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When One Door Closes
November 2021 Standing in the cold, I was bundled with my hat, mittens, long coat, stealing heat from my husband. I peeked at my phone while we waited for the winter light show. The notification announced my monthly bonus from Kindle Vella.
By KA Stefana 11 months ago in Writers
Community Verification
Dear Vocal Fam, In light of DK Shepherd's article on the pervasiveness of AI infiltrating our community, I have been brainstorming ways we can turn this problem around and I think the simplest solution might actually have a silver lining! First a quote to show you in a brief snapshot of what was discovered:
By Call Me Les11 months ago in Writers
So the story goes
The red spiced tomato sauce bubbles, erupting like a volcano, out of control. Carl watches in slow motion as the crimson goo explodes upward, escaping the confines of the stainless steel pot. A tiny lava like drop lands on Carls bare forearm, blistering his skin and peeling it back like a banana. The pain is instant, and in his mind excruciating. However if a doctor were on hand his prognosis would be favorable, Carl would live.
By JBaz11 months ago in Writers
Help Wanted: AI Vigilante Task Force
I was on the fence about whether I should write this piece or not. But I decided to do it. I don't want it to be an angry tirade and I am aiming to keep my emotions in check, but it would be dishonest to say I’m not upset.
By D.K. Shepard11 months ago in Writers
Writing Down The Bones Deck #5
This post is inspired by Denise E Lindquist. I never would have known about this deck of cards if it wasn't for her. So thank you Denise for sharing this lovely deck of cards with all of us on Vocal.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹11 months ago in Writers
An Endless Summer. Content Warning.
Sometimes I think that my life is an endless summer, each day coming and going in this quick swirl of emotions and excitement. The warm summer air and the sunlight beaming down on your shoulders, looking out as the sun sets and waiting, or dreaming, of something new and far away and beautiful. A summer that is filled with so many ups and downs, you feel like your stomach might turn like it did that one time you were on the scariest roller coaster at the park with your brother and you definitely didn’t think you were going to survive. But because he was there, I was able to make it through. My brother smiled at me, grabbed my hand, said, “it’s okay kiddo, you’re going to love this”. He always called me kiddo. Sort of like Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill. Except he’s my silly, wonderful, mentally ill brother, and I am his silly and insane little sister.
By Slgtlyscatt3red11 months ago in Writers
First Kiss, Dreams I Hope To Share With Hubby, And How I Want The Relationship Between My Husband and Family
Rupi Kaur’s Relationship Writing Prompts — I would like the relationship between my partner and my family to look like ____________.
By Denise E Lindquist11 months ago in Writers
My Trick in Writing
Since I devoted myself to writing, I started to become serious with it. When I say serious, I treat it as an 8 to 5 job, the only difference though is I’m excited to sit in my chair and ready to write.
By Ann ☕️11 months ago in Writers
The Quiet One Who Does It All!
Ah, the classic feeling of being taken for granted—like you’re always there, doing the thing, and nobody notices until you’re not. It's like being the unsung HERO of your own story, and let me tell you, it doesn’t feel great. You know you’re doing your best, but somehow, it’s just expected. No big deal, right? Just another day in the life of “yeah, they’ll do it, again.”
By Komal11 months ago in Writers
That Time I Returned to Vocal, and Nobody Knew Who I Was
Gather 'round children and open your beautiful brainballs to a tale of adventure and exploration. An account of failure and resilience.
By LRB12 months ago in Writers
February: One Goal Accomplished
Early February: I've completed the first of my 2025 goals! Ooh it feels good. I put together a list of writing goals for the year of 2025. Admittedly, I assume there will wind up being more that pop up throughout the year, but I wanted to put down some things that were most important to me, and then try to get through as many of those as I could. It was 16 different goals I jotted down, and I assumed I wouldn't get through them all. But I wanted to try to get through as many as I could. Give myself constant goals on the horizon to strive for.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabile11 months ago in Writers
Read This if You Feel Like Giving Up
Life in its brevity often feels burdensome, yearning for us to be free of all the turbulence that stirs up its breaths in our hearts. How beautiful would life be if we let go of pain, anger, sadness, grim! I wish we had built-in programming that would delete all the moments and experiences that stirred catastrophic fires and raged war and kindled and whooshed the fire within us simultaneously! Human minds behold the capability of inventiveness, of loving, of living and yet with so much to be blissful about, we are inherent in our ounces to be boggled about negativity, to be enveloped in the traumatic flashes of our photographic memory. I know it is vital to be grateful for the goodness of life, the light that exists in our strides, the privilege and the beauties that we possess, the existence that we lead is a dream for many, that all consorts to be the gospel truth and cannot be denied. But at the end of every second we spend in this mortal realm, in the most painstaking way I would shout in gallant echoes of the rooftop, it is okay to not be okay!
By Hridya Sharma11 months ago in Writers