I am very pleased to announce The Flash Fictioners a new writing community on Hive! I've been writing for around five years on Hive and many years before that on various platforms and projects. Yet still

Word Count: 1200 - 5 minute read "What time is it?" Paulo asked. My breath puffed out in brief white clouds, the drugs were wearing off and I was beginning to feel as flat as the dull grey sky

One of the great things I've learned from Levy Rozman, is a kind of theory of mind when it comes to chess. Of course I've learned a little bit more about the theory of openings, and practical moves for

In today's game I tried out a technique I learned from watching the Gotham Chess video from the "Chess Steps" series, for 1000-1400. Seeing as I'm a 1479 rated player I decided to give it a go.

As some of you may know, I haven't been playing chess now for a while and when you look at it, the reasons have been pretty silly. For a start my old ergonomic mouse stopped working properly with my computer.

He awoke again without opening his eyes, it was warm, as always, the faint cooling puffs of the AC on his face keeping his temperature at acceptable levels. Breathe in. The pungent antiseptic sting hits

Word Count 1030 I thought the device was the answer to all my problems, more than that, it was a key to happiness. A magic pill that would make all the problems in my world fade away. I remember a line

He found himself observing how the periods of light and dark behind his closed eyelids coincided with the warming and cooling of his face. The sweet smell of the grass they lay on tickled his neck and

Emilio Velasquez hated his job, like most people in his district he worked for the Holy Order of Banking

Kenshin's hair was cropped in a high ponytail scraped to the centre of his head. His red biomesh brakesuit was emblazoned with the crest of the Samurai 56 clan, a silhouette of a warrior seated, holding

They let her sleep these days, it wasn't always like that though. In the beginning they didn't let her drift off for even a second, not like now. Now she sat in front of an open window in a low chair.

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you, without a strong rhyme to step to, think of how many weak shows you slept through, times up, I'm sorry I left you. Those were the words of Rakim of Erik

Last week I celebrated my birthday on Steem. Three eventful years were completed last Saturday, which I didn't actually realise until my @steemitboard message on my last post. Funnily enough I was meeting

Guys this conversations I have had with steemians on my blog have left me thinking a lot about how much this experience is similar to life in general. There are many people with who you resonate with.

I am very pleased to announce that I have been allocated a speaker's spot at Steemfest3! Whoop! Whoop! I am extremely grateful to @roelandp for giving me this opportunity and I can't wait to meet all the

Hola , muy buenas tardes amigos de Steemit y feliz miércoles ,hoy les traigo un montaje hecho por mi con la aplicación de android llamada Picsart ,el motivo de este montaje , aparte de que me gusta hacer

So far in the last five articles I have pointed out to you the reason for your poor concentration and limited ability to focus on single tasks. If you follow the advice in this article alone, you may just

Recently in the Learn A Superpower series I spoke about how best to rid yourself of distractions in order to gain the newly established super power of concentration. We explored how the ability to concentrate

It's All In The Cards OK now we get to the really hardcore stuff, this next technique has been scientifically studied, and it has been shown that people who teach themselves this next trick, have a