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Happy 205th birthday, Edgar Allan Poe! The great creator of "The Raven," while a master of the macabre, did not only dabble in dark tales.

Today we're hosting an early celebration of the birth of legendary writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe, born January 19, 1809. He is well-known, largely thanks to his immortal poem "The Raven" and other horrifying works of short fiction like "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher."

But Poe was more than just a horror author.Poe dabbled in a variety of literary styles and genres during his short career. His "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" both draw inspiration from the science of his day and could be considered early works of science fiction. He is also considered the father of the detective story. "The Murder in the Rue Morgue," one of three mystery tales Poe wrote featuring fictional investigator C. Auguste Dupin, would go on to shape the genre....

They don't look like Guardians Of The Galaxy-style superheroes.

... The porter's lodge is like an airlock, apparently sealed from the tribulations of everyday life. But inside the college, pacing the flagstones of what is called – all modesty aside – Great Court, are four men who do not take it for granted that those undergraduates actually have a future. They are the four founders of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), and they are in the business of "horizon scanning". Together, they are on alert for what they sometimes call "low-probability-but-high-consequence events", and sometimes – when they forget to be reassuring – "catastrophe"....

I’ve been reading some advice from successful writers lately and exploring what their routines are like to see what I can learn about.Here are six of the most common pieces of advice I came across that have helped me a lot improving my writing here at Buffer.It also features actionable tips for you on how to implement them in your own writing....