The Bad and Mean Thoughts

I'm sure the majority, if not all of us, have or have had bad or mean thoughts at some point in our lives. In fact, many of these thoughts are expressed every day whether it be in real life or fiction. Fictionally it's things like books, art, movies, tv shows, video games and such. Not [...]

October 23, 2025

My writer's block has cleared! I don't know what changed but the story is flowing again and what I'm writing doesn't feel like junk. I'm super relieved because without my writing I feel like someone who's just floating through life, following the typical patterns. I can't wait to be able to sit out on our [...]

True Crime

I’ve been watching a lot of it lately because it’s interesting and it’s usually on at my parent’s house. I also just go through periods of wanting to watch specific types of shows/movies. Anyway, I noticed that different crime shows depict things differently. Like Dateline, I feel the show can go over an hour at [...]

Truth Can Be Based on Perception

Not things that are black and white, of course. Like if you fall out of a tree you’re going to fall down—only a dummy or smart-aleck would argue the opposite. Anyway, this post was inspired by a recent “experience,” I’m not sure what exactly to call it. I applied to be part of a movie [...]

Book Critique

When I enter Shift into a contest, if there's an option to pay extra for feedback, chances are I'll pay for it--no matter how many times I've already gotten feedback. Maybe subconsciously I need validation that my writing is good, that I am qualified to write despite never taking lessons or having a title to [...]