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As you get older and aging takes its toll; it can become more challenging to take care of your daily activities alone. From maintaining your home to taking care of your personal needs, you might find it hard to manage on your own. At this point, you may consider looking into assisted living facilities. However, with several assisted living options available, knowing which one is right for you can be confusing. Read on to learn more about when to consider assisted living. What is assisted living? Assisted living is a care option for seniors that combines the best of both...

Eric LeGrand Has a Vision for a Coffee House The vision of building a coffee shop started during 2020. Now, Eric LeGrand has opened his coffee house on May 14,. LeGrand Coffee House is located at 10 Green Street Woodbridge, New Jersey, LeGrand's hometown, and as stated on the website, “will be sourcing extraordinary coffees from a local roaster and serve traditional baked goods and food items.”  Source: legrandcoffeehouse.com There are four main types of coffee available at the LeGrand Coffee House store right now: Columbia: "A single-origin medium roast with hints or red apple and orange mixed with a...

The Bl-article? An Arti-log? Don't believe the hype - when it comes to definitions of  “blog” and “article” on the Internet.  The #2 blog from “The 50 Best Tech Blogs” contains references that we’d usually find in an article. The #2 article listed in “The 10 Most Popular Articles in 2021” includes the casual expressions that we’d typically see in a blog.  More than an “online journal” now, the blog is “maturing”, as Tice notes in her article. Blogs and articles are crossing the bright line that had previously differentiated the genres. In this wild west of writing genres, blogs...

Writers can face many rejections through their careers, such as rejection from a publishing company, a book not selling as well as an author thought it would, or even disapproval from friends and family. Sometimes writers may get discouraged from these rejections, but none of these should stir that writer away from writing what they have to write. It's fine to get discouraged, but perseverance is key. But how does a writer do that when they're told by a publishing company, "We just didn't connect with the material?" Let me break that down for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2rR5RuJEPc J.K. Rowling is by...

When writing any type of fiction, there are no boundaries as to where you are allowed to go with your story. There are rules, but some of us don’t follow according to plan. For those who write fiction, we tend to follow an unwritten rule which makes us ask ourselves, “Can this really happen?” Sometimes it can and sometimes it can’t. Today, I want to touch on using what’s possible and what’s not possible (how to make this work) in the world of writing. In most fiction stories, we use the genre “realistic fiction” which means we follow a template that includes...

You have only a short time to write. You're far from home so you can't go to your usual Starbucks. And unfortunately, you have to write today, because the rest of your week is taken up by family plans, work-related things, and a doctors appointment. There's a coffee shop around the corner that you've never been to before. You feel a flash of anxiety at the thought of writing in a new place. How do you calm yourself down to write when, by the time you get settled in, it will be time to go? Something I've learned in the...

What happens if you offend your boss or your company? How about if you offend your significant other, your family, or your friends in your writing? What if there was a backlash involved? You may start to develop anxiety and have a grave fear over your next post. You may wonder if you are going to write again because of that fear, especially if that blog post is on Twitter or Facebook. In drastic instances, you may even end up getting fired. Many famous people lost their celebrity endorsements because they said the wrong thing or went hysterical and offended someone. But then...

With a fresh viewing of Zack Snyder's film in mind, the overall impression is that it is better than the original. A little bit better, not enough to make any lasting impression. By the time someone does another cut of this film, it will be all new to me again. Source: Warner Bros My memories of the first cut of Justice League were bits and pieces of fighting and Wonder Woman. She is still the highlight of both films. Her presence prevented the ho-hum stuff between the opening and closing credits from getting to me. THE GOOD STUFF There's a...

You have been going to your local coffee shop like Starbucks to write. Or maybe you enjoy writing at local library. Then all of a sudden the Coronavirus hits. You are thrusted into writing in an environment you don’t want to write in. You have to write at home, which isn't always good, especially when aggravation rises from being cooped up with your family. When you are in lockdown and can’t go to where you want to go, it sucks. Then things started opening up and you could write outside, but that leads to swatting at flies, dodging bees, or...

A character, let's call him Roger, is accused of committing a murder he didn't do. Roger goes on the run, dodging the police at every turn. A chance meeting with a mysterious blond leads to a confrontation with a nest of terrorists. All is remedied by the end as we learn that Roger has the information the police need to thwart the terrorists. Roger drives off with his new love, the no-longer-mysterious blond. That's all well and good, and you may have a great story on your hands. But what did Roger do yesterday? Last week? One year ago? Can...

By Melvin Chux  Writing is a beautiful way to express your thoughts, present new ideas, and make money. The life of a writer revolves around creating kick-ass content for clients daily. While this sounds interesting in theory, an annoying problem tends to mess up our flow. Even if you don't know the name of this problem, you've most likely experienced it. We are talking about writer's block.  What is Writer's block?  Writer's block, as it is so conveniently named, is a condition in which an otherwise experienced writer is incapable of producing written content.  People with this problem have no...

By Tom Tiernan The power of your story can be enhanced or destroyed by how you present it. This presentation is the Character's Point of View. There are three major points Of view and a host of others that are not often used. Here's a quick rundown of these three points of view and three minor ones. 1) First Person: This view uses “I” and “Me” in its narrative form. The character is actually telling the story. We only know what they have seen, and they have to be present in all of the critical scenes in the story. Example: I...

As members of Joe's Writers' Club club threw the term "Corporate Gothic" around, again and again, I became mystified. I agreed with the consensus - that the literary genre projects something “corporate” in the setting or conflict - and gothic elements like suspense and mystery in the style; yet, at the repeated mention of "gothic", I paused. I was excited about the project, but I felt dizzy. Pulled into a dream state, I couldn't explain what I couldn't explain. It was a paradox at play, and grappling with a contradiction in terms, I couldn't understand the meaning of "gothic" because...

Does Your Ego Hurt Your Writing?Have you ever been insulted? Have you ever wanted to be praised for something you've done? Have you ever felt horrible after a submitted story was rejected? Have you ever been disturbed about what someone has said about you? Have you ever gotten upset when someone cut you off in traffic? Have you ever felt guilty about something you did or said? If you have, then you have been a victim of your Ego. Your Ego is the source of most of life's troubles. Life is problematic enough without having to be concerned or worried...

With moods of happiness and anger and other mood swings associated with bipolar disorder, writing can be difficult. This is because people with bipolar disorder can act on impulse. Things like this can be intimidating, disorienting. Such as writing something without thinking that is threatening. This can alert the local authorities to knock at your door under the suspicion that you or someone else may be in danger, which leads you to more trouble just because of your writing. Photo by Anh Nguyen on UnsplashSo after spending time in the hospital or in jail (depending on the severity of your words),...

In our last post, JWC Secondary Worlds brought oversight to the migration of life forms that survived Ankhara’s fall, and those who emerged from the dispersion of Ankhara as a magical contamination, infecting Ezeoth and all which lived on it. Rechecking the red dots placed on the planetary maps, you may follow the migration arrows and determine where the many took shelter and built a city. Having established Regions and territories through the acquisition of resources, and by way of talents and skills learned both population and fame of ability have gone forth to offer trade. Photo by Robert Bye on UnsplashTrade = CivilizationThere...

Using the shoreline between G and I on the map provided below, as well as the radiating purple arrows, an orientation can be established. That was where the city fell, where myth met matter, and prehistory met historical record. If there were survivors of the theopolis’s ruin, they would have needed shelter in the mountainous jungle environment, this as well as resources to ensure the needs of an expanding populace. Photo by Mareks Steins on UnsplashOver the ages, natives sought out those resources, exploring and experimenting with all manner of substances, and seeking the aid of beasts. Technology from Ankhara is...

If you're an independent author, the Twitter #WritersCommunity is a vastly supportive place for authors. If you are struggling with inspiration, need advice, or would like a fellow author to talk to, this is the place for you. If it's something specific, search that hashtag, and voila, you have precisely what you need. Technology can be so cool. On the other hand, if you've heard of the #WritersLift, you may know that it is the lowest point for the writing community. Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash #WritersLift The #WritersLift was created to help raise the visibility of small-time creators...

From the creation, or establishment, of a universal existence or world to the point of self-reference by a culture to that event is marked by a very sharp line. The line of historic vs prehistoric, or mythic times. Mythologist and historians walk that line and have contests playing on both sides. The evidence is one thing, but the implications of what is known about the earliest historic accounts tell an amazing story. Some people care/believe, some don't, but for a writer, it is the mystery that needs plumbing. Photo by Joe on UnsplashThe Bottleneck Reckoning of Time:Infinity - yawning before Prehistory -...

This exercise seems over the top, but for a fantasy writer, it is extremely important to explore unknown possibilities. “Universe” has a scientific context that is well known, but this is not it's only use in fantasy language. Universe is but one kind of “Verse,” otherwise known as plane, dimension, or existence, and verses can be made up of several of these stacked in layers or envelopes. Valhalla / Midgard / Hel, Heaven / Earth / Inferno. I’m sure you get the idea, but the various cosmologies of earth’s myths and religions have many models to study and be inspired...