Vocal
A Budget Subscription
Introduction This is an expansion of an idea I posted as part of one of my pieces about the current situation. It is for Sasha Desideri's "A Dollar for Your Thoughts" to help support all Vocal Creators, which you can check out here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 months ago in Writers
The Attraction
So, how do we get more new users to engage with the Vocal page? This was the one conundrum I have thought about the most, long before it was posted as a particular question on the page. We have a unique environment here that allows us to discuss multiple subjects without many obstacles (just get the word limit right). I am working on one of her other Challenges as I type this, and I have a Vocal Challenge in mind that will all come together, at least by the deadline later next week. As I thought about this over the years, I came up with certain ideas - good and bad - that could help. But the question is very specific: new users to our page.
By Kendall Defoe 2 months ago in Writers
Improvements I’d Like to See
I would love to see a feature that would allow creators to search stats by title to see how many reads a specific story has received. It’s frustrating to read through pages of titles, usually getting an error message before finding the story.
By Harper Lewis 2 months ago in Writers
A Dollar for Your Thoughts
It's been a little over a week since the updated platform rolled out. And while there have been a few bugs and glitches — some more frustrating than others — the team worked around the clock to fix them, and most of us can cheerfully publish again with our newly verified accounts and a kick-ass new editor.
By Sasha Desideri2 months ago in Writers
Mandatory Training. Winner in The Posthumous Author Challenge. Top Story - July 2026.
D.J. Reddall is dead. I know it's not polite to say as much, but I have felt relief before, and what I am feeling now is familiar. Our brief acquaintance wasn't a "burden," exactly, but my wife asked me over breakfast if I've lost weight. I think my wife was flirting with me for the first time since--well, the point is that she was.
By D. J. Reddall2 months ago in Writers
This Is What They Don't Get
They looked at me and said, "Don't you feel lonely, living in your own little world all the time?" And I didn't answer right away. Because it's not a little world to me. It's the only one where I can actually breathe. Where I don't have to explain myself or shrink just to be tolerated and where I can think without being corrected, rest without being judged, exist without always performing for someone else's comfort. So l looked back and said, "You mean the world where people pretend all day, where you say you're fine when you're not, where everything depends on being liked, accepted, approved? You think I should trade peace for that? I don't feel lonely in here. I feel safe. But maybe that's the part you don't understand, because you've spent so long adjusting yourself for everyone else, you forgot what it's like to just be."
By Annam M Gordon2 months ago in Writers
Notes At And On The End. Top Story - July 2026.
I find it to be the most utterly pretentious notion to contemplate who will be present at my funeral. After all, I’ll be dead, and you’ll be wasting your time looking at a portrait of me since, should my wishes actually be followed and not bastardized like the adaptation of The Hobbit was, my ashes will be tucked in the core of a tree somewhere. What a dreadful waste of time for all of us to assemble here, truly.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 months ago in Writers
