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(Text by @SteemedChitty, illustration by me) Ahh, Bowsette. What is it, about Bowsette, that has made the whole internet raise their pens and pencils up in the air and start swinging them around in a glorious

Hello, mes amis de Steemit! My mom has an unhealthy obsession with selfies. As you may have noticed, or not, I was away for a whole week and actually missed posting Learning to Leave [Venezuela] last Tuesday.

“Exile is like death. You cannot understand it until it happens to you.” – Golshifteh Farahani Stop what you’re doing for a moment (yes, including reading this) and ask yourself a question: What would

The 24 hour short story challenge (But you'll get a little more time than that...) I am fascinated by science fiction writer Harlen Ellison writing short stories in a book store window.  He wrote

Writing is great! Writing makes you express yourself! Writing is... Please, I cannot hear or read any more motivational speeches and quotes about writing. Writing is hard. And it sucks. And it is a LOT

[Photograph by @lymmerik] The tiny New York hotel room walls seemed to buckle under the strain of Hank’s harsh words. “You never do anything right.” Jane sat quietly in a solitary chair at a small desk

“Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins, however tragic in its effects, that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.” – Alain de Botton It’s

"Parting is such sweet sorrow." - William Shakespeare Many of you must have heard or read that quote before. It’s from Romeo and Juliet, and hard to understand without context. The famous couple

Ayer, en las horas de la tarde, me contactó el ilustre @fakj94 para notificarme que tenía una nueva responsabilidad: responder al reto de explicar mi nombre de usuario. Así, pues, llegamos aquí. Este reto

Hello Steemit! Hello world! I have come back from the dead to join my voice to yours once more. I’ve been away for almost a month now, and I thought a sort of update post was in order, so those who care

Welcome to my tenth art prompt writing contest. @arrelaine13 won the art portion of the contest with the following photograph. Writers are tasked with creating original works of fiction of between 500

Encendió el cigarro, lo acercó a sus labios e inhaló el humo mentolado. Sentía la calma volver lentamente a su cuerpo a medida que la nicotina era absorbida por sus pulmones. El cigarro después del sexo

My Rainbow stories are meant to raise awareness regarding animal abuse and abandonment. A big thank you goes to @damianjayclay for helping me edit and revise these poems. They are a set of two tanka. Tanka

Bright personalities often receive world recognition and fame, but they were often neglected for decades. This is the case with Sarah, whose remarkable devotion to become a web developer reached my heart.

T minus 6 Days With six days and counting until the deadline on 20th March at 00:00 GMT/UTC, I hope you’ve been inspired to the point of having your entry written and ready for that editing and polishing

I've always wanted to get the most out of life. Anything that it has to offer, I'll take it and make the most of it. One of the things life gives you, is the opportunity to challenge yourself. It's what

The fight for time is a hard one indeed, but essentially living a longer (awake) life couldn't be easy. Source for background: Seph the Zeth via DeviantArt Except it was. At least, that's what I thought

How to be a better writer? Read a book! How to be an even better writer? Discuss the book with other writers: #book-club! How to be the best writer? Get peer-review by fellow-writers: #thewritersblock!

Greetings, Steemites (This one is new, I think it's the one that should stay). Some days ago, I was in the middle of an important creative meeting (blabbering about my plans to upend my sleeping schedule

Have you ever felt like the day has too few hours to do everything your current life asks of you? Do you feel sleeping at night is overrated? Do the chains of morpheus bind you to normality and limit your