The Ink Well Call for Community Builders In the September newsletter, The Ink Well subscribers were updated about some big changes and opportunities, presented by @shanibeer, to move this community to

This is an element of a drawing from earlier this year, where I attempted to tell the same story as the one I've put down in words below. It's something that impacted me, and will stay with me forever,

Short Story Inspiration This story was inspired by a work of art I found in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. To read more about it, check my earlier post, which is also an invitation to join me in this short

Salome When we visited the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, I was impressed with an exposition of tapestries they were showing. And wanted to use some of them as inspiration for writing exercises or a short story.

Tapestries Yesterday afternoon, my husband and I visited the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, Netherlands. If you ever visit the city and want to check out a museum, make it this one. They always have a wide variety

Characters In the past few weeks, I've been reading up on writing tips. And of course, the quality of our stories largely depends on the quality of the characters our stories are about. Whether the challenges

Moving beyond the Comfort Zone I never thought I'd be writing a zombie story. Really, never. But doing it was so much fun! Thanks @snook, for an awesome invitation to try out something new. The cool drawing

Story arc After posting my first entry to theinkwell's Short Story Writing Prize, I liked how @shanibeer left a 'challenge' in the comments. Explaining that the main criteria for this competition is for

Hey all, Just a few words, before I share my short story. It's been almost two years since I last spent time in this community (seems there are a lot of changes to catch up on). I had started a new job

Weekends and holidays I'm a lucky person. My job involves a lot of writing. Means that when I come home after a day of work, there's not a whole lot of writing inspiration left. I started my fulltime job

Usually I share pictures of my face. Today it's the back of my head - my hair. Why? Because as I'm writing this, I'm enjoying my best diy hair treatment yet, and you can find out how to make it too! Plants

Childhood memories I remember going to this 'museum of the future' when I was a kid, and there was a door opening and closing by voice commands. I remember thinking it was so cool and imagining how in

Stories For ages and ages, we have been telling each other stories to provide a sense of understanding, as a way to remember and give meaning to the world and our place in it. Stories, when told in a certain

Are you one of those (lucky) naturally patient people? The topic of this post has everything to do with personal challenges. I'm sure there are a zillion people out there who naturally have a lot of patience

28 days It's been 28 days since my last post. That's a long time. I had my reasons for being away for a while. It started with that hardfork 20 situation. Everything I thought I knew about how Steem works

Life at the office For the first time in my life, I'm spending five days a week at an office. It's a great place actually, and we have three roof terraces where I go and sit for making phone calls or for

Irresponsible Last weekend I passed my driving exam, which I was (am) super happy with and which I also already told you about. The first thing I did the next Monday was go to one of those offices where

When it rains, it pours We've been having a lot to celebrate lately: First there were birthdays (mine on August 21st, husband on August 30th) then our wedding anniversary (we got married on my 27th birthday,

Pirate ships and ferris wheels During the World Port Days, a lot of stuff which is usually off limits is now open for a visit. Like this military police ship, that has been used for hunting down (real)

Energize! Every year we have the World Port Days in Rotterdam. A lot of people visit, and there are events to watch and join and enjoy. This year's theme is 'Energize!', following on Rotterdam's sustainability