Writing Prompts

August 16th I call bullshit, Ella. I grew up in a neighborhood. It was a neighborhood like most of the neighborhoods I knew. Within the several blocks that I was allowed to roam, we knew whole families and the whole family knew us. Parents didn’t limit their parenting to those…

Bad Ideas In Taxonomy — Nobody has ever asked me where I get my ideas from. This is not surprising — I am what I like to call “an exciting underground talent in his pre-mainstream phase” and what others refer to as “an absolute nobody” and “literally who”. But like most people, I have been…

You bring the snacks. I’ll bring the prompts. — Bring on the party hats and confetti because I just got my first 100 followers! Writing about reaching this milestone seems to be a rite of passage on Medium. But I’ve already written about my journey up hundred follower hill once. I don’t have much else to add to that…

It’s My Turn Now — Ben Ulansey tagged me to participate in this challenge. 🤍 My inspiration was old poems that I once wrote in German. I have taken individual lines and slightly modified them so that they can stand alone and meet the criteria of 10 words. So, here we go! Doubts. Doubts? I don’t feel any. Tireless my shadows hurry. White night, my heart…

#17 The Quintessentials — Queerly Trans: Because trans does not equal straight!

Unemployment: between there and here — a year later. — ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤdark ㅤㅤdreary, downcast spiraling enveloping darkness Frightening, mind-numbing ㅤㅤ alone in a dark pit ㅤㅤㅤㅤno escape ㅤㅤㅤㅤ hopeless ㅤworrisome, depression outstretched helping hand enlightening, progressing ㅤㅤ together we can ㅤㅤㅤㅤ light! It’s amazing how one’s situation can change within one year. From hopelessness and unemployment to enlightenment and self-discovery.

She may never forgive you. — Were you ever a person who wanted to stand out and get noticed? I’ve often wished I was a rock star belting my vocals out to an eager crowd. But this was only in my dreams because, as an introvert, drawing that kind of attention to myself was frightening. When…