“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

R.K. West brought us a one-sentence wonder: Maureen at the Mall surelymag.com/maureen-at-the-mall

"Final Rest" by R.K. West @ithinkiwrite.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity

My story, "Maureen at the Mall," appears in the current issue of Surely Magazine. surelymag.com/maureen-at-t...

my story is today's paragraph at @paragraphplanet.bsky.social ! www.paragraphplanet.com

Looking at a story that's been rejected several times, I remind myself that if I thought it was good enough to write, someone will think it's good enough to read.

How much do you like breathing?

Thinking your writing is too good or never good enough are both thinking errors. It is often quite difficult to accurately evaluate your writing as you cannot generate an objective viewpoint. Your viewpoint is informed by your personality and life experience. #writingcommunity #booksky #quality

Democracy is under attack, and the courts are at the center of the fight. I spoke with Jamie Raskin, Mary McCord, and Nicholas Bowie about how Trump’s tactics and the Supreme Court are undermining the Constitution, and what we all must do to defend it. Watch, enjoy and share. youtu.be/3I1r3jdrWbM

Don't give up. I have a story, rejected by 4 zines, that was just accepted by the 5th. I've got another one that I love, rejected 10 times, but I'm going to keep on submitting it.

There are a few people I'd like to have one more conversation with. Unfortunately, some of them are already gone.

Publishers who scorn simultaneous submissions: Then don't spend six months reading my half-page poem.

The president and his ilk openly advocate killing anyone who opposes them by firing squad and beheading, even say homeless people should be exterminated, but Kimmel gets fired for saying a person is maga. ABC is pure chickenshit.

Books to film 📚=🎞️ Ordinary People (1976) by Judith Guest was adapted to film by Robert Redford (RIP) in 1980. The film is regarded as a faithful adaptation which tells the story with economy. Some subtle changes are added to the acclaimed film for dramatic presentation. 👤𐀪🫂 #filmsky #booksky

The great thing about Ambien is that when you wake up you find out all the cool things you ordered on Amazon while you were dead asleep Last night I ordered two books for $40 each I would never in a million years spend $40 on a single book - and I bought two of them And a jacket for work 🤣

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks. Joy Reid nailed it.

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Charlie Kirk was not some great humanitarian. Death doesn't absolve one of their life's legacy. It is the period at the end of the story.

If you don't think the Republican war on #highereducation will affect you, try reading this opinion piece in @nytimes.com by Stephen Greenblatt: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o... and the Sunday magazine cover story on the war on cancer, which I can't find online anywhere, but whatever.

1/ For decades, we've been told, "There are two sides to every story," with the implication that both versions are equally valid (often with comparisons to two side of the same coin). This is utter nonsense. Sometimes there are 3, 4, or 10 sides. Sometimes, there are no sides, just a

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in." ~ Robert Frost

NEW: Republicans’ national effort to rig the 2026 election and win a GOP majority in Congress landed at a Missouri House committee hearing Thursday as the state became the latest to begin a rare mid-decade redistricting push at President Donald Trump’s urging. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Not just critics people in general want to know why you would put people who have a misdemeanor in a Maximum Security Prison on a plantation? There are some problems with this picture and we need to get them clarified quickly

Today on 101 Words: 101words.org/they-dont-wa...

My stats for August 15 pending submissions carried over 10 new submissions 3 accepted 9 rejected 13 still pending

"Your call is very annoying to us. Please listen carefully to our robot menu system, which is designed so that all choices eventually put you on hold with the world's worst music played at top volume."

8/31/25😢 Eugenics & genocide, nowhere to hide🙏🌎🙏

My micro story appears today at @paragraphplanet.bsky.social Paragraph Planet! www.paragraphplanet.com

What prompts people to say "pun intended" or "pun not intended" when there is no pun?

Alabama’s murder rate is double Los Angeles’. Don’t expect Fox News to cover that.

Arkansas’ murder rate is 2.6x higher than San Francisco’s. WHY WON'T FOX REPORT THAT???

Looking at my new driver license thinking, "Ugh. If I'm ever in the news, this is the picture they'll use."

ICE, Alabama State Troopers and Baldwin County Sheriffs break man's arm after trying to force him into the back of a unmarked non-government vehicle in Bon Secour, AL

Still thinking about moving to Canada? It's not as easy as you might think. www.canadim.com/immigrate/mo...