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A Bike, a Key, a Beginning. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
I arrived in the Netherlands on September 19, 2024. When I stepped off the plane, the air felt colder than back in Greece. The bright lights of the airport and the steady rhythm of wheels turning on the moving walk-ways reminded me that I was in a different world now. My backpack felt heavy—not because of its weight, but because of everything I carried: hope, uncertainty, memories, and the aim for a better future.
By Dimitrios Polychronis2 months ago in Writers
A new cycle is coming: Learn and be grateful.
With just a few days left in the year, I'm taking a moment to reflect on the journey and the treasures I've collected. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that one of my biggest and most wonderful passions is learning. Maybe that sounds simple or weird, but when I look inside, check out my life, and talk to myself, I've discovered that one of the coolest things about being alive is waking up and knowing you have a new day ahead to live and learn brand new stuff.
By Zulay Coromoto2 months ago in Writers
The Healing Power of Publishing Memoirs. Top Story - November 2025.
Over the last eight months, I took a break from publishing anything new — apart from the odd piece here and there for a handful of writing competitions. And to be honest, after wrapping up the competition submissions and these past couple of years, trying to make it as a writer, I felt totally wiped out.
By Chantal Christie Weiss2 months ago in Writers
I Published My First Book
What do you do when you’re a writer and life seems like it has just gone completely down the drain in the past year? Well for most of us melodramatic writers you just typically write about it. I know, big duhhh. But for me, I decided to take it a step further. I have been saying for the longest time that I was gonna write and publish my first book soon, but with everything I’ve had going on I just never got around to it. So earlier in the year after a publishing company reached out to me I decided I was gonna take this as a sign to publish my first book.
By Joe Patterson2 months ago in Writers
Have Vocal's Efforts to Keep Stories in English Gone Too Far?
I have been having a peculiar problem with publishing stories on Vocal the past two days: each story that I have tried to publish has been bounced to me with the message that it is not in English.
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 months ago in Writers
Do You Want People to Separate You From Your Art?. Top Story - November 2025.
Roman Polanski, Kevin Spacey, Michael Jackson, Caravaggio, Richard Wagner, Woody Allen, J.K. Rowling, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Virginia Woolf, R. Kelly, Miles Davis, Carl Jung, Francis Bacon, and Jackson Pollock.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Writers
“The Pen That Wrote Its Own Ending”
“The Pen That Wrote Its Own Ending” By [Ali Rehman] Elias Rowan had written thousands of endings in his life — tragic ones, hopeful ones, endings that left readers breathless and endings that stitched broken hearts back together. But he had never struggled as much as he did now, sitting at his wooden desk on the edge of midnight, staring at a blank page.
By Ali Rehman2 months ago in Writers
Why I Usually Pick Airbnb's Over Hotels And When I Don’t
When I first started traveling full-time, hotels felt like the obvious choice. They promised convenience, comfort, and a sense of luxury I associated with “real travel.” There was always someone to clean up, breakfast was handled, and the front desk could answer any question at any hour.
By Jasmine Bowen3 months ago in Writers
