“It’s not so much about me but about who I am when I’m with you,” says Julie. This series doesn’t pertain to a specific person, but Julie, the author, bases it on her 17 years of casual dating and “situationships.” — Cast: Julie as herself for intro, AI Voice #1 as the narrator and AI Voice #2 starring as “Julie,” and AI Voice #3 as “Julie’s boyfriend.” (Names for characters coming soon.) NARRATOR (AI Voice #1):

You put it all your chips out there hoping you get something back, and you will, if you’re lucky — Random hint for the sight impaired before I get started: You can add the “Read Aloud” to your Chrome browser to listen instead of read. I’m planning on adding audio to more of my posts, but for now, I’m recommending that. (It’s free, and I’m not ashamed to promote free.)…

I’ve got a deadline. What’s your excuse? — It’s true. I haven’t done my dishes for days. The sad thing, is, I don’t even have children. I live alone and being busy writing in addition to working about 30–40 hours as a delivery driver is my main reason for neglecting my house duties. After I finish this article, I will do them. I promise. The rest of this story is on A Life of a Writer, which is one of my Medium publications. I didn’t realize I made this version live, but that’s okay. If you want to see the rest of this article, you know where to find it. Read more >>

This is a draft. This is a test. I am testing what happens when I submit to one of my own publications from a tablet.

Watch for this story on A Life of a Writer coming soon. I’m conducting experiments on how I could write while traveling and stay connected but not plugged in all the time.

Sorry Karen, I was having a bad day. The day I saw the title to this post, I was looking for some encouragement from a single woman's point of view of someone who's never been married and never had kids befeore. --->Trying too hard was never my problem: For me…

Disregard this story. I’m just doing a private video hosting embed test. Tap or Click to Play video and audio versions of this story Available only on Medium and private hosting service videomanapp.com

Introducing a new “Steal My Ideas” Newsletter coming soon — straight to you when you subscribe to my A Life of a Writer stories. — I have no time to write all the pieces I want, and I don’t mind giving another writer a shot at it. Scroll to reveal the l first idea you can steal from me. Steal My Idea No. 1 I proceeded to start writing about wearing sweatpants with flannels. Then, I cut it out…

An un-metered announcement with an affiliate link contained in it toward the end of this page for which I’d earn a commission. The audio playbox also has one affiliate link, just so you know. — That’s exciting. I just got my first Medium subscriber, so you know what that means, don’t you? I have to actually start writing on here more often now. Bear with me — gotta lotta irons in the fire right now. …