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  • wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up (Jul. 12 - Jul. 18)

    By wildone

    We had an interesting discussion last week with the Weekly Wrap Up. I see the weather has broke in some places and yet others is getting worse 😮  Up here in Canada, it is so hot and dry we are burning up. Over 1000 wildfires going on right now   I wouldn't go camping now unless it was on a river or lake shore.  So back to one of the parts of the camping theme, I mentioned about swimming. So if you never went camping, or you like 5 star service in a hotel or you camped on a lake or you
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  • Myr

    Sci-fi Genre Deep Dive 10

    By Myr

    Top Read Sci-Fi Stories Since Deep Dive 9 Top 1 Most Read Science Fiction - AI Consciousness Explores sentient AI and post-human ethics, often questioning identity, consciousness, and morality. The Construct by Topher Lydon Complete Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic concerned with the end of civilization, either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civiliz
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Filet Mignon And Girl Scout Cookies

'Tis the season, Girl Scout cookies are out and it's time for some serious money exchanging and pigging out on Thin Mints, which have to be the most cost effective cookie in the collection. My son likes Samoas, which are good because chocolate goes well with coconut, but not they're not as good as Thin Mints in my opinion. I'm a chocolate and mint kind of guy. Chocolate mint ice cream, creme de menthe over chocolate ice cream, grasshopper cocktail, grasshopper pie, York Peppermint Patties, Andes
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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"i Had A Dream I Kidnapped You And Kept You Forever" In Another Medium

Awhile back, I wrote a story about a scary occurrence that happened to my friend Jack. You can read about that here.   Anyway, the story has been read by Unit 522, a YouTuber who specializes in reading creepy stories. He did it in a collaboration with HauntingStories. Check it out here: (the story starts at the 5:24 mark)     I think he did a great job with it. Such a crazy, creepy tale.
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Updates On Writing And Some Stuff

0's and 1's is coming back soon!   I have been busy for the last two months between a trip to Vegas and some other stuff at work, but I am back into writing Book 2. Currently I have 2 opening pieces edited and ready, but I want to give myself at least 8 chapters lead time just like Book 1, which worked well.   It will be a scheduled release of 1 chapter a week, with an occasional special like Memorial day or July 4th Independence Day.   As for other projects, I had an interesting thought t
W_L

W_L

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Is This The End?

I knew I was jeopardizing my creative abilities by increasing the amount of Depakote I take to stabilize my mental state and, happily, I am now stabilized and do not fear having a misstep leading to a fatal plunge into nothingness. Not being suicidal is much more important than writing.   But, that does little to assure me that there will ever be anything more coming out of the creative vault.   Remembering Tim has two final chapters to publish. I wrote an epilogue to finish the work because
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Talia Jane- Entitled Millennial Or A Martyr For Today's Economy?

So, this Yelp employee named Talia Jane complained about her salary on a blog post. Then she got fired. Stefanie Williams, a writer and fellow Millennial with about 5 extra years of life experience, ripped into her with this invective.   To add on to this dogpile, a Gen Xer with 7 years of extra life experience ripped on Stefanie Williams for her own sense of entitlement and jumping to conclusions about someone's life. Here it is:   36-year Old Gen Xer DESTROYS 29-Year Old Millennial Who "Ri
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Pretty In Pink 30Th Anniversary

The classic John Hughes film Pretty in Pink is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, and I got to see a revival of it on the big screen last week. It's not as good as The Breakfast Club, but the soundtrack just can't be denied. Anyway, some of my favorite tunes from that film:       "Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" by the Smiths   As for my personal thoughts on the movie...it's weird, but I actually feel like I got more out of it when I re-watched it. I think the char
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Dayne Vs Fitbit Or, A Conversation With My Glorified Pedometer

Today was my first day wearing the Fitbit. For some reason, I see myself having this discussion somewhere down the line.   Fitbit: Dude, Dayne. How are you still gaining weight?   Me: I dunno.   Fitbit: I mean, you've been doing so well lately. Been meeting your daily step goals, staying on the right side of your calories in/calories out, and getting plenty of sleep.   Me: Yeah...   Fitbit: ...but you're still a fatass.   Me: **frowns**   Fitbit: Seriously, what the fuck have
Dayne Mora

Dayne Mora

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Potential Anthology Idea

Many of you will probably know that outside of my writing here and the small pile of pseudo-educational jobs I do, I'm also a political activist and one-time candidate. This is not a blog post to go on and on about my politics, but simply to set the context for everything else. Five years ago I helped pass an anti-homophobia and anti-transphobia school board policy, and since then I've had the distinct pleasure of watching people become less worried about anti-LGBTQ discrimination in my hometown
Hunter Thomson

Hunter Thomson

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Sine Cosine Tangent

This morning I read Don DeLillo's short story, "Sine Cosine Tangent", in newyorker.com. As surprising as it may be, I have never read any of DeLillo’s fiction, but this story intrigued me as it is about a teenager coming to grips with his parents' divorce.   The story takes place in New York City and covers the boy from age thirteen, when his parents divorced—in a very telling scene as he is doing his math homework, his father informs him of the fact—until the boy grows into adulthood. Therefo
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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In Your Facebook

I have the good fortune of being friends with a delightful young couple from Florida. We'll just call them Luke & Carter.   We love classic rock and seafood and being blessed by living where we do. There's really not anywhere like the Gulf Coast. Sure- it gets blown away every 40 years and we have to rebuild it but what the heck. It's worth it.   We have a long on going conversation thread where we talk about life, music, art and other assorted stuff that's shiny.   Here's a snip that
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Sorry For The Delay...

Sorry about missing a posting last week for Falling Apart. I hope you will understand that it was a very trying week last week as my brother-in-law (my husband's younger brother) died of a heartattack. It was sudden and very unexpected and left us all reeling. I was in GA (as some of you might already know from my status update) for most of last week for the funeral. Then I was sick when we got back and slept most of the weekend (except for another trip up to PA for a gymnastics meet on Val
craftingmom

craftingmom

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Why I Wrote Last Run To Mosul?

I am post timing this blog entry to coincide with Secret Admirer contest, I don't expect to win, but if I did I am really grateful to all the readers that chose my story, despite how different it is from my writing style.   So the big question for all the readers, why did I write a story like this? It's so tragic, so detailed and impact with a subject matter that is definitely Left of even Bernie Sanders , and holds a lot of questions about the nature of national principles versus geopolitica
W_L

W_L

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First Light

Cape Verde, Oregon 2019 July 04 1300 PST   What had once been on old barn was completely unrecognizable. Scientific instruments of all descriptions surrounded a concrete vault called the pit.   The pit contained the equipment to make the experiment work. It also protected the human participants in the experiment with a foot of lead and six feet of hardened concrete. Once it was sealed, it could only be viewed by remote cameras in the control room above.   The vapor of condensation washed o
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Through A Glass, Darkly

Through a Glass, Darkly   General George S. Patton, Jr.   Through the travail of the ages, Midst the pomp and toil of war, I have fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star.   In the form of many people In all panoplies of time Have I seen the luring vision Of the Victory Maid, sublime.   I have battled for fresh mammoth, I have warred for pastures new, I have listed to the whispers When the race trek instinct grew.   I have known the call to battle In each changeles
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Depakote Blues

It's only been just over a week on 1500 mg of Depakote and that old, familiar feeling has come back. You could say I feel like I was taking 2 mg of Risperidone and 1000 mg of Depakote, but it's different than that. There's no energy, zero, zilch. There's nothing there. It's like being in a warm pool of salt water. You just float there without a current to move you along. You're going nowhere and there's nothing to stop you from getting there.   Yesterday I wrote 3,000 words, but it was mostly
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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2.9.16

I am not the only one ... To look upon the sky And know Where I am is ... Perfect And not care
Toast

Toast

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Super Bowl L Impressions

The hoopla the NFL concocts around the championship game saved the day. The contest itself was mediocre. An overconfident young quarterback was hammered in a way he hadn't been all year, by the end you could tell he had given up. Who doesn't jump on a ball after a fumble?   Payton Manning should retire while on top. He's still a force to contend with at his age, but his best days are over. Remind me again why the Colts released him when they did? The man won his 200th game, more than any other
Carlos Hazday

Carlos Hazday

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I Quit

Some times we have take decisions which will more effect us than others. As well as some times they affect our life, our self respect and our personal life too.   I took new job in the aspects of unnecessary terms. I took it to prove that I am not nothing. But there I faced some obstacles which I never expected.   My own friends turned against me. They blamed me. And they broke my trust. Yeah I over reacted. Over expected. But I'll turn anything to prove myself as worthy, honesty and respect
Emi GS

Emi GS

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Cny

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paul.b

paul.b

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Have You Ever Had A Strong Desire To Save A Character From His Author?

It's a taboo among writers, which I understand. We respect one another ability and respect our works mutually   Still, recently, I came upon a story that I was so angry at and so desperately desiring to change the fate of its protagonist that I wanted to ask the author if he would allow me to do a sequel based on his work, which has been in limbo for years. I haven't done it, because part of me doesn't want to desecrate the author's work, but on another level I don't like seeing a character be
W_L

W_L

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Completing My First Story

Wow. Earlier today I posted chapter 18 of The Last Out, which is amazingly the final chapter of the story I've spun around Devin and Alex. I'm writing this and it feels surreal to me to have finished it (again, actually) and to have it published on a site like Gay Authors. I can't help but think 'what a strange, magical journey this story and I have gone on together'. The Last Out was never meant to be published. Not originally anyways. This was meant to be a guilty pleasure and escape, somethin
Hunter Thomson

Hunter Thomson

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Me Before You Movie Trailer

The trailer for Me Before You just dropped...it's pretty good. If you're not familiar with the story, it's based on a book written by JoJo Moyes. It focuses on a young woman from a small town who becomes a hired caregiver to a recently-disabled man. It stars Emilia Clarke (Games of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games). Here's the trailer:     I read the book once for a library book club...it was a pretty engrossing read. The set-up seems like an insipid romantic dramedy, but it m
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Zucchini Bread

Ingredients:   3 eggs 1 C Lard 2 C Sugar 2 C Zucchini (shredded) 3 t. Vanilla 3 t. Cinnamon 1 t. Salt 1 t. Baking Soda 1/4 t. Baking Powder 3 C Flour   Directions:   Preheat oven to 400 degrees Mix together eggs, sugar, lard, and vanilla Mix in cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder Add in zucchini and mix well Thoroughly mix in flour and pour into loaf pans sprayed with non-stick spray Bake at 400 for 45-55 minutes. Makes two loaves.
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens

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