Judey Kalchik

Joined February 2021

511 stories

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It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

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The Lord of the Flies
Self-government is so easy even children can do it... on an island...alone. Except. This little Piggy never came home. 'Simon says' can never happen again and no Herod-ic handwashing can cleanse them from group violence.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Critique
Location Names
"What's in a name?", asked Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Well, when it comes to Location names in AI generated content, a name can tell the reader a lot.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
When Writers Support Writers. Top Story - August 2023.
It’s their first booksigning as a new author. They did everything exactly as they should to prepare, including sending out invitations. 40 people said they’d be there. 2 showed up.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Writers
Opening Paragraphs
The title and subtitle are the introduction to a piece and that first paragraph starts the action! On many platforms like Vocal and Medium, the first paragraph is also visible to a potential reader browsing through latest Stories, their homepage, or checking out the newest from the creators/writers to which they subscribe.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Featured Images
Besides a thoughtful and thought-provoking title and subtitle, the visuals of a piece set the tone for the reader's experience.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Titles and Subtitles
Titles are important; they set the stage, draw in the reader, and pique the interest as they build the desire to find out more. Subtitles are an additional nudge, a taste of what's to come, and often a clue to the upcoming content.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
You Can Find It! Identifying AI-Assisted and Generated Content
When I was a bookstore manager one of the things I did every Spring was make sure my CliffsNotes displays were full and that I had plenty of backstock for the always-assigned classics that students were assigned to complete over the Summer.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
If Not Now: When?
I can’t stand it because I see all of the negative parts. The broken hearts and hesitant starts the calloused compassion that doesn't disturb the righteous' sleep.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Poets
The Night I Lost the Hard Salami
"I don't know what to say," I blurted nervously. "I don't know what Real People do in therapy." Hearing the echoes of my words I winced. What a stupid way to start things. I only had three sessions as part of my Employee Assistance Program and here I am wasting time already. AND revealing something that I was sure made no sense and that I didn't want to talk about: my concern that I do things 'correctly', the way Real People do them. I was here to DO Therapy correctly.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Why I Write. Top Story - August 2023.
By the time I was 10 years old I was a published author. Ok, OK; so it was printed on a mimeograph machine and displayed in the school's front hallway on Parent's Night, but published is published, amiright?
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Writers
Leadership and Self-Deception
Have you ever scrolled through social media and noted a post from someone struggling? Someone asking for help? Someone battling depression, or that needs a job, or lost a family member?
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in BookClub
Collection Day
It started simply enough: I suddenly remembered that it was trash pick-up day. I walked into the kitchen and tugged on the flimsy plastic loops as I strained to break the vacuum holding the bag in the trash can.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Horror