Feb 2, 2023 — #1 Fiction Frenzy Review — Hero, a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Victor, winner, conquerer, lionheart, champion! Data from Oxford Languages Everyone loves a hero and most everyone has a hero or three. This week, I’m reviewing heroes for five first chapters of web novels that are…

Update on the double drabble dragon contest plus a bonus lecture by Lucky about toxic and non-toxic foods — Did you know that there is a monthly cash prize contest going on right now? So far there has been a tremendous response to the contest and with less than a week to go, you still have an opportunity to participate. Here’s how: More Than a Drabble— February Challenge The Pros and Cons (TPC) presents a themed challenge with a monthly cash prizemedium.com

February 2023 — Four winners get Lucky! — February’s contest is officially over and 12 writers entered the contest last month. All the stories were double drabbles (exactly 200 words) and everyone wrote about dragons. Thanks for entering the contest Cathylouise, Tovah Rainsong, Jacinta Palmer, Bradan Writes Stories, Chris Yanda, Selina Miyasia, Jay C Wells, Rayne Sanning, Lonely…

The Pros and Cons (TPC) presents a themed challenge with a monthly cash prize March 14 is National Write Your Story Day — ‘As life is a story so we can pull out our experience by putting our fingers to a keyboard or pen on paper.’ This month you’ll write…

March 2023 — Four winners get Lucky! — The March contest is officially over and 6 writers entered the contest last month. All the stories were triple drabbles (exactly 300 words) and everyone wrote about a fictionalized true story about themselves. Thanks for entering the contest Tovah Rainsong, Colleen Millsteed, Rayne Sanning, Jonathon Sawyer, Chris Yanda, and J.C…

June 2022 — Call for Editors, Writers, Followers and Readers — TRADITIONS — DO YOU HAVE ANY SUMMER ONES? In my school day years, when school was out for summer (who remembers that song?) I remember going to the river and swimming almost every day. With the family. With the watermelon. With the inner tubes. The river wasn’t dirty back then, but it is now. …

A summary of what I’ve published on Medium since conception — Nine months and 140 stories later, writing has become my daily passion and goal. Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it’s not. Some may have distraction-free space and time to write, but I don’t have either. Not complaining, just saying. Feeling the need to organize my stories and articles, I decided to…

September 2022 — Featuring AYOT’s Founding Father! — Hello all you readers of Are You Out There! This month, I’d like to feature our managing editor and creator of the Are You Out There family, Graham D. Cooke. Graham is an ambitious 62 year old Canadian man, prolific writer and reader, supporter of many and supported by many. INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITORS …

15 months of Medium later — I made it to the 200 story milestone! I started writing on Medium in November of 2021, so it’s been 15 months of writing to get to this point. Now, most of you know that I don’t write full time like some writers on Medium, even my new friend, Tovah…

A brief summary of some of the myths surrounding the Draco constellation and dragons — DRAGON IN THE SKY There has never been a time in my life that I wasn’t fascinated by dragons. When I learned that there was a constellation called Draco, naturally I had to find out more about this group of stars. A very brief summary of Draco follows, then some myths surrounding dragons is…

a little late of a drabble about New Years Resolutions — There was a time that he made New Year’s resolutions. But not anymore. Sometimes it took a good month to break the promises he made to himself, but usually it was just a matter of mere days. “Hey, over there, if you’re not gonna buy it, you can’t stand there…

The Pros and Cons (TPC) presents a themed challenge with a monthly cash prize This challenge was inspired by Sweet Chaos and her monthly Hodgepodge challenge. Check it out here, it is a fun one to get your creative juices flowing. Hodgepodge Challenge — No 10 New resolution!— Themed Challengemedium.com The Pros and Cons has been silent for quite…

A collection of public domain emojis to copy and paste into your articles and stories — Public domain emojis, free to copy and paste in your documents. Thanks to Graham D. Cooke and Jan Sebastian for doing the hard work of collecting the emojis. I’m just copying and pasting to pass along to you! COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR OWN DRAFT: Jan Sebastian’s collection from Emoji…

Micheal wants to know what I would do with $100 million It all started with Sara Larca who started a challenge You Won The Lottery! (it’s time to be impractical) Micheal Woodruff accepted the challenge and in turn challenged me. What would I do if I won $100 million? And the winner of the $100 Million Lottery Prize Goes To What if it’s you?medium.com “The…

They say that your dog looks like their owner, is it also true that they reflect what genre we choose to write? — Fiction on Medium is growing! Not only are we writing stories , but we’re also talking about our pets along with other interesting things. In other words, we’re having fun with each other and with fiction. We started talking about our pets one day and they were all so darn…

A team to reckon with Harry Potter, Hogwarts, strange creatures and even the Weasley twins are part of an adventurous, intriguing and complex match-3 puzzle game “Harry Potter Puzzles and Spells.” If you’re ready for some fantastic stupendous and serious fun, just keep reading! Once upon a time there was…

A poem about silence — In the beginning there was silence, and the silence was good. Then God created mankind and it was good for a while. Mankind thrived in the silence in the beginning. But then mankind created noise and it wasn’t good. The earth cried out for silence and rest but mankind didn’t…

Which generation are you? — The Lost Generation — born 1883–1900 The Greatest Generation — born 1901–1924 The Silent Generation — born 1925–1945 Baby Boomer Generation — born 1946–1964 Generation X — born 1965–1980 Generation Y — born 1981–1996 Generation Z — born 1997–2012 Generation Alpha — born 2013–2025 Sourced from Daily Free Press If…

Firsts that might mean something to someone — First of all, I’d like to welcome you to my very first article about firsts. I don’t think there will be another one exactly like it since a second article would no longer be a first. If you know what I mean. I thought you might. …

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