I’ve been on this Medium journey for two and a half years now, and love sharing the things I have learned along the way — Following my post where I shared my Medium-method — Reading And Commenting Are More Important Than Ever! — I want to share with you some more tips. Or… ways I do things. Checking Medium notifications As you know, when you log onto Medium, you can see the number of notifications in a green…

The home for all fictional and non-fictional stories of five chapters or more (last update: 19.03.2023) — As many of you might have noticed, once a week I post a chapter of the series, Thirteen Years. I publish that series on ‘Serial Stories’, a publication I created a couple of months ago. Why Serial Stories? I used to post the chapters for Thirteen Years with a different publication, but there…

Finding your way through my ever-growing content — I started publishing stories on Medium in February 2021, and with my ever-growing content, those stories needed some kind of index. Before 15 September 2023, the date of the last update, I had my index in this post, adding links to my different lists. But, I wanted it to look…

Shadows Of Mayday #35: Judith #2: She loved her life, slowly climbing the corporate ladder, and having affairs with married men — Start reading here Series: Shadows of Mayday Several personal stories of people boarding the same plane, which crashed in the Namib desert on the coast of Namibia…marierebelle.medium.com The next two days, they kissed and touched whenever there was an opportunity and no one could see them.

As human beings, we learn to adapt to the natural changes in life, those everyone goes through. The unexpected ones unsettle us. — Every new phase in our lives comes because of change. When we start primary school, high school, university, a new job, marry, have kids. Some changes are simple to adapt to. Think of going to primary or high school — they are part of the natural path most lives take…

Ebony knew she had to tell Burke, or it would forever stand between them — From the first moment Ebony had seen Burke, he had intrigued her. Her body reacted to him — The Commander — even when she sat at her desk and only thought of him. It’s the first time since… Ebony shook her head, not wanting her thoughts to go there. After…

Newsletter 2023–03: Whatever your craft, it’s hard work to reach and keep up quality — find this and more here! — Money, Money, Money Belinda chanted those words to herself as she slowly descended the stairs. Step… Money… Step… Money… Step… Money… Step… The metered words turned to lyrics and The ABBA song filled her mind, turning her fake one to a genuine smile. Those were the days — her teenage…

Shadows Of Mayday #34: Judith #1: She knew what she wanted and made sure she got it — Start reading here Series: Shadows of Mayday Several personal stories of people boarding the same plane, which crashed in the Namib desert on the coast of Namibia…marierebelle.medium.com Judith walked up and down the aisles of the tax-free shop and selected packages of cookies and bags of sweets. I will miss this wonderful country, she thought.

Sharing special moments helps your reader to connect to your story — Many moments fill a human life and those are the moments we want to capture in our stories. Those special moments have a positive influence on our writing, even when we write about negative things. Writing about moments grabbed from life makes our writing more authentic. There are ways to…