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On Long and Unwilling Mornings in Bed

I lay in bed for two hours this morning - not by choice, not really. I just couldn't summon the energy it would've taken to pull myself out. I looked aimlessly ...

Writers win 5 Steem! 24 Hour short story contest for May 22--A test pilot returns to Earth after the first-ever faster-than-light space flight.

 The 24 hour short story challenge (But you'll get a little more time than that...) I am fascinated by science fiction writer Harlan Ellison writing short ...

Upgrade Your Life: Drop The Victim Mentality

I’m rather intrigued to see how this post will be received. Could go well… we will see. Rpg Life In life, we assume different roles in order to achieve differen...

Writers Win 5 Steem! (And now with more prizes.) Twenty-four hour short story contest for May 15. A man reads a newspaper ad: If you have the credits. We have the time travel.

 The 24 hour short story challenge (But you'll get a little more time than that...) I am fascinated by science fiction writer Harlan Ellison writing short ...

If You Have the Credits...

He looks down at the body on the metal gurney, icy to the touch. Her beauty is perfect, like a rose in full bloom. He gently pulls the blanket over her face and...

Male Pencil portrait-portrait drawing-showing the process step by step

so turns out that artists block is a real thing..... last time i finished a drawing-that was 11 days ago. i started working on a different drawing right after i...

Steem Wars - There's No Hope or The Post Where It Begins

> It's almost like millions of souls sighed with indifference and wandered off doing their own thing... The Time Lord had a headache. Not the pounding thump of ...

Hack Your Life Series: Play To Win ... And Be Happy

When was the last time you did something silly, acted goofy, pretended to be someone you are not?? If it's been a while, you might want to consider trying it ou...

Homemade Wild Ramp Pesto [Foraged and Delicious AF]

Homemade Wild Foraged Ramp Pesto Day! Ramps are a member of the allium family (think garlic and onions) that are found only the southern Appalachian region. The...

The Curation Component

https://steemitimages.com/DQme72LN3vGCkp3d7K2Vk8RWsipngNKyzEPtpiJCsfiyDZq/image.png Part of me thinks all the advantages of curation on Steemit are dead. Even t...

So... You Want To Get Published

https://yaarendezvousdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/5-steps-to-getting-published-young-adult-author-rendezvous.jpg It’s finally finished. You’ve worked, and...

When Our Heros Become Human

Ryan Geddes is a writer and entreprenuer located in Toronto Canada. When he's not writing, hes helping with House&Canvas Furniture Paint....

Hack Your Life: An Introduction To Flow

You know the feeling. Everything is going right, you are on top of the world, every click is a headshot. There are many terms for it. Being in the zone. Beast M...

Acoustic Improv

When you are learning an instrument - one of the first things you learn are simple melodies. Eventually you learn about scales and chords and how they interact....

Be Truly helpful!

Be Truly helpful! This picture is from the public domain version of A Course In Miracles....

Sacrifice: A Dystopian Short Story

Isaac glances down at his pale, ghostly hands, at the fingers that have never swung a hammer - peruses the contents of the sterile white office within which he ...

Spaceship

Spaceship Pixabay.com The artist of this art is so amazing, he/she knows how to put colors together, she/he knows hot wo combine colors that is so nice in the e...

The plague doctor has arrived!

Yes, it is I, your resident expert in bubonic plagues, leeches, witch trials, stylish masks with beaks, and all manner of other things involving medieval medici...