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*Note* It's back! Our annual New Year's contest "Dear Me: Official WDC Contest" Open in new Window. is now open to our paid members! *Heart*

Entries into our January 2026 paid membership contest, "Dear Me: Official WDC Contest" Open in new Window., are due in by the end of January 31st, 2026 Writing.Com time -- that's Eastern. *Wink*
 
Dear Me: Official WDC Contest Open in new Window. [E]
What are *your* goals for the new year? Think it over, write a letter and win big prizes!
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 Good luck to all our entrants!
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Boy, will my goals be different than they were over 20 years ago!
What's Up? Wednesday

Inquiring minds want to know...

What's up? What's new?
How ya doin'?

Leave a comment and tell us!
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JACE  Author Icon
Woke up to sunny skies, snow-capped mountains, 11 deg temps, and a laptop that works in Colorado. Perfect day!
Hanging in there. Enjoying 70 degree weather in Arizona, preparing for a little rain to come in and wet us down before cooler temps come in after it's gone.

A pleasant day in the desert.

Just got my new book I ordered with the gift card I got for Xmas.

"How to Write a Book in 48 Hours" by Dale L Roberts.

Should be interesting....
Two Word Tuesday

Give us your best two word caption for this photo...



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A summer disaster.
all mine
Pop Stop! 🍭
To write original poetry, you can't write like everyone else does.
Have you ever made up your own words when writing?
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Yes. Especially to aid the rhyme scheme and add humor.
Adherennium Author Icon - Dea,

I smiled the moment I landed on your page, which is usually my sign to stop scrolling and actually say something
As I spent a little time there, I genuinely loved your author page. It feels intentional, thoughtfully put together, and like something that would naturally connect with a readership that actually sticks around not just quick clicks or drive-by attention.

My name is Sharon Healey. I work with a community of over 2,000 active readers, a space shaped by what great readers genuinely enjoy and choose for themselves. It’s a community built around reader favorites, real curiosity, and books people actually want to spend time with.
Before your brain does the very reasonable “is this one of those messages?” check quick reassurance: these readers are real people. Not marketing traffic. Not bots. Not promo farms. Not a scam wearing good grammar. Just humans who genuinely read and share honest reactions on platforms like WDC and Inkitt.

No pitch here. No pressure. Just a friendly, human introduction and a little appreciation before saying anything else.
If you’re open to continuing the conversation, I’d be happy to share more about how reader-favorite selections work within our community. Would you like me to send over the details?
Warmly,
Sharon Healey
Community Active Reader Favorite Choice
Dad  Author Icon
Jay O'Toole Author Icon - Check out my poem "A Really Lousy Poem" Open in new Window., see if you can find the made-up nonsense word!
Two Word Tuesday

Give us two words that best describe sourdough...


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Jellyfish~Happy New Year 2026 Author Icon - I know. but it still stands. Nothing better than fresh sourdough from the city.
The Starter
Gut Health
*BurstG*   Featured   *BurstG*
Merit Badge of the Week!


Remembrance
Honoring memories and significant moments.


Associated Genres:
History, Emotional

Date Introduced:
February 27, 2019
Total Badges Given: 99

Who do you know that deserves
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Well... I'd tell you, but I forgot.
The public's reaction to telephones in the home, TV in the home, Computers in the home, microwaves in the home, free vaccinations for children given in the schools by a nurse, banning prayer in classrooms. Just a few of the things I can think of right now.
Sizzling Saturday...

          Name something that's red hot...
          and tell us how it got that way...

*Fire*   *Fire*   *Fire*

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The artist I hired is red hot because the pictures are beautiful.
Quite obviously a Blacksmith at his Forge making
Horseshoes
a restaurant chef in the summer.
Outside in -- or inside out?
Do you make New Year's resolutions? How many do you keep, and for how long?
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Maddie Stone <2026 Edition> Author Icon - If you are interested in Leadership Mentoring, John Maxwell has en entire book called Sometimes You Win, Sometimes you Lose Learn. Pretty good reading, and proof top your point that others feel the same way.
Jeffrey Meyer Author Icon - Thank you! I will look for it. *Smile*
no, just because it puts me under pressure to keep them.
Hope you had a Happy Monday!

         

         What else is M for?


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Morning!
Mail
magnifique, marvelous, merry, and... ME
Horror flashes
How do you scare someone in 300 words or less?
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joemjackson Author Icon - told you i could scare you... *Smile* and did it in 300 words or less *Laugh*
I can do it in two words.

No bars.
with sound, sight and smell.
A look at how to maintain or increase portfolio size by doing reviews.
What is the best portfolio size and how can you maintain that membership level?
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Excellent newsletter. I love reviewing others' works; I find it fulfilling and rewarding for to entrust to me— either explicitly through a review request or implicitly simply by posting— to offer my opinion and suggestions on what is always very personal work.

Not only can reviewing build GPs, but it also enhances one's visibility in the community, which increases visits to one's portfolio. And more visits can result in more review requests, restarting the cycle. Also, with reviews aplenty, groups like "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" Open in new Window. may offer upgrades to deserving accounts; they've helped me before, for sure!

Thank you for posting this newsletter to help newer members decide how to carve out their niche in this community!
         I love to write reviews, but I don't do so often. There are two main reasons.

1) Lack of time. I don't always have much time online. My only internet access is usually via this cellphone. If I could access WdC from a computer, I could write reviews (as well as other things) anytime I'm able to write and copy/paste them in when I get some internet time.

2) AI. I don't want to write a review full of my heartfelt thoughts and feelings about an item and its author, only to discover later that there is no author and the whole thing was automatically (computer) mimeographed based on a few user prompts. I'm sorry. I just can't see pouring my soul and my thoughts into a piece compiled by a soul-less machine that's incapable of true, self-aware thought.
Making sense of humanity's often flawed emotional logic in 2026 (and why it's more important than ever).
Who is your most unhinged character? How do you make them believable?
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K.C.  Author Icon
I'd have to say my most unhinged characters are that way because their crash outs are based on ones that I've really seen, experienced, or at least considered or seen considered. The range of things that people do help make even the craziest characters seem alive.
I feel like I want to answer, but then I would give the story away lol. Ummm, in my current project, there is an unhinged character that combines elements of the Joker and feminine rage. That's all I'm gonna say. It's like my wife always say, "You want horror? Just write the experience of women."
Aziem, I make him stay true to himself.
Wordy Wednesday



Tell us one of your favorite words...


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After last night

CELEBRATIONS🎉🎊🍾
Derg (noun)-Slang for dragon.
Cockadoole
A commentary on goals and the New Year.
What do you yearn for?
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          Complete happiness for everyone.
DS  Author Icon
LinnAnn-Cookie Baker Author Icon - I was, somewhat jokingly, pointing at the pictue next to a friendly derg's name.
More time to write and travel.
*QuestionB* Hey Writing.Com, we'd like to know! *QuestionB*

What are you reading this weekend?

*Reading*


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I am studying for my Math Middle School Praxis test.


For a change, reading a little of the work of Nora Roberts.
Fallocaust by Quil Carter
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