Novel Allen

Joined March 2021

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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.

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AI and it's Art. Top Story - August 2023.
I am the first to admit that I am oblivious to a lot of what is happening on Vocal. There is a lot to keep up with. I did ask to be made to feel warm and fuzzy, but now I feel like I if I am not careful, I will internally and externally combust. Things have certainly heated up on the platform.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Writers
Black Girl Magic
Celebrating Women's empowerment, female power, brilliance and strength, Bond's organization emphacises the beauty and versatility of Black women.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Critique
Gone With The Wind
Scarlett had a true love, Rhett. Yet she yearned for Ashley. A marriage of convenience. War. Two dead husbands. Her parents...dead, her home in shambles.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Critique
Jane Eyre
Was there ever a love so strong and potent, that when heart calls across time and space, one's soul can hear the reverberations and answer:
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Critique
When Deja vu beckons
This, my first poem on Vocal, was written two years ago and read by just one single, solitary, lone Author, Grz Colm. Thank you so much for being brave enough to go back into the dark ages to read my first entry on Vocal Grz, it means a lot.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Writers
The Devil's Half Acre
The Devil's Half Acre is a book dedicated to the memory of Black women who blazed a trail and paved the way for the freedom of enslaved women and people everywhere. In particular, it shines the spotlight on Mary Lumpkin, born in Richmond, Virginia in 1832.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in BookClub
Ali Baba and the forty thieves
"Thievery and thieving are wonderful works, robbing those rich fat merchants at nights is glorious". The first thief laughed heartily, thumping his mug of beer down on the old wooden table, froth flying everywhere.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Detective Andy Cooper, undercover Secret agent
Prompt You are invited to guess the identity of the guilty party at the end of the episode. The answer will be revealed in the following episode. If you choose, write a short story of your own naming yourself "Detective (insert name) Whodunnit" to solve the case yourself, explain your pick of villain for the ending of this episode. Post it here. Good luck! Winner will get a 😘.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Chapters
the magnifying glass ode
immersed in my 'hidden object' game trying to find those darned elusive shifty pieces scrunching up my eyes i am already half blind, mind you
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
I will rise again
If I should leave this mortal world Cry not for me For, like the magnificent and splendid phoenix I shall rise again Majestic, alluring and glorious shall be my form
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
The haunted mansion
The girls stepped into the light and found themselves suddenly standing facing a dark haunted looking mansion. They had been transported from the temple ruins to a totally different time and space.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Viva voce, I'm saying it out loud
I was tagged by the wonderful Tiffany Gordon to participate in James & Oneg's new Tag You're it Challenge. Here are the challenge rules: Tag You’re It! Challenge: "Pick a Vocal community and tag/nominate another writer to write a poem or 100-word Micrfiction story about it. BUT you only have 15 minutes to write!"
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets