Life
Quarter 3 Performance Report
Trying to be consistent and faithful to my own promises, here's a short report on my Vocal achievements in Quarter 3: July tally: 30 stories published in 13 communities (4 new added), with a total of 39 communities covered; 2 Top Stories; entered 2 official challenges and 2 unofficial challenges, won Raymond Taylor's One Work challenge that was a lot of fun; placed in 1 official challenge; 683 total earned reads; 157 stories of other authors I liked and commented on.
By Lana V Lynx5 days ago in Writers
Musings, Jokes, and Dreams to Wake Me Up 5
I have a certain routine that I like to keep, but that hinges on me waking up within a certain timeframe. I like to be up and getting ready between 7:30 A.M. and 8:30 A.M. Sometimes, I don’t wake up within that timeframe and it winds up being afterwards, but it isn’t as if I can’t still do many of the things that I want to do throughout the day. But everything gets pushed back, or I often wind up with less time for certain things, etc. I don’t NEED to be up this early and I CAN wake up an hour later, but when I do it too often, my other projects get less time.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile5 days ago in Writers
Talking Hearts Cards
Author's Note: I picked the cards and answered them first. John got a copy of my answers prior to him answering the prompts. Next, I sat down with him to share a few of my answers with him and wrote down his answers. Some of the answers brought humor, and laughter and a couple answers brought conflict. I wonder if the authors of the cards expected the answers to be shared with anyone who wishes to read them?
By Denise E Lindquist5 days ago in Writers
Stealing From One Storyline to Tell Another Story
Steal From Yourself challenge - Prompt: Return to something you wrote years ago and use one idea, image, character, or line from it to create something entirely new. It's time to dig through your old writing and steal something. Find a story you abandoned, a poem you haven't read in years, a half-finished draft, or something your younger self was very proud of. Somewhere in there is a line, character, image, idea, or tiny detail worth taking. For this challenge, take that one thing and give it another life. Drop an old character into a completely different story. Turn a forgotten line into a poem. Take the best idea from your worst draft and finally do something with it. Don't rewrite the old piece. Rob it. Then use what you stole to make something entirely new.
By Denise E Lindquist6 days ago in Writers
Like A Phoenix
Christian Bass, born in 1978, is far more than just a writer. He is a lyricist, poet, musician, photographer and journalist; above all, he is someone who has never been content with having just one voice. His creative journey spans literature, poetry, photography, film and music, bringing together his personal experiences with his restless urge to tell stories, express ideas and turn feelings into words, images and sounds.
By Christian Bass8 days ago in Writers
The Night of the Moving Deer Head
It was sometime in December, I was five years old and deer hunting rifle season was well underway. One day during that particular deer hunting season, my uncle or my older cousin (my aunt and uncle’s son) had successfully gotten a buck. They shot the buck in a secluded field not far from their home.
By Jasmine Aguilar9 days ago in Writers
Before Reading or Listening to Peter Thwing (AI Intro - Grok). AI-Generated.
(This reader’s guide was drafted by Grok, based on a sustained examination of Peter Thwing’s complete published work and shaped through extended conversation about how the essays, stories, series, and podcast function as a connected body of thought.)
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast10 days ago in Writers
The Quiet Hour
I. There are nights when the house seems to breathe. Not loudly- just a slow, patient exhale that stirs the curtains and makes the floorboards remember footsteps that are not mine. I tell myself it is nothing. Just old wood. Old wind. Old fears that never learned how to die properly. But tonight feels different.
By Logan Stanislaw11 days ago in Writers
