Do you want to write a book one day?
Sunny Side Updates with TBIN || Week 37
📚 We’re all writers here (to some degree, regardless of how much imposter syndrome we feel about this title for now) — so I’m curious — do you want to write a book one day?
✍ I think one day, I certainly want to put together a poetry collection, with all of the 12837123 poems I’ve somehow accumulated here.
👀 (Ps, if you’ve already written a book, share with me what the title(s) is/ are! I’d love to add them to my to-read list!)
Shortform Theme of the Week
This week’s shortform theme is: Do you want to write a book one day? What would it be about? What’s currently a barrier to you writing that book? What might help you get a bit further into this goal?
Submit your shortform piece (<150 words) now to share your thoughts! (For prompt-based pieces, you may exceed the 150 word limit, but aim for 150 words if the idea of a longer piece overwhelms you!)
This is just a guideline for inspiration! You may submit shortforms related to other concepts if other ideas come to you! :)
✍ June Interview Challenge
Come join me in the monthly interview challenge! In this challenge, I’ll give you 5 reflection questions, 5 top five lists and 5 “prompts” to promote your articles!
Excited to get to know you as writers and overall cool human beings!
This challenge ( #June2021TBINInterview ) is open from now until June 30, 2021.
🌠 Ongoing Adventure Fiction Series!
I’ve finally launched a project that my child self has always wanted to do: create a collaborative never-ending story with branch-offs into multiple different storylines!
I’m so excited to see what direction this story will take so please don’t be shy on submitting!
Here is chapter 1!
For the most recent chapters, search “#OngoingAdventure” below! (PC users, CTRL+F is your friend. Mac users, 🤷♀️, I’m going to guess it’s CMD+F?)
The Brain is a Noodle*
*This is factually incorrect. Please absolutely do not go out and eat brains.
🍜 Piping Hot New(dle) Pieces of the Week
Challenge: *highlight* the ones you bookmarked/ read and make sure everyone gets highlighted at least once! ❤
🧠🍜 [1] The City of Seals and a Famous Slammer by Betsy Denson ‘OK, Will Hull, I did it, I clicked on the link… And on a scorching day, the sight was a drink of cool water and steep streets.’
🧠🍜 [2] One With Universe — Blissful and Complete Once Again by Ruchi Thalwal ‘For a long time, I had debated is sudden death or gradual one is better Grateful for the angels to bring a message that I had a day to be in this body’
🧠🍜 [3] 7 Months Down and a Lifetime to Go by Rachella Angel Page ‘Marriage is a lifetime commitment. A commitment to work through problems together, to communicate openly, and to love each other through both the best and the worst.’
🧠🍜 [4] What Marriage Means To Me by Shivangi Patel ‘Marriage is the union of two souls, two human beings that made a decision to be there for each other and align their interests in creating a future together.’
🧠🍜 [5] Grilled Chicken, Japanese Style by Thalia Dunn ‘Yakatori. Yum! Grilled chicken flirts with spices;’
🧠🍜 [6] Food For My Sweetheart, the Cinephile by Jupiter Grant ‘A haiku response to the food prompt “food for your sweetheart”! ‘
🧠🍜 [7] Soon Summer by Luke DeLalio ‘The house on the corner will start throwing parties — you’re never invited Shitty music and the laughing of drunk mothers banging on the window’
🧠🍜 [8] Fortunate by Coco Joan ‘Desire is a child, and children wear you out.’
🧠🍜 [9] The Avocado Assassin by Niru ‘Part knife, part scoop A plier in the middle This odd little tool Solves a messy riddle’
🧠🍜 [10] 11:11am by Ashlea Morgan ‘I wish… …I were talking to you …I knew what I should do’
🧠🍜 [11] Beyond by Ashlea Morgan ‘I love you beyond the words I have to explain’
🧠🍜 [12] And She Lived Happily Ever After by Nada Chehade ‘Disclaimer: The author is known for bolting out of her marriage faster than the speed of light. Reader discretion is advised.’
🧠🍜 [13] Whether by Luke DeLalio ‘I went out whispering in the storm today 5 minutes past the hour with oh so much to say A paper prepared, annotated’
🧠🍜 [14] Write for my beautiful Con Dao by Nhi Diep ‘I wish I brought a pen or a color pallet with me To paint this beautiful picture, to paint you People used to call you ‘the Hell on Earth’ To me you like a beautiful lady, with blue ocean eyes’
🧠🍜 [15] A Scene in Bright Daylight by Luke DeLalio ‘An old guy Garden party Enough alcohol to make everyone a lying clever philosopher’
🧠🍜 [16] Oh, Why? by Alex Godley ‘Why, oh why, Is a mouse so shy?’
🧠🍜 [17] Peep Peep Don’t Sleep by Chris Mooney-Singh ‘KEEP YOUR NERVES ON THE SHARP CURVES’
🧠🍜 [18] News of the World Translated in Space by Wolfie Bain ‘name a day if you want to sing out if you want to sing out a name of nothing’
🧠🍜 [19] Ask what you are looking for today by Warren Brown ‘Everything in life that we perceive, If we ask, we will definitely receive. We need to practice, practice, Then practice some more,’
🧠🍜 [20] Elated by Dr. Fatima Imam ‘Active and alert to start the day. Beaming and bedazzled to work for eight hours. Charming to everyone who wants to discuss the weekend escapades.’
🧠🍜 [21] Stories beyond compare by Warren Brown ‘Great ideas are very rare, Waiting for you to find and prepare, Marvelous stories beyond compare. Writers are present everywhere,’
🧠🍜 [22] Notes from an Ex-Therapist by Mark Tulin ‘Vulnerable people come up to me in my most private hour, spilling their deepest secrets, sob stories about their childhood I’m not in the business anymore, I say but the persona of a helper remains’
🧠🍜 [23] Fête by Luke DeLalio ‘Incessant accordion music in 3/4 time And a pounding on the barrels Slobs, sans teeth cavort and smoke’
🧠🍜 [24] Reunited with Poetry by Rachella Angel Page ‘Dear Poetry, You were my love and self-expression during college: an internal reflection of daily living. Used in praise of the tough girl I wish I had the courage to be and love for wrestlers like C.M. Punk.’
🧠🍜 [25] The Gods have sent us rain by Warren Brown ‘The weather Gods have sent us this rain, To wake up the earth and flourish once again.’
🧠🍜 [26] Winds Moan by Warren Brown ‘The farmer, the cattle and the plow, Work in the heat, the sun, and toil. The weather Gods have spoken, In rumbling and thundery tones,’
🧠🍜 [27] My Parting Gift to P.S. I Love You by Rambling Rose ‘I pledge to make the most out of these remaining few days before you close your doors forever following the 30th of June.’
🧠🍜 [28] May Interview Questions With The Brain is A Noodle by Sahil Patel ‘When I was child, I love to play. I play like I was a free bird. I love to went on outings with my friends. However, I don’t like to play anymore. I am more kind of introvert now. I don’t have much friends.’
🧠🍜 [29] Historic Routes by R. Rangan PhD ‘ On a recent road trip through the Southwest US, I noticed several signs indicating a “historic route” and prompted this attempt.’
🧠🍜 [30] Sharing Kitchen Space by Thalia Dunn ‘It’s made the rounds from my grandma’s spacious kitchen, to my mom’s bustling one of my childhood, and now to mine,’
🔊 Voices to Amplify
We don’t have to leave it to the algorithm to suggest our favourite pieces! Here are some of my archived faves!
Thank you to Yan Huang, Allison Gaines, Aimée Gramblin, Riku Arikiri, Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg) for writing and sharing these pieces!
The Eggcademic Corner
🥓 Quick brEGGfast Bites
What I’m watching: Still Grey’s Anatomy!
What I’m reading: In-between books right now, drop your suggestions!
What I’m listening to: 心亂如麻 — Janice Vidal
S🍳mething to chew over
🎊 Top 3 articles of the week
Celebrate with me!
😭 Flop 3 articles of the week
Give these a little love, will ya?
🧠🍜 Thank you to the Noodle Team!
challenge: pick 3 writers you haven’t met yet and get acquainted with their pieces!
New writers: George Cloake | Nhi Diep | Tarun Gupta
HerPrivateLife | Sohrab Khandelwal | Nerissa Talique | Gracia Kleijnen | Betsy Denson | KSHernandez | Luke DeLalio | Rachella Angel Page | Teressa P. | VV Valentine | Bhavya Mehta | Suntonu Bhadra | Noah Levy | Suzy Hazelwood | Ashlea Morgan | LS | Jessie Waddell | Dave Logan | Candy Marie | Himanshi B | Zihan | Elle How | K.S. | Sherry McGuinn | Diana Dee | Rambling Rose | Doran Lamb | Avi Kotzer | A.M. Radulescu | Laurie Perez | Paul Mansfield | B.R. Shenoy | Nada Chehade| Coco Joan | Bingz Huang | Shreya Badonia | Kimberly Carter | Las siete y más | Warren Brown | Trista Signe Ainswort | Kyomi O’Connor | Kay Bee | MaggieLaFae | Alex Godley | Haider Jamal | Josie Elbiry | Anthony Jackson | Hannah M. Moore | Michael Hollifield | Yana Bostongirl | TC Hails | Orla Kenny | Samedra Carter | Tatum Hamernik | Thalia Dunn | Nia Simone McLeod | Josie Elbiry | Keegan Roembke | Noorain Hassan, BMS | Humaira Iqbal | Zachary Burg | Bob Pepe | Will Hull | Jason | Courtenay S. Gray | Sahil Patel | Meenal Gupta | Amy Lee Kite | Evan Wildstein | Hilda Carroll | Chloe Hill | Paola Perez | Matt Ray | Wolfie Bain | Dena Ogden | Tasneem Kagalwalla | Yan Huang | Tree Langdon | Stuart Englander | Jennifer McDougall | Aaron Kemp | Rachel Ramkaran (she/her) | LS | Lori Welch Brown | Nicole Jiang | Crystalclearcandace | Em Unravelling | Jupiter Grant | Elle Beau ❇︎ | Suman Sandhu | Adam Deitsch | Mia Z. Edwards | David Majister | JF | Zach Neuman | Chris Mooney-Singh | Toya Qualls-Barnette | Karen Lappa Haas | Alan Henley | Michelle Bonfils | Zach Klebaner | Anna | Deepshikha Bhagat | Carlos Garbiras | Katrina Bos | Lisa Bolin | Sohaib Roomi | The Dozen | Malik Bellamy | Olivia Th | Shaista Malik | Emily Wilcox | Brajendra | Eva Rotolo | Bhavna Narula | Shannon Hugman | Ryan DeJonghe | Ryan DeJonghe | Dennett | Swagat Choudhury | Vivian | Mark Tulin | Arslan Mirza | Amber Carlson | Urfa | Whatsinanaim | Amy Pierovich, Ed.D. | Carolyn Riker | Tally | Shivangi Patel | Giulia | ScienceDuuude | Rachael Ann Sand | Divina Grey | Sarah Paris | DISHA GARG | Jen Kleinknecht | janny’s heart | Penofgold | Blank Voice | Kele Mogotsi | Jessie London | Indubala Kachhawa | Radhika Ghose | Mil H. | Zeno Faber | Maziar Ghaderi | Julia Appa | Campbell Christensen | Allison Gaines | Lori Lamothe | Tima Loku | Kim McKinney | Baye Amina | Tom Fenske | Johannes Mudi | Kasun Ranasinghe | Just a Slytherin hissing | Dr. Fatima Imam | Ntathu Allen | Somsubhra Banerjee | Veronica Georgieva | Life is Amazing with Books and Writers | Dandy Lioness 🌻 | Mindsmatter | Michael Ranjitsingh | Anjali Samaraweera | Krupesh Raikar | Rusty Alderson | Dr. Preeti Singh | Punch Drunk Cola | Melissa Speed | Ntathu Allen | Denise G | Carolyn Hastings | Tej | Vijini Mallawaarachchi | Amy Marley | Jac Gautreau | Erivaldo Ricardo | Roz Warren | Melissa Bee | Pretheesh Presannan | Daniel A. Teo | Anuradha Wickramarachchi | Niru | Priyanka Mane | Em Hoccane | Synthia S. | Alexandra Forsyth | R. Rangan PhD | Jacobo the First | Connie Song | Fathiyah Zb | Not quite Steve Fisher | Amna Asif | Aimée Gramblin | A Fresh Pot of Coffee | Rebecca Stevens A. | Imad | James G Brennan | Mary Keating | Jay Avery | h.a wadi | Pablo Pereyra | Isaac | jenine bsharah baines | Rochelle Silva | Jade-Ceres Violet D. Munoz | Ruchi Thalwal | Clare Almand | Dana Sanford | Naomi Leilani Acosta | Dr. Jackie Greenwood | Fathiyah Zb |
Ps, if any of these links are outdated, please leave a note to let me know!
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