Lisa S. Gerard@lisasgerard@me.dmme.dm

@sallyprag, editor of Age of Empathy offers July prompt "Waves." Do what you will with it. https://medium.com/age-of-empathy/the-great-divide-what-an-aging-parent-wants-vs-what-they-need-9f7922612b24

New partner program incentives coming in August. Lengthy explanation here.

https://blog.medium.com/new-partner-program-incentives-focus-on-high-quality-human-writing-7335f8557f6e

Medium has a chance to incentivize and recommend a different type and caliber of content than the rest of the internet, i.e. I think we can escape the attention economy.

I had an original thought today and it nearly scared me to death...

I have created several poetry forms in the last few years.

Check them all out here: https://creativeramblings.com/forms#writingcommunity

The Short Form is a great way to give a quick answer to many people at one time https://medium.com/the-shortform/my-ex-had-his-eye-on-ruining-my-credit-the-cold-black-heart-of-divorce-684906d20921

Sunday reflections. This still breaks my heart. https://lisasgerard.medium.com/the-most-heart-breaking-and-eye-opening-facebook-post-ive-ever-read-bebbd5fe747d

This is the only space I can shout out personal info with no creepers from FB/Twitter/IG who would care. Both parents of my grandson signed the parental surrender forms after 5 years and the wheels for me to adopt him are finally moving

Thanks to #Medium pub "The Pro Files" for the #interview. #writers https://medium.com/the-pro-files/life-is-hard-life-is-unfair-we-control-whether-or-not-that-defines-us-3e316261b17c

If you don't do it for yourself, who will? Promote your personal essay on positivity, growth, enlightenment, and love on Quora "Common Ground with Lisa" https://commongroundwithlisa.quora.com/

Heavy world issues, local strains, and family angst, too ~ I found relief even for a few minutes. Do you need some? https://medium.com/the-engage/the-2-eye-opening-tiktoks-you-must-see-to-believe-rewire-your-brain-now-8233929fa2cb

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

~ Sylvia Plath

"Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money."

~Virginia Woolf

In the midst of global topics and networking insights, I offer a side step into my epic dating fails https://medium.com/muddyum/dating-an-ogre-readied-lips-shocked-eyes-the-real-shrek-lives-aceea97e088a #dating #grandma #relationships #alone

A dear sister friend put my words to this and I love it, and her ~ she will be joining us soon @JudeyKalchik

@pjjackelman My sister SO glad you're here!

Thanks for the inspiration @coachtony https://medium.com/the-engage/mastodon-what-if-you-cut-off-your-nose-to-spite-your-face-ff786c9a48e9 #medium #networking #writers

Women make the world a better place for all and often with little to no recognition. This woman saw a need and it ripples through the mental health and public safety arena to this day. I am proud to call her a friend. #WomenHistoryMonth
https://medium.com/illumination/one-small-woman-makes-one-huge-difference-in-police-officer-training-6d720a264d7e

Thank you, @cendrineartist ~ it's great to see you here as I poke around

I am excited to be here - thank you - and have been waylaid from writing on Medium much. Here's why and it comes down to family first. https://medium.com/age-of-empathy/my-eyes-tell-the-story-lymphoma-blurs-the-now-and-later-78cb2c4ab304 #family #cancer #mentalhealth #reality