Home sweet home. If you spent the entire payout of this post on hard liquor, I'd completely understand.

@arrelaine13 told me this story the other day and my response was to ask her what third world hellhole this happened in. I should've known better than to ask. I get that people have the right to protect

Bittersweet. Mostly bitter, for me at least.

It's really a shame that your own community, who you directly benefits from your work, couldn't be a bit generous. I'm sure Rhonda would love to pay long-term, effective volunteers so they could work with

Since it's starting to look like this is the last thing I'll ever have time to write, thanks to my new work schedule, I'm thrilled to see it pop back up again. Thanks!

Holy shit. Bladder stones is right. Those had to have been life threatening.

I avoid calling myself a philosopher as a (perhaps foolish) tactic. I imagine that if I present an argument as a philosopher, it may distract those in a position of authority or those who look to authority

I accept. Thanks!

Congrats Anike and the rest. This was a lot of fun. I'd never written science fiction before but it grew on me in the process.

Home sweet home...

Admitting to being biased is very difficult for most everyone, and it can be a bit of mental gymnastics to get there if they've never considered it as a possibility. Yet, seeing bias in others is instinctive

Could this be foreshadowing of a new writing prompt contest? "The Day Gmuxxx Gave up on Memes"

If you'd like some help setting up a reliable backup system for your work just let me know. It's a lot easier now than it used to be.

Quick question: Would you be more impressed, personally, if I got breast implants or if I made a witty comment? I'm aware I can (and you'll probably say "should") do both, but this is purely

Thank you again for recommending this to me at a time when I really needed to hear just the things he had to say.

I'm ready.

For some reason I already imagined it that way.

Yessssss! Thank you so much for writing this. I feel this is one of my weakest areas personally, that I'm working hard to improve. This will certainly help.

I think that response illustrates the point just as well as you did in the original post. Nowadays, any character with more than 1% masculinity is considered to be a bloodthirsty prick. Like you said though,

I'm psyched, and so happy to be among such quality company. Participating in this and getting to know The Writer's Block has changed my writing permanently for the better. It's amazing the difference a