Been highlighted much? How do you feel about your stories being highlighted? Personally, I feel everyone should be “Perlmuttered” at least once in their writing career, and I don’t mind reading articles that have been highlighted to death. But then, I can tune out my tinnitus, so my powers of concentration are pretty good. Susie Kearley points out that…

You don’t realize it, but you’ve just crossed a line Don’t beg. Or command. Recently, I had a comment placed by a new writer on one of my articles. The comment just said: “Follow me please.” No thoughts about my topic, or thanking me for writing the article; what he did or didn’t like…

It’s the best paying platform I’ve personally seen During the month of August, 2023, I wrote stories for both Medium and NewsBreak. I went back to check the numbers, and for both platforms, I published articles for 13 days out of the month. But where I earned only $27.59 writing…

It’s my favorite time of the day Call me a loner. I’m used to it. They’ve accused me of isolating myself. They’ve called me a ‘loner’ and a ‘hermit’, but the truth is: I love spending time by myself! I grew up the oldest of 5 children. The houses we lived in were always small, and children had…

You’re amazing. Just the way you are. — When I was 14, I was so clueless. I was a bookworm who still believed in fairy tale happy endings in spite of seeing my parent’s marriage disintegrating slowly in front of me. Boys were still aliens from another planet, since I only had sisters and no way to prove otherwise. Oh, and sisters were little fiends who…

my first job The day after I graduated from high school I moved in with my aunt and uncle in a nearby college town. A week later, I had my first job in Durant, Oklahoma at a place known as ‘Watsonburger’. …

Don’t judge me I’m pretty sure I don’t have the most attractive feet in the world. But they’re not hideous, if what I’ve seen on the internet is anything to go by. Still, I’d never have been picked to be a foot model, and I’m embarrassingly aware of that fact — it’s the reason I almost never wear sandals in public. Until recently. …

sweaty hands and giggly flirtiness Let’s give a big hand for surviving the teen years! When I was about 16, a group of friends decided to get together and go skating at the local roller rink, and I was invited. My skating skills were just okay. I wasn’t great, but I could stay upright. The nerve-racking part for me was…

what are they DOING out there?! I live in a very rural part of my state. No, I don’t live in the country or in the middle of a forest; even still, there are few people who live around my house in a small country town. One of the few people that live next to me is an older couple…