While watching @andrarchy's newest video, I got inspired to make one, too. I have not really talked much in front of a video, as I am actually not fond of being the subject, but I was so inspired by his realness, that I thought I'd give it a try.
In my video, I give you a tour of the community in which I live. It's out in the wilderness, and has many experimental, green homes which I fondly call Hobbit Homes.
We live in a regular townhouse, but the variety of homes here is quite extraordinary. Some houses look like they are from Star Wars.
Basically, I created the Secret Writer service out of a need to do the following:
- Contribute to others.
- Exercise my artistic creativity.
- Sharing of deep stuff both with me and the world at large.
- Desire for connection.
- A desire to redistribute wealth to people who expose their true selves.
- To create healing in people who are suffering.
- Create a sustainable source of income that also benefits society.
- Illumination of the reality of people's lives instead of believing what we see on Facebook and the "news".
Another thing: I had over 20 penpals when I was a child. I wrote a letter to someone and received a letter from someone almost daily. I miss that kind of connection, mystery and wonder. The internet is great, but I think it can be much better than it currently is. Steemit is an example of that potential.
If you've submitted a secret, hold tight. I'm like 4 deep in secrets right now. I want to only release one per day so that people on Steemit don't get sick of seeing the posts. That means if you recently sent me a secret, it might be 4 days from now when you see it. I'll send you an email letting you know when I release it. Also, let me know if you want to be paid in Steem Dollars, Bitcoin, or Paypal. If I pay you in Steem Dollars, remember there's a public ledger, so it might be possible for someone to find out you're a secret writer. If you are worried, it's best to set up a Coinbase wallet, and have Bitcoin transferred.
My new fully encrytped email address that you can send your secrets to is: thesecretwriter@protonmail.com
See you in secrets,
Stellabelle
Thank you for posting this. I think it helps to have a face to go with the anonymous names we all seem to have here on Steemit. They say 100% communication is so much % language, and a majority % body language, which I think is a crucial thing we miss out on with internet communication. This is something I try to transcend with the words I choose, personally, because I think if you're articulate enough, you can eliminate a little of that needed body language, but it's still a big problem even then, because all you get is my text. You don't see who, what, and how I am as a human being in the present moment, which ultimately is the part that counts.
I salute you, by the way, for sharing half your SD earnings with anyone for whom you share their secret story - that's just outright amazing of you. So big kudos to you on that. Even doing that, I believe you'll be able to reach the goals you mentioned. Your posts are garnering a TON of attention, so as long as this site is still here, I don't see a reason why it wouldn't happen.
Also, I've never seen an teradome before. That's pretty cool. I bet it makes for cheaper utility bills. I've seen what people call Earth Homes, which is just like any other house, except the whole back of it is underground. You can walk from the ground right onto the roof, which gives that half of the house the "basement wall" effect, which keeps the temperature very well regulated inside year-round. Is that what I'm looking at with some of those other ones?
Anyway, great video. Thanks for posting it and allowing us to see @stellabelle the person. :)
yes the Terra Domes are underground and have virtually no energy bills.
There's mold though, so that's one thing that's a negative. I don't live in this type of home, but I want solar panels soon.....
I didn't even think about the mold aspect. I bet that is an issue.
And I hear you on the solar panels!
It looks like a good bit of upkeep on a home like this. Many variables to consider.https://dengarden.com/misc/The-Pitfalls-of-an-Underground-House
Love all your "Secret Writings" BTW please keep it up, it is a noble thing you are doing. Like a personal wiki leaks and you split the SD. Bravo! Keep up the amazing work.
Yes it is more than fair to receive the 50% steem dollars for all the extra work you put into it, turning it from text into something deeper and emotionally engaging
Very beautiful and very inspiring!
After hearing what you went through I must be a very strong person. I'm sure your bond with your daughter is so special you would probably not change that in a heartbeat!
I myself am hoping to get out of debt and I really hope you get out of debt. Keep up the good job with your videos and enjoy the upvotes to a debt free car :)
I'm sure we will all make it with #steemit !
Regards,
thank you.
link to where I am featuring your post https://steemit.com/life/@gavvet/daily-pick-of-hidden-gems-9-featuring-dragonslayer109-as-author
Ok, thank you. Checking it out now.
Sorry but I wasn't able to feature you as you are a really well known blogger on this site. My editor had to take you out. I do have a couple of thoughts for the future though.
That was very touching @stellabelle You brought me to tears. Your honesty and humbleness are refreshing.
For those who don't know or who might be new to here, @stellabelle has been the most successful writer of Steemit.
She is an inspiration to all of Steemit writers. She has opened up about herself a lot more than any of us have. She has written a lot more than most of us have and has always stayed very relevant and of good spirit!
This post is just another good example of all of this.
Thank you @stellabelle
Keep on being awesome!
did i really make you cry?
Yes. Yes you did.
Solid Video. You should definitely do more. And I understand the debt thing and needing to post a lot. Totally with you.
A lot of highly creative people have trouble making money........Yeah, lots of my artists friends are in the same boat. I'm trying my hardest to dig out of that debt now.
You're special Stellabelle. A very nice person. Great to have you around to be an inspiration for a lot of us. Take care and much love :)
I love where you live and that you want to get out of debt so bad. Where you live is like a 5-10 year plan of mine. I plan on having an eco friendly home with garden and all that fun stuff. You're really in a good spot it seems. And I hope steemit helps you enough so your entire family doesn't have to worry about money. Thanks for everything that you're doing to help these writers out.
@stellabelle some time you should read Orson Scott Card's speaker for the dead if you haven't already. Seems like you're starting that already but it's more like "speaker for the traumatized". Nevertheless, keep up the great work!
When you get some time would you mind reading my short story over here?
It's got horses in it...
https://steemit.com/storytime/@williambanks/mud-blood-and-glory
I would really appreciate your honest feedback on it.
Thanks again for all you do!
sounds interesting. maybe i'll check that out. Thanks
I would like to have the house :)
I love everything about star wars.
It blew my mind when you just walked onto the property of someone else like it was nothing. Is that normal for your community? Although I really like how nice your community seems to be, I think that would be a bit too much for me.
yes, it's normal. It's built in a circle and everyone knows everyone.
We all look out for eachother, and the kids are watched by many parents and grandparents.
It's a very rare kind of American community. It's based in intentional Christian values, even though I'm an atheist, no one seems to care or mind that I never go to the community church. The church is here also, and a community center, etc. is all walking distance. Our land is communally owned, so that means we can plant or grow whatever we want. Shared land means people don't guard their little block of land the way the rest of society does. Each person owns the land on which their house is built but the rest of the land is communally owned, by the Church.
Wow that is a beautiful concept and it's very nice to see that it actually seems to be working. It reminds me a lot of the hippie culture.
well, it's Christian, so not really hippie-esque. I grew up here and have lots of stories of crazy Christians. Everything was taboo in this RLDS community: drinking, smoking, sex, you name it! Even some people out here believed that "God" would cure them of cancer. They refused to go to doctors, Guess what? They died early deaths.
Do you mind making a post solely about the community? Of course I don't want you to get into trouble by sharing community secrets or exposing anything but since this is a concept I've never been confronted with I would be really interested about what more you have to tell about it. I could also set up an interview if you don't really know what to talk about.
Sure, we can do an interview, as long as I get a cut.....maybe 15% of the post?
my Skype ID is haizarahaizara. What's yours?
Make a Steemit post out of it.....
cool, I've just sent you a request with my account constantijncrijnen
Great sphere house you got there..
meep
Great idea @stellabelle. Giving an anonymous voice to people can be cathartic and also beneficial to the readers in terms of better understanding people's struggles.
Amen! I have so much respect for you and your work ethic. I am an introvert as well and if I were given the chance not to interact with others and solely staying inside and living in a virtual world. You have created a supporter for life. Even if steemit were to collapse, and I don't see that happening due to the quality of people with a lot of power using that power to better the community, but I will support you. Do you have a website where I can purchase your book directly from you and save on the cost to the middle man? With the number of people who love these posts and your work I think it would be cool to be able to purchase the book in steem or steem dollars and email you with the address to send. I need that book soon I keep wishing I had that Amazon prime account still, but I want to see you out of debt and able to help those who care for you and provide for your daughter. I truly do mean that I will help you even if it isn't monetarily rewarded. You live in such a unique community. I wish I could walk through a community like that and be surrounded by such creative people. I could only read/listen to two posts today really and I knew I would be both saddened and encouraged at the same time. You are invaluable to steemit and you deserve every effort to help because so many people love the content you create
I tell you what. I'll send you a book for no charge. If you find it useful and it helped you, then just transfer some Steem Dollars, in whatever amount you think I deserve.
Email me your street address because I have a few paper books on hand. Thanks.
I would absolutely love that! I'll e-mail you and hope you have a chance to view my recent blog as I know you are incredibly busy with the success of secret-writer. You've shown such kindness to everyone and I would definitely like to transfer some steem dollars to show a token of appreciation. :)
Hang In there stellabelle...Problems: We've all been there, are going thru them, or coming out of them! But always remember: "Your gift will make room for you, and bring you before great men.":)
Ah, but will the men I want want me back?
Well If they don't want you back, you will always have a home here with me & all the other patients in the asylum! Lol
ha ha!!!!!!!! It's great! Once I make 5 other people into millionaires, it won't matter, none of this will matter, because I will have achieved the unthinkable!
Steemit is site for creative person and for me you had best idea to make nice money without hard work.
"That's why I'm working my ass off right now"
Great vid and Secret Writer is a great idea. Thanks for finding something of value in my work :)
By the way.
In Next Zealand exist "hobbits houses" http://www.hobbitontours.com
Very inspiring! I'm going to have to look more into this secret-writer very interesting! Don't have any secrets lmao I tell everyone the truth:(
I am sending mine In a day or two
I have seen enough! Im a life long follower now! Great job on the video. You are truly inspiring
thanks
I really like a lot of your posts I will be featuring you
Stelllllllaaaaaa! This is so freaking cool! The community you live in is my dream! Remember when I said I went down to Missouri briefly? Well it was because of the loose house coding/permit laws and the ability to build houses like where you live. I went down there to explore the country and get possible location ideas for the future.
Unfortunately houses like these are really hard to deploy in Washington state and you have to fight to be allowed to do it. Very cool of you to share this and show off the cool archtecture =)
Visit anytime dear to learn more. You can stay with me.
After waking up ,and of course hopping on to Steemit. I had read an article that talked about your video. So I checked it out. So glad I did. I know that being in front of a camera is tough. You are so right about being able to be exposed to so many people. Yet at the same time just not having those deep connections anymore. As if we forgot true freindship and candore, and have replaced it with very superficial crap.
In the hopes that we don't expose our true selves for fear of ridicule.
You will achieve the goals you have set. This journey is taking you and others to great places. Steemit will do exceptional. I don't doubt that. Thank you for sharing so much. Really appreciate it! Great way to start my morning.
I agree with you @stellabelle. The internet has served to truly disconnect us from relating to eachother on a deep level. You have shown however that people who live miles apart from eachother can connect on a deep level via the internet by, like you do, be as authentic and real on here as we would be in person. :)
Hi Stellabelle! What a cool place you live in... I was just cruising through ur posts. Im a lonely person.....
yeah, exposing con artists is definitely good work. Thanks, I'll be looking out for those posts.
I downvoted and removed the $3.51
It's weird that the title would be involving using the word, 'crap'