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I love the character "Hector the irrelevant elephant"

I love to write and lately, I've been in a sort of poetic mood. I tend to write poetry when I've got heavy emotional things going on that I need to get out. Apart from that, I write fiction. To say my genre is urban fantasy or romance/erotica is only half the story. Relationships, in all their...

Hello Lonely Bones. Nice to meet you. Your screen name immediately made me start imagining what a protagonist named Lonely Bones might be up to in a story. (The writer in me always sees potential story material).

People who work the system. I was dating a guy and discovered he was on disability for a back injury and received a hefty chunk of money from SSI. One day, he decided to get a job at a local auto shop and managed to talk the employer into paying him cash "under the table" so he wouldn't lose his...

Interesting, I had never heard of a pathological eater.

When I worked as an apartment manager I was so stressed that I ate to try and deal with it and like like you, hated myself. After I quit the job (and got some counseling) I managed to get back under control. I think I need one of those blow-up punching bags that rock back and forth to work out...

For as much as I wish I didn't, I deal with emotions, including loneliness, using food. I go through phases with foods and of course carbs are always the go to. Right now it's cinnamon graham crackers, and it's the sweet, earthy flavor of the cinnamon sugar and the physical feel of biting and...

Hi Radioguy88, Thanks for the welcome. Nice to meet you. Hi Black Manta, If you're looking for feedback on a chapter, a good site to go to is Scribophile. Plenty of eyes there and the criticism is constructive and sometimes comprehensive. The best part is that the draft doesn't have to be...

He said he doesn't love her anymore, Who says a thing like that? After 3 years of wedded bliss, With no signs of anything amiss. I hear his words but feel her pain. My throat constricts, my vision blurs,  This is wrong yells my mind, And my heart concurs. It's not a lack of love, It's not an...

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Disillusioned

Hi Kindness35, Nice to meet a fellow writer here. I can certainly relate to the spot of loneliness you feel. Here in Vegas, there are loads of people, but no one talks beyond the necessary. It seems impossible to find people who want to connect on a level that goes beyond advancing...

Thank you Raph. I see you are also relatively new. Love the ninja turtles! :)

Hi Everyone, I'm 51 but have no idea what it is to be that age because in my mind I'm still in my 30s. I'm an English professor/writer in Las Vegas and I pretty much fit the stereotype of the writer who is an internally conflicted, intellectually needy, addicted-to-something soul who suffers...