This week’s offerings are heavy on writing tips. But there are some crumbs for the quilters and crafters.

• Incredibly fine quilting from the International Quilt Festival.
• A quilter talks about the creative process.
• Make some holiday cards.
• A profile of the first Native Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland.
• How to improve the article you’ve just written.
• How to write a short story.
• For the fiction writers: a very good article on characterization.
• Revelation: writing is not as glamorous as it seems.
• An abandoned clinic.
• For writers: how to read.
• How to decipher crochet pattern code.
• For most writers, the road to publication is long and winding.