Process
Successes and Failures That Are Successes
It dawned on me that it’s October, and it’s been about a year since I had a story published in Boudin Literary Magazine. It was actually published on Halloween, as it was a special Halloween issue. I was excited to have gotten published in this publication which is one of a few affiliated with McNeese State University. And it felt pretty special to get published on Halloween. A holiday publication?? What’s that, like extra bonus points or something? (It was basically on Halloween, anyway.)
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile2 days ago in Writers
Notes from the Mind Palace.
I don’t want a hero for the sake of having one. I don’t need saving, and I don’t want someone who thinks I do. I’ve carried myself through storms that would have drowned softer hearts. I’ve rebuilt myself more times than I care to admit. Strength has been my armor, my identity, my survival.
By Syl De'Vil4 days ago in Writers
Notes from the Mind Palace
I am a woman made of words, but don’t mistake that for someone who can be won with them. Words are my playground, my refuge, my rebellion — but they are not my currency. I’ve heard too many promises spoken with honeyed tongues and hollow hearts. I’ve watched too many men decorate their intentions with poetry while their actions whispered the truth.
By Syl De'Vil4 days ago in Writers
If Only
There are women who learned love the hard way, women who stitched themselves back together with stubborn hope and quiet magic. Women who walk through the world with a softness that looks effortless but was carved from storms. Women who survived what should have broken them and still somehow learned to laugh again.
By Syl De'Vil4 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 Avitabile4 days ago in Writers
A Deep Question About The Origin Of Stories
I wrote something recently that made me wonder, where the hell did that come from? Why do we write what we write? Is it coming from our passions for things, our creativity, or deep inside our intrusive, rogue, out of control thoughts?
By Jason Morton5 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 Podcast9 days ago in Writers
