The Bookish Community on Medium — Hello, Bookiumers, If you’d like to submit your stories to Bookium, it is now open for submissions. Please ensure your submission meets the Medium Rules, including the requirement for users to have permission to post the content published on Medium. If you’re not a Bookiumer yet and want to join…

Use your creative time to create, not ruminate Everyone Daydreams Many creatives daydream as part of their creative process. Humans may be the only creatures capable of imagining the future and reliving the past at will. This study done by Harvard psychologists Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert concluded that most…

Great storytellers make great book reviewers — As an avid reader who loves to talk about books, it’s only natural that I’d follow a slew of passionate book reviewers on Booktube. In case you don’t know, Booktube is the corner of Youtube where readers go to find book reviews, recommendations, literary discussions, and fresh perspectives on the…

Nikki Erlick’s speculative fiction novel explores the complexity of answering yes. — Not knowing your death date allows you to feel as though there will always be time. Yes, you do need time to find yourself, learn what love is, and discover your life’s mission. But what if one day, you’re given the option to know your death date? Would you choose…

The Regressive Cycle of Progress — A drabble is a 100-word story with a beginning, middle, and end. These three are connected. I hope you enjoy them. The Past “I’m sorry.” The doctor frowned and let us be. Grandpa closed his eyes Outside his window lay remnants of chaos Piles of human flesh and bone. Thrashed nano-tech skin and broken…

These Exercises Will Crush Writer's Block — Need to wake up your creativity? Ok, grab something to write with, plant your bottom in a chair for 30 minutes, set a timer, and write. Remember: Ignore errors, move to the next line and keep writing Don’t worry about the ending. Enjoy the story as it unfolds Here are the writing prompts: 1980 Tech is Back It’s 2027…

August 1, 2022 — Yay! I’m participating in @Jennifer Burke Grehan’s August Writing Challenge. Our goal is to write for one hour on the day’s prompt and post it. Click here for more info. I hope you enjoy my creative take on the quote. Prompt: The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~e.e. cummings As the neighborhood kids walk to school, Old Lady Brown…

Do We See the Art We View? — Frida Kaloh’s painting, The Wounded Deer My husband and I recently attended a Los Angeles exhibition of Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo’s work. Kahlo (1907–1954) is known for her bold and thought-provoking self-portraits and her use of surrealist elements in her work. Her common themes include identity, her volatile relationship with…

From Hope to Eternal Damnation, It is a Potent Creative Symbol The Many Messages of the Crossroads Imagine yourself standing at a crossroads- two or so possible directions, each leading to an unknown future. As a figure of speech, “To be at a crossroads” is to face a major decision in one’s life. Nature leads you…