Summary

The Dad-Bods publication on Medium is celebrating its second follower and inviting writers to participate in a writing challenge to be featured in various topic areas.

Abstract

The Dad-Bods publication, having recently gained its second follower, is calling for submissions to become the first featured articles in its newly established topic areas. The author, Charles Roast, humorously appeals to Medium users to help reach a follower count of 595,000, surpassing The Startup. The challenge, dubbed the "First Anal Follow On! Writer’s Prompt Challenge," promises an all-expenses-paid trip for the winners and assures that all quality submissions will be published eventually. Roast emphasizes that Medium is a safe space for writers and that Dad-Bods is still a work in progress. He also humorously co-opts the term "curated" for articles published in Dad-Bods, offering professional responses to confirm their curated status.

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The author, Charles Roast, uses a light-hearted and humorous tone to engage with his audience and encourage participation in the writing challenge.
Roast emphasizes the importance of following submission guidelines and proper tagging to ensure publication.
He reassures potential participants that Dad-Bods is a welcoming environment for new writers and that the publication is growing and learning, with the help of several mentors.
The author playfully threatens to withhold claps and follows from those who do not participate, while also offering praise and features for those who do.
Roast acknowledges the challenge may push some writers out of their comfort zones but encourages them to embrace the opportunity for growth and exposure.
He expresses gratitude to his mentors and the Medium community for their support and guidance in developing Dad-Bods.
The author takes inspiration from the movie Taken to create a dramatic and memorable call to action for writers to join the challenge.
Roast is eager for submissions and is prepared to work diligently to review them, announcing winners in a future Dad-Bods article.
He humorously notes the administrative task of individually typing each follower's name and provides a tip for efficiently tagging people on Medium.

Time for a party!

Dad-Bods Just Got Its Second Follower!

We’re on a roll you guys. Follow On! Writing Prompt

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This is an invitation to submit an article to Dad-Bods and be the first featured article in each topic area. Oh, and to follow this pub.

Thank you, Cecil Adkins, for following me! Now all I need are 594, 999 to surpass The Startup’s 595, 000 followers (as of March 10, 2020). I think we could probably do that in, oh. . .say, a week?

I checked Medium Rules and I didn’t see anything about writing an article for my own publication to ask for followers, or to celebrate milestones like getting your 2nd follower. Not that that is what I am doing, mind you. No, I was just, um, curious.

Therefore, I think this is okay,

If it’s not, sorry, Medium.

If it is alright, SPREAD THE WORD! Dad-Bods is off and running! Well, we put our running shoes on, at least. So, we’re getting there.

And just so you know, although I would love it if everyone responded with an article, I certainly don’t want to intrude on your space. Medium is a “safe” space for all writers, especially new ones. I have been privileged to work with some very patient people who have helped tremendously with my understanding of Medium and my own writing. Please take no offense at my invitation to you.

This is my way of having some fun and offering a”challenge” to you. So, please join me in my light-hearted, good-spirited adventure. And, I need some new bathroom reading material.

Follow On! Writer’s Prompt

I have decided to ask my personal followers to participate in the First Anal Follow On! Writer’s Prompt Challenge (Yes, I said “Anal.” Where’s the fun in “Annual?”)

The weiners will win an all expenses-paid trip to be the first one (that is not me)published in each category! Exciting, right? I thought so, too.

Weiner Dog in Sweater by Dominika Roseclay, Courtesy Pexels Free Images

Now, for those of you who know me, or whom’s (is that a word? It is now.) publications have published my articles, there will be NO favoritism. But, if you don’t compete, I’ll never speak to you again. No, that is not a promise. It’s just an empty threat, so don’t go gettin’ all happy and shit.

Rules

Easy peasy. Just keep doing what you’ve been doing (some of you maybe should try a little harder, tho): follow the submission guidelines, and make sure your story fits the topic you are writing for. . for which you are writing. . .for.

Yes, there are. Photo by Miguel Constantin Montes, Courtesy Pexels Free Images

Submit your finished, edited drafts to me at [email protected]. Tell me what topic or topics you think you article is a good fit in, but no other comments, etc.,.

Anyone that compliments me in their article will get bonus points. . .I will sing your praise. Literally, sing. . . “Praise to (fill in your name here).”

The weiners will be the first writers published in one of the topics, and featured on my Features page (once I figure out how to do that), but if you don’t win and your story is not crap. . .er, I mean, if you submit a good article that meets the submission criteria, it WILL be published down the road. . .sooner, rather than later.

Properly tag your article. I’m not sure, but you should probably leave one tag free for me to use. I’ll ask Susan. . .and Kristi. . .and Marie. . .and Sherry.

Also, I am hereby taking over the word “Curated” from Medium (not really Medium. . .call off your cats!), since they seem to be lagging.

I officially hereby declare if you are published in Dad-Bods, you can say you have been Curated, and I will write you a totally professional response in your article’s response thingy, if you want, to confirm it.

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One last thing. Dad-Bods is still a work in progress. I am learning something new and troublesome about it every day. Fortunately, I have several mentors who are more than happy to drop everything they are doing to answer my probing questions.

So, I will work as fast as I can to get through all the submissions I am sure to get (please God, forget my request to win the next lottery. Just let there be some submissions!), and will announce the winners in an article posted on Dad-Bods.

Oh, did I forget to mention? To enter, you must be a follower of Dad-Bods. So, please follow Dad-Bods, then enter the Follow On! Writer’s Prompt Challenge.

Warning

These should be original, non-prior-published articles. For some of you, my topics may be out of your comfort zone, and you may be tempted to avoid this challenge.

Don’t.

I know who you are. I know where you write. If you are looking for your niche I can tell you I don’t have that in my publication, but what I do have are a very particular set of topics. Topics I have made up in a very short time. I also have skills. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you write an article for me now, that’ll be just the beginning of it. I will look for your writing, read it slowly, I will follow you, and I will clap for you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you and when I find you on Medium, I will not clap for you, I will not follow you.

By the way, if you want to see the real quote from Taken, you should click on the link in the movie title. It’s an interesting article on why that quote is so well-received and remembered. Thank you Esquire magazine and Stephen Marche.

I am now going to try to follow the advice of Susan Brearley, for whom I am a muse (NOT the single-use, medicated transurethral system {suppository}for the delivery of a drug to the male urethra; I mean the artistic kind), about reaching all my followers by typing individually, each name.

If I missed you, it’s only because I didn’t recognize your Medium handle when it came up. Please follow and enter anyway. If I added you, and you aren’t a follower, well, please follow Dad-Bods and enter anyway. And feel free to share or recommend to others that they may also enter the Challenge.

Last thing, then I press the button: Remember you can’t all get First Place, but as far as I am concerned, you’re all weiners in my Pub.

PS: Here’s a clue I learned: when you start typing the name, the box self-populates with choices so you don’t have to type the whole thing.

conny manero Jennifer Ribelin Sherry McGuinn J.J. Pryor James Knight Jody McAlister America Zed Jennifer Rosater Akanksha kharen ann santos Matthew Donnellon Xavier Van Holde Lisa C Hannon Alexandra Sol Kabir Mohammed Jolinda Kohl Mark Kolke Endyn Many Marie T Smith Lamson Jacob Archie Holloway Haruki Atemi The Subjective Narrative Bia Madeline Harding Cat Xavier Young Shelley Buchanan Rita Duponty Unique Writer James Frederico Hurt Kim McKinney Nekkyush Robert Locke The Good Men Project Tommy Ueland Lauren York Julia E Hubbel Bharat Susan Brearley Hawkeye Pete Egan B. Andoz Ercedes Waldo Otis Steve Halama Thomas Watson Kristi Keller CJ Kowalski Tushar Mehrotra Kristen Harlow Aamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀 Steven Ed Newman 365 Words Or Less Chris Hedges Laura Manipura Courtney Lawson Terry Barr Muriel Waley