Writing taps into the subconscious, allowing new thoughts to emerge and break patterns. Daily writing can dramatically improve mental health by helping individuals work on their faults and experience change. Characters in stories also reflect this, creating a world where people evolve and break free from repeating patterns, providing a cathartic experience.
Author: Thomas Cannon author
Real Romance is funny (and touching)
The humorous novella "Love Story: A Fractured Romance" by Thomas Cannon is currently on sale at Smashwords. Use the coupon code 6W4FE. For a free review copy, contact the author at thomascannon.author@gmail.com. Real love and romance are portrayed authentically, showcasing the humor in people's faults. More details at thomascannonauthor.com/love-story-a-fractured-romance/. Two related YouTube shorts are also available.
Shattered Not by James Patterson
I picked this book and only recently realized it shared the title with my book Shattered.
The Sweet Spot of Your Life
The author expresses feeling they've passed their life's "sweet spot," a term inspired by a song by Antje Duvekot. They mourn their declining productivity as an author and diminishing morality at work and family life. Despite their melancholy, they hope for meaningful endeavors in the future.
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Finding Places to Submit Your Work
The author, a successful writer with many published works, offers advice on publishing. Recommended tools include Submission Grinder, a free service that lists potential publishing opportunities, and Submittable, a platform popular with publishers, which simplifies the submission process and includes a tracking feature. Other resources include regular email updates from a specific website, Trish Hopkinson's website for poets, and Facebook groups.
My Take on a Romance Story
People are looking for problems
There is something in our current society where we have to be angry at someone.
Politics are a Drawbridge
I live in a city with 3 drawbridges. During the summer, the traffic is often stopped while the big boats go under the bridges. It just seems odd that we have to wait for those people that hare rich enough to own big boats. They are recreating, while some of us are going to and … Continue reading Politics are a Drawbridge
2 Examples of Advertising That Works
The fact that those watch for motorcycles ads work on me is great. But after those adds about just running your dishwasher even for like one dish troubles me? We don't run the dishwasher daily. But should we run it before washing misc. dishes by hand?
Open mic
At open mics, we share histories. We have experienced something so significant that we had to recorded it on paper or computer screen. And to do more than just express it, we needed to spend more time with it and use the exact right words to do it justice. Sometimes we wrap our message in … Continue reading Open mic
