Shoutout
The Great Philosophers
Just a note. In college one of the course requirements was a series of Humanities courses where we studied art, music, literature, politics/philosophy all lumped together. One of the philosophers we had to read was St. Augustine and his Confessions. We only read excerpts of his work in class. I have decided to give his writing a full read, and I have reached the middle of the book. This is definitely a read that has to be read in small chunks while St. Augustine describes his search for Jesus and who he is in life. It is an interesting read.
By Mark Grahamabout a month ago in Writers
"Punctuation, who knows all the rules."
Punctuation is it really necessary at all times, especially that pesky comma that you place in one sentence that really should not belong there and they call it a comma splice. Then there are those things they call quotation marks to denote who or what is speaking. There are plenty more punctuation marks like the ellipses, parentheses, ampersands, asterisks which are hardly used it seems unless you are some kind of technical writer or really any kind of writer. Then we have our standards that are used all the time like the period, question mark and exclamation mark. I guess punctuation is really necessary if one wants to be a writer or teacher or really any profession if one wants to get their correct message across for if there were no punctuation everything would be one long sentence. Punctuation does serve a purpose.
By Mark Grahamabout a month ago in Writers
Fall of the Apocalypse . Content Warning.
The Fall of the Apocalypse The zombie outbreak didn’t start with sirens or explosions or government warnings. It started with a man trying to buy a pack of Marlboros at the Genoa Junction Bp off Highway 12. I was behind the counter, half asleep, half annoyed, and fully ready to tell him we were out of his brand. Cyndle was restocking the cooler, humming something off‑key. The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead like they always did. It was just another Tuesday.
By Syl De'Vilabout a month ago in Writers
The Pit and The Pendulum – a scene lives on in my mind. Top Story - September 2026.
The 1960s had so many scary movies. They were not full of blood and gore; rather, they took you to the edge and let your imagination fill it in. Vincent Price and Ray Milland starred in so many. My friends and I would go to double features for $.50 cents ($.25 per movie). Godzilla or King Kong didn't scare me. I always felt sorry for the creatures who were being shot at.
By Andrea Corwin about a month ago in Writers
Through the Eyes of Bill Bixby. Top Story - September 2026.
Link to the Challenge: Thank you for the Challenge, Annie. I may forgive you one day. I had quite a few fears as a child. It is not worth my time listing all of them here, but I count my father, the odd bully, death, and the possibility that I just did not belong to the family I was with as a large part of the list. It was so bad that I reached the point, when we moved to the suburbs, that I could watch any horror film by myself and barely feel any fear (my mother wondered how I could sit in our basement on a Friday night watching some of the best years of Wes Craven and John Carpenter). To me, they were just cartoonish fantasies after everything else I faced and thought of.
By Kendall Defoe about a month ago in Writers
I Didn’t Mean to Disappear
I didn’t plan to vanish from Vocal, not for this long... No dramatic exit, and it wasn't caused by any kind of creative burnout- I didn't make any grand announcement either. I simply stepped away for “a little while, yet it turned out to be longer than I thought,” and then life quietly rewrote the script.
By Jonathan Townendabout a month ago in Writers
Some More Poetry Observations
Introduction This was kicked off with a poem I published this week, inspired by the work of a Facebook friend, Justine. As you may have noticed, I often try new poetry forms, and a lot of them come from this page here
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 2 months ago in Writers
Remote Work Resorts
Let me be brutally honest: the traditional office is dying a slow, painful death, and frankly, it's about time. After spending the better part of two decades watching corporate Australia cling to outdated work models like a security blanket, I've witnessed something extraordinary unfold over the past few years. The pandemic didn't just force us to work from home - it exposed the glaring absurdity of forcing talented people into sterile cubicles for eight hours a day, five days a week.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
Measuring Value
You are an employee that goes beyond the "craft to execution" and "problem-solving to initiative". You bring strategic impact along with your market vision that directly influences that company's bottom line. But your rank and net pay in the hands of your employer does not change. Not because you are not valuable to them but because they can not afford your services at the market rate nor can they re-design the upper echelon to accommodate your growth and talents without causing "waves". If you give far too much for the same old, you are the majority of the talent stuck within dormant companies that have no systems of recognition of talent based on merit.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
Are You Building a Career or Just a Brand?
Let’s face it: we’re all living double lives. There’s the version of you that gets up, does the work, and delivers results. And then there’s the curated, polished, LinkedIn-friendly version of you - the one who seems effortlessly successful, constantly grinding, and always "on." Over time, it feels like this second version of ourselves has taken center stage. We’ve become performers in our own career dramas, and honestly, the show is exhausting.
By Narghiza Ergashova2 months ago in Writers
