My Favorite Cover Song — I am a sucker for a good cover song. I have developed an extensive playlist of some of my favorites, but there is one standout that I just love. The musicality of it combined with the original lyrics is sublime. To me, a good cover goes beyond the original artist…

Put down that fizzy cocktail and get to writing! Mama has new prompts, kids! — Get outta that funk… Hi Friends! It’s time for some new funking prompt inspirations for July!!!! If you tried any of my previous prompts leave me a comment and let me know what you thought! Choose your prompt from the selection below. Pick one or as many as you like. You may post your prompt response anywhere, any time, in any publication, or on your own page. Likewise, if you’d like to publish your prompt response here on QuickTalk, you are…

Yes, yes. I know. There is an announcement every other day from me. — As my suite of publications has grown and taken shape, my little pub playground QuickTalk has grown on its own really without much help from his Mama. When it began, I pretty much just named writers I knew as editors so they could self-publish their own work and I really…

In Theatres Now! (or…Never!) — “Ecstasy Parade,” written and directed by alleged fucker and sports fan Christopher Robin, is a sad romp of a movie that is neither drama, comedy, or whatever the hell Seth Rogen films are. In Robin’s first — and hopefully last — foray into moviemaking, he attempts to take us on…

My Balinese Massage — I Bared It All, Folks. — My favorite place I’ve ever traveled to is Bali. Hands down. One of the benefits of my former marriage is that my ex-husband worked pretty high up in luxury hotels, so we were able to travel around the world and stay at the best places. Like, the best. …

And now I’m right here waiting…. — It happened so quickly, that it took my breath away. We could have been oceans apart, day after day, but I never felt closer to him at that moment. I should preface this by saying from, say, 1988–1992 I was obsessed with Richard. I played his music constantly. I…

Cash prizes and a chance to be crowned Medium’s first Memoirist Idol — Memoirists, I have exciting news to share. The Memoirist is holding its second contest — starting July 1st! But. This is not just any ordinary contest. I give you: Memoirist Idol. Contest Rules & Guidelines Writers have one month to submit stories. Eligible stories must be submitted between 7/1/22 and 7/31/22 (by 11:59 pm…

He tried to tell me what my actions meant but he was wrong — Dear KiKi, I’m a divorced single woman in her early 30s. A few nights ago after a particularly tough day at work, I decided to head over to a neighborhood bar to treat myself to a couple of glasses of wine and some appetizers before heading home. …

Hint: I’m fucking manic. — My husband of 10 years—my fairytale husband who was my childhood sweetheart — the one I passionately argued with on the bus in kindergarten, once said to me as I was cowered in a corner when I was in my mid-30s, unable to escape, “you will never be happy. …