Thank you for running these great contests, @ladiesofhive. Here's my entry.

Oh my gosh, that might be the cutest baby I've ever seen! You must be so proud and happy. It's great that your friend could be there for you when you needed her. I have friends like that too. They really

I really like how you developed Gerardo's character, @lrscarmen. The entitled son was definitely not as worthy of the engineering job as he was!

Oh yes, you were naughty. But things could have been much worse, right? At least you weren't doing something bad with a boy, or smoking or drugs. I'm glad your mother forgave you and all of your friends!

I enjoyed your story, @abigail04. Sonia's list of favorite things as she was getting to know Thomas made me smile!

Hi @teknon. This is a separate initiative from writing club ( and The Ink Well ( It is a writing community called Write Club for writers who are trying to get published in professional magazines, as stated

Thinking about winning the lottery makes us all think about what is really important to us. I was amazed that so many people talked about what they would like to do for other people if they suddenly had

Oh this is just so completely charming. It made me smile! Isn't it odd looking back on the foibles and behaviors of our youth? What did we know back then? I commiserate. I really do. I did some things

I hope you had some happy Hive friend time, @samsmith1971. Congrats on winning the January contest. What a great story!

You are a gem of a human being, @agmoore. My time with you admin-ing (to coin a term) The Ink Well community has been a delight. I've learned a lot from you too, my friend! I'm sure we will be seeing you

This story took my breath away, @kemmyb. Your talent always amazes me. Wow!! The ending to this story was such an incredible surprise. Congratulations on winning third place in the monthly fiction writing

Wow, I really love this story, @popurri. It is magical! Congratulations on winning second place in the monthly fiction writing contest in The Ink Well!

I cannot believe I only just managed to read this story, @samsmith1971. (This happens, since we have multiple curators.) It is spectacular! It really touched my heart. You are such a gifted writer. Congrats

You are an inspiration, @george-dee. If more people were like you — took people in when they needed a place to stay, and forgave them for doing wrong — the world would most definitely be a better place.

Oh wow, that must have been hard for you to talk to your mother about your activities, and it must have been hard for her to not know where you were. The twins sound like they were some interesting friends!

Friends at that age can turn on one another so fast that it makes your head spin! Thank goodness for Peter. Without a solid friend like that, those years in school can be so terribly heartbreaking and

Yes, money does really change people. It always surprises me when people choose money over relationships. Even family.

Well that is absolutely true! #OwnIt Ha ha ha. 😊

I'm finally getting around to telling you how much I love this post, @deirdyweirdy. It's wonderful that you help make a difference for addicts and the homeless. That's fantastic. I cannot believe no one

What a crazy story! I didn't know people could so convincingly fake their own death. Maybe you can find him in a database of military personnel. This was an interesting read. I was wishing for some