What is even happening here?

Hi! I'm Simon, known online as PopeSimonX. This is the Place Where I Put My Words. I have been writing basically my entire life. I wrote my first "story" when I was in first grade (it was, like this website, just a tidbit about my life). I have continued to write since. This site is mostly my non-fiction words, though eventually I'll probably have links to my fiction words too. My life has been dramatic, to say the least, and if I don't get the words out Somewhere, I think I might explode.

I don't use AI to write. For me, AI defeats the purpose. Writing is very much my release. I have literally written poems about how writing allows my brain to release the thoughts I cannot otherwise express. Why would I outsource that to AI? That makes no sense. So these words are all mine (whether that's good or bad is yet to be determined).

Why Ghost? Largely because I can post multiple blogs from the same website targeting different things AND I can send them as newsletters to anyone who is interested. Also, they will shut down Nazi accounts when they find them. Hell yeah.

At this point, paid subscriptions don't exist. As soon as my free trial ends, I will be offering them! But they won't initially offer anything extra (that may change!), but your paid subscriptions will help a lot. I am new to this "officially publishing" thing. I don't have a large audience and every dollar matters. Eventually, I want this to be "my thing". I know that will take time, and I'm not expecting much, but please help if you can!

(You can also just donate anything to my PayPal and use the free subscription for now. I do this with some publications because my income can be unreliable. Thanks self-employment!)

SUBSCRIPTIONS MEAN YOU GET EVERYTHING!

By signing up, you'll get access to the full archive of everything that's been published before and everything that's still to come - at least until I end up figuring out how to monetize this in a way that makes sense. Don't worry, if I change this, you will be notified (at least you will if you subscribe!)

In the meantime, enjoy your very own private library of My Thoughts.

Subscriptions mean NEWSLETTERS!

Once a week, I get a newsletter from R. Eric Thomas. I get so excited when I get it each week. There's so much bullshit going on that I need someone just living their life to tell me about what is happening to them.

That's one of my goals with this website. I'm just out here living my life and I'm sharing my journey with YOU. If this sounds good to you, definitely subscribe. I will never be upset if you don't read it, delete it, or unsubscribe, but maybe my life will prove mildly entertaining in this Dumpster Fire we call 2026.

Start your own thing (This is Ghost's words, not mine. But I'm grateful Ghost exists, so I'm leaving it)

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