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Grim's mini lessons
We all know the story of the 'Frog Prince', I hope. The one where a frog fetches a princess's golden ball that rolled down an old well. Well, the lesson of the story is to make sure that one keeps her or his promises wanting to or not. Right on.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Writers
Paul's Explicate My Poem Unofficial Challenge -The Results!
Well now. Writers. Friends. I had no idea what kind of response I would get when I ran this challenge. I am always grateful for the support I get on this platform with the various unofficial challenges I've run over the last few years. But this felt a little different. Like I may have asked too much or it may have been a little self-centred.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Writers
Who's ready?. Top Story - August 2026.
Who's ready for going back to school? Are the teachers and students really ready? Are they, or aren't they? They wait and wait for holidays and summer breaks to get away somehow. Do they really like to teach? I think they do but with everything that this profession includes, I believe, that they endure and they continue to plan what to do each year that they are a part of the noblest profession.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Writers
Help!
I subscribed to a creator a couple of days ago with no fucking clue that I wouldn't be able to unsubscribe. In the past seventeen hours, this creator has published 43 stories. That's right, 43. My notifications are clogged with this creator's posts, my home page is now filled with the posts themselves.
By Harper Lewis 2 months ago in Writers
130 Stories and 5 Years Later
A bit over five years ago, deep into the pandemic - when we were so used to panic that it was just an underlying emotion we could ignore, and still surprising ourselves at how we could be surprised at the depth of people’s stupidity - an Instagram ad popped up on my feed for a website that paid per read. I had already been debating writing on Medium or Substack, but I found their systems and memberships convoluted. The Instagram ad for Vocal showed ease of use. I signed up. It was going to give me $0.003 per read, which was more than I was getting for posting on my own website Colochos de Flores anyways. Since signing up, I have grown my writing skills, community, pieces, into an allegedly positive digital footprint.
By Ariana GonBon2 months ago in Writers
I feel alone again
When I was away on my cruise and came back to write about my experience, I noticed my reads and stats were up quite a bit and that put a smile on my face for it made me feel like my writing is worth something. But now that I have been back for a week my stats are dropping like a bomb from a bomber. Why? I don't understand and it cannot only be the algorithm. I do get a few faithful readers that leave comments but still feeling kind of sad that when I do write/read no one notices.
By Mark Graham2 months ago in Writers
