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Howdy. For those that are new here, I'm AJ and like many of you, I write and like to help other people that write. I haven't been super active lately, and while I'm not here to talk about why I am here, I do feel bad because the things in my life have kept me from helping out a few people with their writing (shout out to @prettyscaries - follow her, she's lovely). My grandfather passed almost a year ago, which hit hard since when my great-aunt passed, I thought I was fine and then... I was in a mental hospital for ten days. So that was fun. In that time, I've gone through a bunch of different jobs and men and yeah, being an adult suchs. Any minors here, the teens isn't your peak, but trust me, you'll find yourself pining for things you fucking despite now.

I digress. I'm here to say that I'm not online all the time, especially not on Prose, and I probably won't be putting out too many stories. I'm working on an animated show that I'm pretty invested in. Given my track record, I'm not sure how long it'll be before my brain is like, "Meh, let's go write about a dolphin with a porn addiction" so I'm chugging along pretty hard to make sure I get as many notes and resources as possible. However, I also spend a considerable amount of time on Reddit (remember that mental breakdown? It led me right to Reddit), and while I love it there, I get really frustrated with the critiques on the writing subs. In fact, a lot about the writing sub can be so unhelpful and pretentious. Plus, it feels like nothing is organized in a way to get people to what they want to find.

So, yesterday, I finally pushed myself to make a subreddit that I have been wanting to for awhile. The sub is called The Writing Rug (just take out the spaces) and is tailored to be like a writing class. The goal at least is to be able to provide feedback and help people get good, useful feedback and banning people who try to discourage writers. I also want to be able to funnel my writing advice that I've given into one place, share the piles of resources I've hoarded over the years (it's a problem, I know), and help people succeed at writing. Since I believe most people I follow (I think there's some bot accounts in there from that debacle) have a lot of potential, I figured I'd share it. Granted, it's obviously still under construction with the goal to be going smoothly by late Septenber, but if you do have a writing question or need advice on something or just wanna see what I'm talking about to be nice (thanks by the way), this could interest you. Anywho, that's my spiel. Thanks for watching! Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming. Cue the TV static!