I would describe myself as a sentimental person. I’m scared to throw things away for fear of losing any memory, no matter how slight, that has been attached to them. My six different Spotify playlists, despite supposedly being for different moods and occasions, have all been described as “way too melancholic.” I love getting Snapchat […]
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1. Tokbergen Abiyev Tokbergen Abiyev YouTube Tokbergen Abiyev is a journalist is Kazakhstan. While he was working as the editor of a newspaper based in the capital that was known for writing about corruption in the government, he made an announcement on December 20, 2012 that he had a very important news story that he […]
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A YouTuber who posted racist videos and said he is “ambitious for more kills” has been arrested by Florida police for allegedly transmitting threatening interstate communications, according to the Sun-Sentinel. Mostafa Hussaini, a 34-year-old who goes by the name Vam Vami on YouTube and who has called himself a racist, has openly discussed killing all […]
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This hardworking young mother is proof that nobody stands in your way of success except for yourself. She became pregnant at a very young age, gave up her education and was bullied for being a teenage mother – but Rachel went against all odds as she knew that there are good things waiting for her […]
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For the 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Today’s prompt is to write a Gratitude Poem. For today’s prompt, write a gratitude poem. Find something to be grateful about. Or write about […]
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Nora Roberts, who also writes as J.D. Robb, is known for her romance novels. Today she’s out with a new romance, The Rise of the Magicks. It’s the third and final book of her Chronicles of The One series. With these Nora Roberts quotes, we revisit her June 2001 WD interview with Katie Struckel in […]
Continue readingThe final Writing Challenge of 2019 is here!Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash Thanks to Literally Literary for hosting our final Writing Challenge of 2019! Much as I expected, the prompt they’ve come up with is not your typical holiday prompt. This one manages to be both specific and broad at the same time, with plenty of […]
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For the 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Today’s prompt is to write a Meal Poem. For today’s prompt, write a meal poem. The meal can be healthy or not so much. […]
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Trigger warning: domestic abuse and violence My entire life, from the time I was a precious little girl, I wanted one thing: To love and be loved. I held a heart far too big for a world that seemed to reject girls who wore their hearts on their sleeves. I would dream of my wedding […]
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For the 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Today’s prompt is to write a The End Poem. For today’s prompt, write a the end poem. It’s the end of the first draft […]
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