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3 Popular Platforms With 3 Often Overlooked Income Opportunities
The beginning of 2026 marked the start of the first full year that many former Medium writers would finally cut ties with the website that continues to drastically sink in popularity.
By Justiss Goode4 months ago in Writers
If This Found You, I Must Be Dead
Kelli Sheckler-Amsden died as she lived, completely unassuming. She was found in her bed, clutching her phone. Her notes folder open with the words; "you cut me open to see what I'm made of, but there are both darkness and light inside me."
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden4 months ago in Writers
Root and Ash:
The Flowering Bloom: Prelude: The Dying Hour Falls Upon Us All The day I died, trash trucks still rattled and banged their way down my street, keeping to their loud, impatient schedule. My obituary was posted online before six that same evening, as though it had been already written—and it was a small feat, for I had never been so early for anything in my entire life.
By K.H. Obergfoll4 months ago in Writers
The Irony of Rick Henry Christopher. Top Story - June 2026.
Author Rick Henry Christopher was found dead on the patio of his suburban home in Orange County, California. He died on June 23, 2053, at the age of 93. His cause of death is still unknown.
By Rick Henry Christopher 4 months ago in Writers
Death of a Singular They
"Will this matter?" This is the quintessential question which all authors of various stripes inevitably ask themselves. Put differently, it is only natural for a writer to wonder where they will fall in the greater scope of literature, and whether writing as a craft is not a futile act of shouting into an endless void.
By Tyler Clark4 months ago in Writers
The Vault
The writings of the late author, John Scipio were recently discovered in a vault in an apartment in the suburbs. The vault contained a set of stairs, that led to an upstairs room, the room contained a desk, writing utensils, a laptop, and a computer. The room had a beautiful view of the community in which he quietly lived. The writings consisted of poetry, manuscripts, and several unfinished projects.
By John Scipio4 months ago in Writers
Small Town Girl Makes It Big
The Posthumous Author - The Prompt: Imagine you became famous after your death. Write the author profile critics construct around your life, work, and legacy.Reputation is often shaped after the fact. This challenge asks you to step outside your own work and imagine how it might be interpreted without you there to explain it.Write an author profile set after your death, as if critics are piecing together your life, work, and legacy. The voice can be analytical, speculative, or even contradictory.What gets emphasized, misunderstood, or invented? What story do others build around your work, and how closely does it reflect anything you intended?
By Denise E Lindquist4 months ago in Writers
How to Choose the Best AI Video Tool for Realistic and Professional Content
Why AI Video Tools Are Dominating Content Creation The Rise of AI-Powered Video Production The world of video creation has changed dramatically in the last few years. What once required expensive cameras, professional studios, actors, editors, and weeks of post-production can now be achieved using AI-powered tools in a fraction of the time. AI video generation has evolved from awkward animations and robotic avatars into something surprisingly realistic. In 2026, advanced AI video models are capable of generating cinematic footage, synchronized audio, intelligent camera movement, and near-human facial expressions. According to recent industry reports, platforms like Veo 3.1, Runway Gen-4.5, Kling 3.0, and Seedance 2.0 are pushing AI video quality to production-grade standards.
By CEO A&S Developers4 months ago in Writers
Why I Left a $300k Corporate Dream Job to Regain My Freedom
The Day I Realized My Dream Job Was a Well-Paying Cage "You look miserable," my wife said, not looking up from her laptop.
By abualyaanart4 months ago in Writers
Understanding AI Humanizer Tools and Their Role in Modern Content Creation
The category of AI Humanizer Tools has become a meaningful corner of the broader artificial intelligence landscape. As more professionals, students, and content creators integrate generative models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini into their daily work, the question of how to maintain authentic voice has grown more pressing. Humanization tools have emerged to bridge that gap, rewriting machine-generated text into language that reads naturally and avoids the formulaic patterns large language models tend to produce.
By CEO A&S Developers4 months ago in Writers
The Secret Is There Is No Secret
So You Want to Win a Challenge? And it's come down to your Hail Mary option - asking that Scottish-Italian arsehole Paul Stewart, how to do it?
By Paul Stewart4 months ago in Writers
Call Me Coward, Not Ishmael
Genuinely I'm at a bit of a loss right now. Not a loss. Let me explain. I have entries for all upcoming challenges and unofficial challenges (besides Tim's and Leslie's, actually, glad I remembered those), and find myself with no real WIP really. Well, that's not true because I have a few shelved WIP that I am sitting on because I don't want to dive into them just yet. Call me a coward, not Ishmael! I don't care.
By Paul Stewart4 months ago in Writers