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26 Reasons I Love Vocal
As I turn 26 years' old, I want to say a huge thank you to Vocal Media for making writing book reviews my favourite thing to do alongside reading books and for giving me an audience to talk to. Through Vocal Media I actually feel like I'm really talking to you, yes you, on the other end. I want to thank Vocal Media for so many things and since it is my 26th birthday today, I have listed them in 26 points (yes, I have had to compress them because there were too many points!)
Annie Kapur
Published about 3 hours ago in Journal
Tips On How to Write a Book Review
A book review includes a summary of a book you have read including how it made you think or feel. You can use excitable language for the great books you've read or you can use disappointing language for the ones you didn't think were so great.
Cathy Coombs
Published 3 days ago in Journal
My Top 10 Truths for 2022
Many years ago, I began a "diet" that quickly spiraled into disordered eating comfortably disguised as a New Year's resolution. Undoing what damage I could and rebuilding a healthy relationship with food after the fact was neither quick nor easy. After a grueling healing process—which admittedly is ongoing—I resolved to ban resolutions of any kind. (Yes, I recognize the irony.) I was utterly convinced that I was one of many for whom resolutions were bound to fail.
Julianna Byrd
Published 5 days ago in Journal
I Quit My Dream Job at 23
Twelve years old, and I knew I wanted to be a dietitian. Ever since I learned that I could make money doing what I already loved to do - talking about nutrition. I wanted to be the expert on food and nutrition and dreamed of helping others become healthier and stronger versions of themselves. In addition, I wanted to debunk loads of misinformation present in the media, even way back then.
Amy Kaczor, MS, RD, LDN
Published 7 days ago in Journal
How To Be An Artist
When I was twenty years old, my team and I found ourselves in the police station, separately being interrogated in a tiny room at 10pm at night. We had been there for six hours, being asked question after question. We each also had our very own good cop/bad cop. My frustration and embarrassment piled up with each tick of the clock. “Surely, this isn’t how a photographer’s career is supposed to go.”
Reylia Slaby
Published 12 days ago in Journal
What if we fund artists the way we fund startups?
Margaret Atwood has a new novel coming out in 2114. You read that correctly: the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale will publish her last book Scribbler Moon long after we are dead. We won't get to read it, our kids won't get to read it, but maybe their kids will - and that's kind of the point.
Elle Griffin
Published 15 days ago in Journal
Was I Right to Quit my Toxic Job?
When I was obtaining my MBA last year, I had a challenging time finding an entry-level corporate job that aligned with my skills and personality. It has been hard to even get past the ATS screening. The frustration you feel when you get an automated rejection letter is one thing. But, when you are used to it, you become numb to the negative response. Imagine it is still June 2021, you have just graduated and are still jobless, remaining hopeful you will figure out what the next stage of your career will entail. Then, within the drop of a hat, you get a call from a cousin about a job opportunity working for a big-name wholesale lending firm. Woo! You just scored a career win!
TheBusinessPeriod
Published 15 days ago in Journal
GREAT INCANTATIONS
Introducing... GREAT INCANTATIONS: CLICK HERE TO VISIT A Facebook group dedicated to Vocal Challenges! Back in October, your admins at the Vocal Social Society designed a Facebook space exclusively for reading, sharing, and chatting about Vocal Challenges. We were prompted by the beautiful chaos of the V+ Fiction Awards. Vocal challenge pieces, in my opinion, often require solo threads for best interaction, something that the Vocal Social Society does not do. In a nutshell, Vocal Social Society is an experience, like a theme park with attractions; Great Incantations is more like a banquet hall at a conference: you can blend in on threads if you wish, but you're better off to stand up and make a speech. Great Incantations is also private, so it's a place to get real and request feedback and proofreading before you distribute your work elsewhere in your ecosystem. Not sure how to give good feedback? Check out Tom's article at the end of this summary. Just...remember that feedback should only be given upon request!
Call Me Les
Published 19 days ago in Journal

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