!
ABOUT MY DAILY WRITING
I have written something unique every single day since January 1, 2011. I started this project six years after completing my MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College because I noticed I wasn't making enough time to work on my first true love: the written word. To keep my creativity sharp and active, I made my first-ever New Year's Resolution to write every day for one year and I have re-upped this promise to myself annually ever since. I truly love my craft and can't imagine not taking the time to write every day. I am so thankful for the sparking of this idea at the end of 2010 and am humbled and honored by all of you who have supported, urged, and inspired my work along the way.
ABOUT THE 2026 BLOG
The theme in 2026 is "Just the Hits." This year will be a new twist on an old tradition -- I will still be writing every single day, but I will not always be sharing that writing with you, even if you're a paid subscriber. You will, in fact, get just the hits in 2026, which means the essays, poems, and other writing I choose to post on Substack. I'll take requests, too, why not -- interested in hearing my take on something or want to throw a writing challenge my way? I'm down. Curious to see how this is curated? Better subscribe then.
TO SUBSCRIBE
Email me at [email protected] to get started. While some posts will be free, most will be back behind ye olde paywall: $5 for individual months, $60 for the whole year. As noted above, not all 2026 posts will be shared with subscribers, even if you pay. Sometimes I need to write just for me, ya know? Hope you enjoy reading along with just the hits, folks!
Donations always appreciated: Venmo @sarahwolfstar.
ARCHIVE of PAST BLOG PROJECTS
* Contact me about accessing past projects - donations welcome *
2025 - No One Reads Anymore in 2025. Year 15 was challenging curiosity, commitment, and courage -- for me as the writer and you as the reader.
2024 - Come to Me in 2024. This blog was about focusing in, manifesting, and being fearless about asking the Universe to support me.
2023 - The Daily Writing Rewind. This 13th year of daily writing paid homage to the previous 12 blog themes, each one being featured for a month of the year.
2022 - Write for Me. This year's daily writing was private access to me-only, with selected posts made available to subscribers.
2021 - Anything Goes. This year's project opened up the comments section for audience feedback as inspiration.
2020 - I Spy. This blog got its inspiration from photographs. Mostly. Audio versions of each post from July-December.
2019 - Today's Special. This blog was all me and focused on what was special to me each day.
2018 - What's It Called. Here, I asked friends to write titles that I would use to inspire each day's post.
2017 - Inspired. This project initially was to be propelled by what inspired all of you, but I went rogue and spent the year writing about what inspired me. The writing from this project is some of my personal career favorite.
2016 - ABC's. Each day had a featured letter for participants to use to send me words that started with that letter. While many of these posts turned out great, the poetry yielded by this premise is some of my best.
2015 - Sing-Along. Friends gave me songs they liked and I used that music to inspire my daily writing. Check out the Spotify playlist of every song used.
2014 - The Untitled Blog. Written choose-your-own-adventure-style, this project defied gravity, had a fiercely loyal readership who all voted daily on what would happen next, and the end result was an actual novel. I have no idea how I pulled off this magic trick, but I am immensely proud of this piece of fiction, now available in a two-part novel called A Somerville Love Story.
2013 - Triple Play. Folks gave me any three things they wanted and I incorporated them into a piece of writing.
2012 - With a Little Help From My Friends. This all-fiction blog had friends writing the first lines of short stories and me writing the rest. I selected my 50 favorites from this project and compiled them into a a collection called Sobriety (And 49 Other Fine Stories).
2011 - Three Hundred Sixty-Five for Twenty-Eleven. The "OG" blog. This one was all me and had no broader theme than write every day.
2024 - Come to Me in 2024. This blog was about focusing in, manifesting, and being fearless about asking the Universe to support me.
2023 - The Daily Writing Rewind. This 13th year of daily writing paid homage to the previous 12 blog themes, each one being featured for a month of the year.
2022 - Write for Me. This year's daily writing was private access to me-only, with selected posts made available to subscribers.
2021 - Anything Goes. This year's project opened up the comments section for audience feedback as inspiration.
2020 - I Spy. This blog got its inspiration from photographs. Mostly. Audio versions of each post from July-December.
2019 - Today's Special. This blog was all me and focused on what was special to me each day.
2018 - What's It Called. Here, I asked friends to write titles that I would use to inspire each day's post.
2017 - Inspired. This project initially was to be propelled by what inspired all of you, but I went rogue and spent the year writing about what inspired me. The writing from this project is some of my personal career favorite.
2016 - ABC's. Each day had a featured letter for participants to use to send me words that started with that letter. While many of these posts turned out great, the poetry yielded by this premise is some of my best.
2015 - Sing-Along. Friends gave me songs they liked and I used that music to inspire my daily writing. Check out the Spotify playlist of every song used.
2014 - The Untitled Blog. Written choose-your-own-adventure-style, this project defied gravity, had a fiercely loyal readership who all voted daily on what would happen next, and the end result was an actual novel. I have no idea how I pulled off this magic trick, but I am immensely proud of this piece of fiction, now available in a two-part novel called A Somerville Love Story.
2013 - Triple Play. Folks gave me any three things they wanted and I incorporated them into a piece of writing.
2012 - With a Little Help From My Friends. This all-fiction blog had friends writing the first lines of short stories and me writing the rest. I selected my 50 favorites from this project and compiled them into a a collection called Sobriety (And 49 Other Fine Stories).
2011 - Three Hundred Sixty-Five for Twenty-Eleven. The "OG" blog. This one was all me and had no broader theme than write every day.