(3/3 ⬇️ ) Also, this poll has had a lot more success than my first one about types of cheese! 🧀 😜 That made me think, shouldn't we fellow writers come together more often? I know we write for our #readers (and often for ourselves) but we could also be a community! In just this little chat, we already touched upon all the key points, didn't we? I just feel we are often alone in writing and we need to gather together with our fellow #writers just like they do in any other profession/ hobby!
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Kickstarter Friday
Kickstarter Friday

Some Campaigns I Think Are Worth Backing Or Studying Or Both! I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. Also, I…

Dean Wesley Smith
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In The Defense, Nabokov’s language is, as always, rich, sharp, and full of vivid imagery and wordplay.

The characters, however, feel strangely soulless and do not inspire sympathy. It even seems that the author treats them with a kind of superiority bordering on contempt.

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Everyone else seemed fine with it.

The routine.
The goals.
The life they were supposed to want.

He wasn’t.

👉 At some point… it stopped feeling real.

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https://kentwayne.com/2026/05/23/he-couldnt-unsee-it-anymore/

He Couldn’t Unsee It Anymore

At some point, it stopped feeling like life… and started feeling like a script.

Kent Wayne