Writers Write! All You Have to Lose Are Your Chains!

Some items from earlier in the day and even from last week. The laundry is done. I went to church. I set out more traps for the rat. Now, I am waiting for time to go to bed so I can get up and go to work. MW called, and the connection was bad and when I tried to call back I got no answer. Wash, shampoo, rinse, repeat.

 Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender. Do not give them what they want by Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)

We do not know what will happen. But we can know who we can commit to be in the face of what happens. That is a strong beginning. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything, and everything we can save is worth saving. Let Julian Aguon have the last word: “No offering is too small. No stone unneeded … All of us, without exception, are qualified to participate in the rescue of the world.”

Writers point the way forward from Nathan Bransford's Blog

I’m not a sanguine person when bad things happen. I don’t think tribulations happen for a reason, nor do I believe in the comforting fiction of cosmic justice. Sometimes there are no silver linings. Sometimes the bad guys are never punished. Sometimes moral ugliness, when stared in the face, is just ugliness.

I do, however, believe in free will. So, when faced with a trial, the question then becomes: What do you do about it?

Well, we write.

The type of person who writes can’t help but see through the dark mist of the present to the promised lands beyond. We yearn to shine spotlights in dark corners. Even when our aim is escapism, we still must employ empathy–that critically endangered currency–to create plausible new worlds.

Speaking of writing,  my latest submissions, which I have decided to promote "Irretrievable Breakdown" from my "Dead and Dying Stories": A Public Space and Portland Review

StreetLit got what will probably be my last submission of "Problem Solving".

Another rejection for "Problem Solving" was also received in the past few days.

Thank you so much for submitting to The Dawn Review. After careful consideration, we have chosen not to publish your short story in our fifth issue. Due to the high volume of submissions we received, we are only able to offer feedback for the first 150 submitters this time around.

Of course, this is not an objective judgment, as writing is inherently subjective. We appreciate you trusting us with your vision and wish you all the best in placing your work elsewhere.

Sincerely,

The Dawn Review

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