JR Gershen-Siegel

Self-Review – In the Direction of Prejudice The idea behind this short story is that prejudice in real life can sometimes seem almost random. After all, humans may shun people who have darker skin tones than they do. But at the same time, they may see similar people with tans and think—that’s attractive. Or normal, or even beautiful. And if you stop to think about that for more than a few seconds, you should come to realize: damn, that’s nuts.

Self-Review – In the Direction of Prejudice

The idea behind this short story is that prejudice in real life can sometimes seem almost random. After all, humans may shun people who have darker skin tones than they do. But at the same time, they may see similar people with tans and think—that’s…

Self-Review – Freshly Baked Bread As the narrator says: I grew up in the mountains. There are still some homes without electricity or indoor plumbing. I know because I was brought up in one. We ate wild game on the good days. On the bad ones, we would forages or make do with whatever was on the already-bare pantry shelves. My father didn’t believe in charity or government handouts, so we got neither. He would rather starve, and so that extended to us, that he would rather see us starve than take a handout. At least I was an only child. That was most likely the sole bit of good luck my family has ever seen. When I was six, I realized some nearby children would go someplace during the day. I asked my mother about it, and she said I shouldn’t talk about it anymore. Schools are of the devil, she said, and reading never did anyone any good because the only things to read were sad and painful things.

Self-Review – Freshly Baked Bread

As the narrator says: I grew up in the mountains. There are still some homes without electricity or indoor plumbing. I know because I was brought up in one. We ate wild game on the good days. On the bad ones, we would forages or make do with whatever was on the…

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Watch your language; this is a public market, son.

Still cruising along at over 55k! #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang #30Day50K

Over 53k! I hit 50k about 24 hrs ago. #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang #30Day50k

Self-Review – Zeugma The genre is science fiction/school story. The mood is educational and a bit playful. Or, to use a zeugma, it’s a bunch of bits of writing and computer memory.

Self-Review – Zeugma

The genre is science fiction/school story. The mood is educational and a bit playful. Or, to use a zeugma, it’s a bunch of bits of writing and computer memory.

Over 47k! Looking like I'll hit 50k by end of day tomorrow! #amwriting #30Day50K #TheInvisibleGang

Over 41.5k! #amwriting #30Day50K #TheInvisibleGang

Self-Review – Water Whenever we as a species are truly able to perform this task, I feel that it would be a vital part of our overall development. This is the kind of activity that will be revolutionary. It will thoroughly alter the course of our history. As such, it deserves a far more subtle and in-depth treatment than in this little throwaway story.

Self-Review – Water

Whenever we as a species are truly able to perform this task, I feel that it would be a vital part of our overall development. This is the kind of activity that will be revolutionary. It will thoroughly alter the course of our history. As such, it deserves a far more subtle and…

Self-Review – Quartz I had to fudge the ‘facts’ by making the alternative material horribly polluting. It was the only way to make this tiny piece work at all.

Self-Review – Quartz

I had to fudge the ‘facts’ by making the alternative material horribly polluting. It was the only way to make this tiny piece work at all.

Over 30k! #30Day50K #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang Plot is thickening…

Over 27k and somehow the outline is getting split again. I started with 50 chapters, I swear. Now I think I'm at 55? This'll be the beast that devoured Cleveland if I don't watch it. #amwriting #30Day50K #TheInvisibleGang

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Self-Review – The Hermit …how many real girls of the tenth century would have lost their lives for no reason apart from being female and not dying when a brother did? We would most likely never know the details. But it was rather possible. The people of this time frame were very superstitious.

Self-Review – The Hermit

…how many real girls of the tenth century would have lost their lives for no reason apart from being female and not dying when a brother did? We would most likely never know the details. But it was rather possible. The people of this time frame were very superstitious.

Over 25k and time for me to call it a night. Thank you all for your kind support! #30Day50K #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang

Still not quite at 25k, but need to take a break from it for a bit. #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang #30Day50K

Close to 24k so almost 1/2way to 50k! W00T! #30Day50K #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang thank you <3

Almost at 23k, will write more later. #30Day50K #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang

Self-Review – Buzz I really like the idea of the buzz from coffee waking us all up from our slumbers. And then, with the narrator, waking them up from simply blindly accepting every single little thing that goes on in the unnamed religious order.

Self-Review – Buzz

I really like the idea of the buzz from coffee waking us all up from our slumbers. And then, with the narrator, waking them up from simply blindly accepting every single little thing that goes on in the unnamed religious order.

Quotes from The Invisible Gang, a novel by author JR Gershen-Siegel

Just under 22k, coming along well! < #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang #30Day50K

Over 20k and humming along nicely. Will write more later today. Thx for your kind support! <3 #30Day50K #TheInvisibleGang #amwriting

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Over 19.5k and done early today! #30Day50k #TheInvisibleGang #amwriting Many thanks for your support.

Coming up on 18k! #TheInvisibleGang #amwriting #30Day50K Sorry for the small print on this image.

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Excerpt from WIP The Invisible Gang by JR Gershen-Siegel

Creeping up on 16k and done for the day! #30Day50K #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang <3

Almost 14k! #TheInvisibleGang #amwriting #30Day50K Thank you for your kind support. <3

Creeping up on 15k, so I'm ~30% done! #TheInvisibleGang #amwriting #30Day50K

Many thanks for your kind support <3

Almost 12k, still have more to do but need to take a break. #30Day50K #amwriting #TheInvisibleGang

How Online Community Managers Can Follow Corporate Requirements Yet Go With the Flow Consider simplifying your registration process, if you can, and embrace user-centered design. You still want to use a captcha code, and you still want to have your members sign up with a real, usable email address. But look at your process and see if there are any unnecessary hurdles. Are you asking for something like a potential user's middle name or home city? Isn't that kind of useless (and many users would feel that home city information would be excessively intrusive)? Jettison the question and your registrations might increase.

How Online Community Managers Can Follow Corporate Requirements Yet Go With the Flow

Consider simplifying your registration process, if you can, and embrace user-centered design. You still want to use a captcha code, and you still want to have your members sign up with a real, usable email…

Over 11k written, chapter 5 is done, and dang, this one is going to spill over past the outline, I can tell already #TheInvisibleGang #amwriting #30Day50K

Moving along splendidly; over 9k written. So, I'm ahead of the game.
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