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Do You Think You Could Respond To This? (Part II)
You can only respond to the question with another question? Did I studder? Can I go First? Did you eat that?
View ArticleNot looking good for Roe in the Supreme Court
Fuck me, this is depressing. Another likely victory for the forces of regression and removal of rights from women....
View ArticleRIP OR93
OR93 was a gray wolf who excited wildlife biologists and wolf enthusiasts as he roamed more than 1000 miles from his home in Oregon down to Southern CA, being tracked through San Luis Obispo and other...
View ArticleTo the cat on my lap
Me: “Ignore him.” Cat: “But listen! He’s trilling, and meowing! It must be serious!” Me: “Don’t fall for it.” Cat: “MY EYES ARE HUGE! The rug has attacked him!” Me: “It’s a trap, you know it is.” Cat:...
View ArticleAdvent Calendar
Who remembered to open Window One? I have no advent calendar, so I need to borrow the Immense Excitement of the First Window Opening. Photos and poems on the topic are also welcome.
View ArticleHappy to find this community
Hi all! I was going through some of the threads and was glad to see an inclusive community. That is important to me. I knew I wanted to be a novelist at age twenty, but didn't work on the craft until...
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[PLEASE READ FIRST POST] Post the First Three Sentences of your Novel
By popular demand, we're bringing this game back to Novels. PLEASE follow the rules. This thread has gotten out of hand before. I know folks like this one, so PLEASE please be nice to each other....
View ArticleThings That Rock: A - Z
Anacondas... Feel free to comment on any choices above you - AFTER you tell us your item that rocks.
View ArticleThe Never Ending Story/5 word
Rules of this thread: #1 All posts must be of one line, no more. #2 Refer to rule #1 #3 It must follow the last previous word, in some fashion or other. #4 Periods are welcome and not so, if you get my...
View ArticleThe 2022 Sekrit Solstice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Story Swap!
Hear ye, Hear ye! The First of December is once more upon us, which means that we stand on the precipice of yet another season of writer-based joy and wonderment. That’s right, gang, polish up your...
View ArticleThe Perpetual AW Book Chain
Now that the Great AW Song Chain is chugging along nicely, let's see how a Book Chain does. Rules: Post a book and author that links, by title or author, to that posted by the previous poster. Example:...
View ArticleGenZ Publishing
Forgive me if this has been posted here before (I couldn't find a thread on it), but I came across this publisher recently and thought it deserved to be vetted by AW members in case some people Google...
View ArticleNoob
Hello to the forum members. I am new to this website, but not new to writing. I have been writing ever since I was in grade school. I have nothing published, but I want to change that. I have 2 books...
View Articlewhite noise
Hi everyone - I'm noisebloom! I've been writing my entire life, since the day I first understood what writing was (in retrospect, my conception of writing that day was scribbling outlines of characters...
View Article2021 Weekend Progress Report Thread
Welcome to all Weekend Updaters, past, present and future. Yes, it's a new thread for a new year! To refresh for those long-time Progress Reporters and to clarify for all the new ones -- we're here to...
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Heavy Metal Exoplanet Found Orbiting Nearby Star
Heavy Metal Exoplanet Found Orbiting Nearby Star With a density close to that of pure iron, GJ 367b may be the remnant metal-rich core of an evaporated giant world www.scientificamerican.com
View ArticleFind that word in your WIP
So, I saw this game on a different forum, who, for the record, stole it from another forum, and I thought it might be fun to try here. I don't know if it will work, but I'll give it a shot. The idea of...
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Scientists Plan Private Mission to Hunt for Earths around Alpha Centauri
Scientists Plan Private Mission to Hunt for Earths around Alpha Centauri A privately funded telescope called Toliman will seek habitable worlds in our nearest neighboring star system, potentially...
View ArticleLocation Abomination Mortification
A few days ago I discovered--to my absolute horror--that what I had written as my location,"where the bugs are," actually had a link...which took me to a google map with adverts for pest control...
View ArticleThe Great AW Song Chain
Some shenanigans (which were completely my fault) in another thread got me thinking of a Great AW Song Chain. Someone posts a song title and artist, and the next person has to find a link to another...
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