Editorial goals for 2025

2024 is gone and, despite my best efforts to keep up with my writing goals for the last year, my production was less than I’d like to acomplish, althought it’s a self-initiative and I’m not being paid for this ‒ or for anything.

Last year was spent in recovering from a burn ( a real burn, with hot water, dealing with setbacks, remebering and compiling, since I’ve found out, by the end of 2023, that I’ve been drugged and explored in my intelectual property since childhood and for most part of my life so far.

In 2025, while I’ll focus mainly on personal goals, I’m setting a more modest content writing goal for this year.

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Sad Cypress

Wishing my fans (under a worldwide famous pseudonym ) a wonderful New Year's eve! I couldn't harvest recognizement for my early work yet, but by the end of 2023 things took an unexpected turn and started to get better, although it still doesn't appear so. Stay safe. A.Webb Originally posted on December 24, 2024

Woman in the Mirror

I wrote this poem as a child and this one has been commonly attributed to Cecília Meireles, because I took part in book collectives during childhood. That one has a book on poems for children published. This isn't a nursery rhyme, though.. I finally translated the whole poem into English (I grew up bilingual). Of course, this is not an exact translation, but rather an unprecedented adaption, as happens with poetry. You can read both versions bellow.. Mullher ao Espellho Read it in English Hoje, que seja esta ou aquela Pouco me importa Quero apenas parecer bela Pois seja qual for, estou morta. Já fui loura, já fui morena Já fui Margarida e Beatriz Já fui Maria e Madalena Só não pude ser como quis. Que mal faz esta cor fingida Do meu cabelo, do meu rosto Se tudo é tinta; o mundo, a vida O contentamento, o desgosto. Alex Webb Woman in the Mirror Today, being a zero or someone I no longer care As long as I'm the pretty one For I'm dead whoever I dare. I'v...

A micro-story for Halloween

This is a micro-story a wrote a long while ago. I haven't seen it in a while but I'm briefly recounting it here try to recall the same style I've used before without much effort rushing to be just in time for Halloween and I re-edit it later because I can't remember my exact words now. From then to now, I've just found out with an internet search that the phrase from my short story [spoiler alert] "I'm your period sorry I'm late" became popular humorous expression cataloged by Linguee website. The original version of this story was written by me soon after a trip to Spain, where I learned from Latin Americans I've found there that "Diego" is an usual euphemism name they use to call the devil in Spanish-speaking countries. I was doing my habitual tasks on Halloween evening when the bell door rang. There must be kids asking for "treat or tricks", I though, searching for the glass jar half-full of candies. As I open...

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