Jaysida is not a real person – she’s actually two people. Two friends with cautious parents (prompting the pseudonym) and an equal love for all things books…
Featured October Monthly Writing Challenge
My name is Lucy Aur and I’m a PhD student from South Wales. Growing up in a place with little money, a country where our language is mocked and our potential ignored, I have found writing to be a great power…
We Are All Trying
Nowadays, I see the importance of talking about mental health. Before I understood what I had, I never spoke to anyone because I was afraid they wouldn’t understand…
Add Out of the Ashes By Kara Thomas to Your Summer TBR
Kara Thomas, known for her YA thrillers, now explores a new, thrilling story about family secrets and murder in her latest release for adult audiences…
one step forward, three steps back
I’ll let you in on a secret: these days, when I see colleagues and friends being successful with their written pieces, an immense wave of jealousy crashes over me…
Finch
i am in pieces
a tornado, blown open, a belt wrapped like a noose, tight around old scars…
Dear Fourth Wave Feminists
A message to Fourth Wave Feminism:
This is how you are ruining my perception of men…
Dear Good Girl
You felt so unworthy of anything good that you took anything you could get and called it enough…