Thea T. Kelley

First Place: The Shark Mermaid Fiction Potluck is a quarterly competition where the guest judge sets the challenge. In first place, "The Shark Mermaid" by Thea T. Kelley, for April's Ocean challenge.

I won a short story contest! (It's *not* a cute story, despite the picture.) #writinglife www.writersworkout.net/post/25q2-1-sharkmermaid

What the #nokings protests accomplished:

Corvallis, OR stood up for #NoKingsDay! We love our country and want to save it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_smr...

How to Make Your '5 Things' Bullet Points Bulletproof The '5 things you accomplished this week' requirement isn't going anywhere. Here's how to write good ones and protect your job.

#Federal employees: How should you craft the "5 bullet items" demanded by #DOGE? In Clearance Jobs today, federal careers expert Nancy Segal and I offer tips to help you defend your job. news.clearancejobs.com/2025/04/02/h...

If you see that as a right-side up picture, it's horrifying! Ha ha

Took me a moment to figure out what that was!

Jo Walton on book synopses: "Any story sounds stupid when summarized." Yes! But I'll keep trying...

Lovely. And where have I been, just now seeing this post from 20+ days ago. ;)

5 Big Truths In The A.I Debate Nobody Seems To Be Talking About - Bang2write The A.I Debate has been raging since the technology dropped in late 2022. Here's some points that appear to be missing from discussion.

AI in the #writinglife: As promised, this article does raise points I hadn't thought about. bang2write.com/2025/02/5-bi...

The Writer’s Road to Creative Burnout Recovery Recover from creative burnout with these holistic strategies. Create space in your life to rebuild creativity and overcome writer's block.

Exceptionally clear & insightul article about creativity & how modern life becomes (but doesn't have to be) "death by a thousand cuts." www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/the-writers-...

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: New Research Helps Writers Fight Depression - Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris by Anne R. Allen   I started feeling it this last week: that dark heaviness lurking somewhere just below my conscious thoughts. It makes me burst into tears for no reason. I get clumsy and out of touc...

80% of #writers are depressive, sez @annerallen.bsky.social. Interesting! annerallen.com/2012/06/hell... #writinglife

"Just try pantsing!" GROAN

I was gonna say my least fave ting about writing is outlining. But I didn't want to deal w/ unwanted advice. Then I remembered how few people repy to my posts anyway, so no worries!

An old Russian joke: a man walks up to a newsstand, looks at the front page, sneers and walks off. The next day he walks up to the newsstand, looks at the front page, sneers and walks off. The third day he walks up and the newsman asks “Hey, why don’t you ever buy a paper?” And the man replies “I’m just reading the obituaries.” The newsman shakes his head “But the obituaries are in the back!” The man looks at him shaking his head. “Not the one I’m looking for.”

I think about this joke a lot these days.

Owners’ box

Apparently some people take things very literally! Whew!

Hi Rei! Glad to have found you here. I don't get enough interesting posts in my feed. ;)

But about the Chinese food? Deal with it!

Happy Hanukkah, JIAC!

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Is it fun to have your very own pet president? Personally, I'd want something cuter.

Some people have such sad problems.

I definitely agree with #1. Would have to think about some of the others, and hey, this is social media & I'm in too much of a hurry to think.

I pretty much agree with you, with reservations that you undoubtedly share. And I'm sorry that guy jumped on you that way. People need to remember that there's a person behind (most? hopefully?) social posts.

That's a good one! I'm also very fond of Up and Around the Sun.

To the “high road” Democratic leaders who say Biden should pardon Trump, knock it off. What the hell kind of a message do you think that would send? We need to fight autocracy, not flirt with it.

Love these ideas, I'll go with it! I'll pass on the Stooges marathon, it's too much like real life.

What do you mean by awakening? The first moment she felt desire, or the first fumblings with a partner, or what?

Nice pic! And I think your kitty & mine are long-lost sisters.