Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://notaprick.blog/
A daily personal writing blog with poetic, reflective posts on love, loneliness, relationships, and small moments of life, written with a casual yet emotionally resonant voice. The archive spans hundreds of short entries including haiku, meditations, and personal essays that reward readers who enjoy intimate, literary micro-blogging.
https://lowryside.neocities.org/personal
Lowryside (Caroline Paige Stanton) maintains this charming personal site featuring a one-person book club with deeply reflective essays on Italo Calvino's 'Six Memos for the New Millennium,' alongside links to videos, a newsletter, and creative projects. The book club writings stand out as genuinely thoughtful literary criticism blended with personal memoir, making this a rare find among personal homepages.
https://myboringlife.online/
Firda, a 50-something child-free Canadian, chronicles the quiet pleasures of everyday life including thrifting, houseplants, baking, and the occasional web experiment in her charmingly self-deprecating personal blog. Her 'Weird Web October' challenge, where she built a new mini-website every day in October, reveals a creative side that makes this much more than a typical slice-of-life journal.
https://internetross.space/
Ross's personal site blends technical writing about software development projects with poetry, speculative nonfiction, and literary musings in a distinctive stream-of-consciousness format. The mix of Django rewrite postmortems, Le Guin references, and original verse makes it a genuinely eclectic corner of the web that resists easy categorization but leans heavily toward writing as its unifying thread.
https://paperclypse.com/
Shawn Kilburn's long-running personal weblog 'My Scattered Thoughts' dates back to at least 2001 and features a mix of book reviews, short musings, humor, and personal observations. The site leans heavily toward literary discussion, with a dedicated books section and thoughtful mini-reviews of titles ranging from Claire Keegan to Farah Jasmine Griffin.
https://cass.si/
Cass.si is a minimalist personal blog by someone going by 'cass', featuring short, intriguingly titled posts like 'The U+NION building is odd' and 'The Weavers Who Prosper With the Mechanical Loom'. The sparse, text-focused design and eclectic post titles suggest a writer with a curious, literary sensibility.
https://complete-review.com/reviews/usplays/auburnd1.htm
The Complete Review is a literary review site featuring detailed assessments of books and plays, including this page dedicated to David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama 'Proof.' Visitors will find a summary of critical reception from major publications, the site's own letter-grade assessment, and contextual notes about the play's awards and 2005 film adaptation.
https://lambbones.neocities.org/
Lamb Bones is a personal site by a creator who goes by Lambbones, featuring fanfiction, original art, coding experiments, and personal musings presented with a graveyard aesthetic. The site spans multiple fandoms and creative outlets, with content flagged as mature and a cozy old-web feel complete with webrings and decorative gifs.
https://cranebaby.nekoweb.org/
Cranebaby's personal creative hub hosts poetry, writing, zines, artwork, photography, and an online journal all in one place. Built as a "landmine" of creative output, the site also features film tracking, shrines, and a recommendations page, making it a rich and eclectic corner of the indie web.
https://thedigitaldiarist.ca/
Alicia's personal site blends book journaling, reading goals, and interactive fiction writing into a thoughtful digital diary. Visitors will find reading logs, a book club page, and updates on her interactive fiction projects including entries for Spring Thing and IFComp.