The Moon Before Mars: Why returning to the moon makes more sense than rushing off to Mars contains #Essays concerning our #Future on the #Moon.
https://books2read.com/b/bWkXOq
#Essays
Welcome to the second Monthly Writing Contest of 2026! The theme this month is #romance
Submissions can include the following formats:
#flashfiction #shortstories #poetry #excerpts #memoirs #essays
Submission Timeline:
Submissions Open: February 01, 2026
Submissions Close: February 22, 2026
Results Announced: Week of February 23, 2026
#bookstodon #books #writing #writingcontest
https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/2986350_february-2026-contest-submissions
We're Doomed. Now What? by Roy Scranton, 2018
An American Orwell for the age of Trump, Roy Scranton faces the unpleasant facts of our day with fierce insight and honesty. We're Doomed. Now What? penetrates to the very heart of our time.
Calling ROMANCE WRITERS! The theme for February's friendly neighborhood writing contest is romance and its many subgenres.
Submissions can include:
#flashfiction #short stories #poetry, first chapters, excerpts, creative# memoirs #essays
Submissions Open: February 01
Submissions Close: February 22
Results Announced: Week of February 23
#romance #romantasy #valentinesday #valentine #bookstodon #books #writing
https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/2986350_february-2026-contest-submissions
(Please no NSFW)
Food for Thought: Essays on Mind and Spirit is a smorgasbord that reminds us to think and laugh, reflect and wonder, and rediscover the forgotten self. It "challenges us to examine our preconceived notions and open our minds to what is possible."
#nonfiction #Essays #books
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Thought-Essays-Mind-Spirit-ebook/dp/B09HN88F4S/
In our Weekly Top 5:
• Bezos, paper, scissors (The Atlantic)
• Feast or famine (The Guardian)
• One reason to stay here (The New Yorker)
• Any way you slice it (Slate)
• The real Winter Olympics (Smithsonian Magazine)
https://longreads.com/2026/02/06/top-5-longreads-596/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#curation #nowreading #weekendreading #longreads #essays #journalism
2016 Was Not My “Best Year,” Actually
Every so often — and especially in 2026 — I keep seeing this same take float around online: “2016 was the last good year.” People say it like it’s self-evident, like it’s some universally agreed-upon truth carved into the internet’s collective memory. The memes roll in. The nostalgia posts stack up. The playlists get shared. The photos from before everything supposedly went wrong get dusted off and re-uploaded. And every time I see it, I have the same reaction: Bruh. Not for […]
Check out The Moon Before Mars: Why returning to the moon makes more sense than rushing off to Mars for some #Essays about our #Future on the #Moon.
https://books2read.com/b/bWkXOq
Everything is a subscription now.
Not just software or streaming, but attention, work, and time.
I wrote about how we got here, why it feels exhausting, and what it’s quietly doing to modern life.
Read it here:
https://ryangartrell.substack.com/p/everything-is-a-subscription-now
#Writing #Substack #ModernLife #TechCulture #WorkLife #Essays
The Moon Before Mars: Why returning to the moon makes more sense than rushing off to Mars is my ebook containing #Essays that describe my ideas on what can be accomplished on the #Moon and with the #Asteroids, and why #Mars isn’t the destiny of humanity its cheerleaders make it out to be.
https://books2read.com/b/bWkXOq
The Moon Before Mars: Why returning to the moon makes more sense than rushing off to Mars. #Essays concerning our #Future on the #Moon.
https://books2read.com/b/bWkXOq
“Chasing windmills” often describes symbolic or misunderstood pursuits. This theme appears frequently in reflective writing, including essays on https://www.mayabutalid.com
Four days left to submit your work to the January #writingcontest!
Theme: FANTASY, SCI-FI, or SPECULATIVE FICTION
Word limit: 2,000
#shortstories, #poems, #essays, creative #memoirs are all welcome!
#writers of all levels of experience welcome
www.underground-bookshelf.com/writing-cont...
"When I cross the Bay Bridge I often glance south, to where the huge cargo ships seem monumental and still, as if the arrangement were permanent, as if the vessels were knights and bishops resting on water as solid and stable as a chessboard." —Rebecca Solnit for Aperture https://aperture.org/editorial/richard-misrach-on-the-eerie-grandeur-of-global-trade?src=longreads #essays #longreads #photography #california #criticism
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