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My Study Books
To be honest I am looking for support in a new venture in writing. I am going to start to write my own study books from all the courses that I have taken from maybe middle school through graduate school. I have been re-reading some of my old textbooks and going over all my old notebooks and I thought why not make these into books. What do you think? As I was a teacher education major as well as a few other professions it would be a good thing, I thought, to offer all my material for future students. Comment.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
If Great Dead Writers Were on Facebook - 4
I have sent out small tips to everyone who submitted a story to my unofficial challenge from the third installment of these series. If you didn't get your tip (I'd wait a little to see for it to show up, though) please let me know. The challenge was announced here:
By Lana V Lynx4 months ago in Critique
What is a Vision?
Who knows what a vision really is? To me a vision is something that we want to see and hopefully come to fruition some way or how to show that we have lived the way that we want and wanted. I believe that I have several visions, and some have actually occurred. My first vision was to one day get my advanced degrees, my second was to write a poetry book and get it published even though it didn't sell. I am trying this one again for I wrote a few Art picture books and a text/workbook for Barnes and Nobels Book Nook in the form of eBooks, but so far, no takers, but still hoping.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
We Will Never Forget!
I was just waking up that morning after working a double-shifting weekend as a nurse. Mondays were always like a lost day for me back then for working those long weekends. September 11, 2001, was a day that is another Day of Infamy in the history books just like Pearl Harbor had become. My memory is while sitting on the couch watching 'Good Morning America' and seeing those planes flying really low I was wondering why are they flying so low and then crash and smoke. I just stared at the screen as kids today watch their screens. Always remember.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
So I watched Wednesday...again. Content Warning.
This week, I watched Wednesday, Season Two Part Two on Netflix and I have more notes than I did when I first watched Wednesday on Netflix in 2022. Someone told me to watch The Vanity Fair interview on YouTube because my theory corresponds with something Jenna Ortega had said in the interview.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Critique
Locker Days
It's that time of year again. Those days of lockers that seemed to fail you one way or another. For me it never seems to fail when I had to ride the bus, and it was running late for that meant you will be running late, and that meant for some reason the darn locker would not open for you remembered your combination, nothing was stuck that stopped it from opening. The warning bell went off and you try a few more times maybe you went a tad too far in clicks, but the final bell rang, and you give it one good kick, and it opens. You practically had to run to homeroom before the classroom door shuts, and you are marked absent for no fault of your own. How many of you remember such things happen to you in those halcyon days of yore, come on be honest.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
The "Trauma Plot": Have We Over-Therapized Our Stories?
THE "TRAUMA PLOT": HAVE WE OVER-THERAPIZED OUR STORIES? WRITTEN BY: LEGANCY WORDS I love a good character arc. I love seeing someone overcome their past, face their demons, and emerge stronger. But lately, I’ve noticed a pattern—one that’s become so common it’s almost a requirement for any story wanting to be taken seriously.
By LegacyWords4 months ago in Critique
My Favorite Dead Writer
Oh, what is this Facebook thing I keep hearing about. Is it like radio for I believe it is for there are programs one can listen. I am Maragret Mitchell that wrote a Civil War epic entitled 'Gone with the Wind' in the year of our Lord 1939. We are on the brink of another war to end all wars, and my book is one the shows how war affects the one's left at home to deal with the many challenges of just being able to survive. 'Gone with the Wind' is a story of a family The O'Hara's who believed in a system that seemed right for them, but not for society in general that had many right and wrong ideas of how to see 'others' as this guy Hitler that I keep hearing about in Germany.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
Back to School Again
Another school year is upon us now and memories abound for all ages. Do you remember that first day of elementary, middle school, high school even or college. The thoughts you had or for some still have. You see old friends and maybe even make some new. Wondering what you heard was true or false of the teachers you will be learning. Another year of questions and answers that will maybe leave you pondering with your own thoughts on how to achieve what you need to achieve and understand how everything may or may not fit into our daily lives.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
If Great Dead Writers Were on Facebook - 3. Top Story - August 2025.
I have started these series with the Russian writers and then thought why should I have all the fun alone (thanks to Raymond G. Taylor for the idea to turn this into an unofficial challenge!). So I'm opening it up for others who would like to see if they can bring dead writers into the modernity through their imagined Facebook or other social media posts.
By Lana V Lynx5 months ago in Critique
If Great Dead Writers Were on Facebook - 2
In my first story of these series, I've tackled five Russian writers. Since there are a lot more, some of whom might be less known to the English-language readers, I wanted to do another installment. As a reminder, the Facebook art here is generated by MAIK (My AI Kompanion, as I call it) showing off its improved capacities as ChatGPT-5. So, here's some more Russian writers' imaginary posts on Facebook, with an explanatory setup:
By Lana V Lynx5 months ago in Critique
