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| "Invalid Item" and "Invalid Item" wanna congratulate all those writers nominated for "Invalid Item" and all the other categories at "The Quills" ! A colorful anthology representing the LGBTQ+ experiences of 2022, this genre category is only one of nearly sixty, and they’re certain to contain better grammar than this sentence. While you’re there, you might as well vote. Let the writers of your favorite pieces and activities know you see them and their efforts. It’ll make their day! |
I might’ve taken a vacation, but I didn’t stop learning.
Whew, I’m exhausted. I’m gonna go find a sammich. |
| Always mayo. But a big ole meatball sub sounds really good… Ѧͷͷΐ   , I think you might have to be premium to do the webpage, but as someone who’s self-taught, I turned this into such a chore…lol Edibles and coffee were so inspirational… |
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I need him pointing at me after I wasted this morning creating the images of two keys to go with my WIP,
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My life is   NOTHING   but puppies. It’s been horrible with their cute little noses and warm leeeeettle keeeeeeesses…puppy breath and smiles…the way they growl while they play…just awful… |
| Nomination for "The Quills" ends at midnight WDCT, and there are still so many pieces out there wanting to be nominated. And while you’re doing so, may I suggest looking through the LGBTQ+ genre? All the genres need a good lookin’-through, but I don’t live full-time in the other genres. I’m just sayin’, there are great stories all over the site, but I can guarantee the LGBTQ+ genre is offering more than it ever has! Go, peruse! |
| Y’all. The LGBTQ+ genre has grown so much over the last couple of months. Be sure to check out the new pieces in your spare time today. The genre is growing so quickly, you might miss out. |
| :sits at empty desk as though he’s been here the entire three months…pulls out notebook….starts working….opens emails…collapses from anxiety….wakes again to pass out again…starts creating his own brand of NFTs…throws them away, goes back to emails…: |
Good to hear from you again, Rhymer Reisen ! We're always here for you if you need anything at all... except for help with the NFT thing. I am actively trying to avoid learning anything about blockchain technology.  But seriously, if you're having a bout of anxiety, imposter syndrome, writer's block, or whatever... please don't disappear. Experience has taught me that withdrawing into yourself only makes it worse and prolongs the recovery. You certainly don't owe anybody here anything, but leaning into community is one of the best ways I've found to get through those times when you're struggling. |
“An armed 22-year-old entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday night and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 18 others, before patrons stopped and disarmed him, police said Sunday.” Walking through the “Ravine of Regrets” for the last month and a half seems silly now. An important personal transition to be sure, but now it’s time for me to come back.. Exhaustion no longer matters when we have a job to do. The symbolism of a massacre on the day of Trans Remembrance is not lost or ignored, and it should be understood as the deliberate act of murder in which it was intended. This kid walked into a bar and made his stand by eviscerating life and shattering lives. There will never be enough tears shed. The LGBTQ+ community is a gorgeous mural painted thick with the deepest and most vibrant colors. We’ve always existed, and we’ll always be here. I’m sad for those we lost over the weekend, I’m disgusted that life will never be the same for those in the bar, and I’m devastated that there are still people who feel as if this act is warranted. But my heart bursts with pride for those who fought back, for those who protected their own community even as shots were fired. To be allowed to be a part of the greater LGBTQ+ people is an honor I’m discovering every day of my life now, to know that we come from such a strong group. It’s what we do. It’s who we are.    |
| Such a sad day. This is the second mass shooting in Colorado Springs, the last one at a Planned Parenthood in 2015. Honestly, I don't even know what to say about this other than to wonder (again) how this got to be a thing in our country. No place is safe from these people's agendas: schools, churches, medical clinics, night clubs, grocery stores. |
| There are no words. These events are uncommon in Thailand (except for criminal gangs and car accidents) but last month over 20 children were massacred at a pre-school in Uthit Sawan, not that far from Udon Thani where I'm staying. The community was shocked. Hopefully, Colorado was shocked too... but it appears that the USA is numb or gleefully supporting laws like "Don't Say Gay" that make us invisible and even more at risk. Govenor de Santis should issue a statement. It's been Orlando in the past and could easily be Florida in the future. I wonder whether he understands the connection. |
| Rhymer's "Newbie" Tip #5309: Helloooo! Hi, there! Welcome to Writing.com! Your calendar will be in the mail in one year, but for now, enjoy the complete control of writing and owning your works. You are certainly free to do what you wish with your stories, but please consider... Quit deleting all your works just because you think they're subpar. If you're a newbie, they're supposed to be weak in places, and that fear and panic you feel now that it's posted? That's normal. We all experience that. All of us. It's part of the process and part of the art of exposing who are you deeper than even you could realize. When you delete what you consider a weak piece, you rob yourself of the opportunity to learn and grow. You're too new to understand how your talent has worked its way into your story, still too fresh to know while you might have written something you don't love, you can revise it in a year after you've learned. That's what we're here for: to learn how to expand ourselves in every way to keep this art flourishing. It can't flourish if we delete it. Here. Here are literally my worst. I keep them as they are to remind myself where I came from.  "Dear Me (2021)" "To Be The Man (4245 wds)" "There’s No Magic in Oklahoma" Feel free to delete everything always, but remember...your story had been working its way to the surface for a while, and you had the fortification to post it...keep riding that confidence, and let your story stew. It deserves to live for all the work you did. You can always go back to make it better later. And you won't always be a "newbie". |
| I think it was a muppets orchestra that the conductor said to turn to #101 and one of the members said they only know 1 (or 2?) songs. The conductor said yes, but if you start numbering from 100, it looks better. I assumed that's what was going on here. |
| I delete things from my port all the time. But they are written on a PC, saved in a folder and backed up on a USB. WdC is just where I go for advice on things I'm working on. I have to delete when something gets published. We all use WdC for different things. Everyone's writing journey is their own. |
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Happy Coming Out Day! In October of 1998, when I was a seventeen year old, Matthew Shepard was found clinging to life tied to a fencepost. I was coming to terms with being a homo while members of The First Baptist Church of Keota, Oklahoma started talking when I prayed out loud for Shepard. From this point in 1998 until December of the same year, that church sent the pastor and three of the deacons to my house to demand I step down as the assistant music director or they’d remove me. They had to remove me. And here I am, doing my thing, doing our thing on WDC. To see the genre stretch out, to watch you guys becoming better artists and stronger writers…to be able to learn about myself through you guys…I’m pretty damned satisfied in my life. If you’re not ready to come out, please don’t. The point is to shed the identities others have placed upon us as long as it’s correct within our nature. And coming out isn’t just a queer thing…shedding those misconceptions and labels is universal. We all do it. Regardless, this is a day to find love for yourself, for your story. It’s a day to celebrate that we’re okay and to be reminded our story is important. What gives us our Pride, the work we put into discovering ourselves without the influences from society, that’s what’s important. I love you. You should, too. (Trinkets require an Upgrade to display.) |
| Some folks may find it easier to 'push the envelope' on Halloween or Mardi Gras than Easter or Christmas or during an OU-OSU football game. Oklahoma puzzles me. Many Native Nations didn't have the intolerant Victorian attitude found among Northern and Central and Eastern Europeans ... until ... Perhaps too many became Baptist. My friend was ran out of town because she befriended gay people. But that was around 2005 and in Pryor/Vinita. Still... I really liked Oklahoma. As for here in Montana... supposedly 'tolerant' but... so was Laramie, Wyoming.  I feel safer in Portugal and Taiwan and expect the same in Thailand because the culture is more tolerant in general. Good, moral people don't need laws to treat others with respect. Merely calling oneself Bapist or Evangelical doesn't make one either moral or good.  |
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