"Being Real" is a 2016 Scars Publications' cc&d magazine (v264) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include A.S. Coomer, Beaumont Sebos, Bernard Otto, Brian Looney, CEE, Charles Hayes, David Russell, DC Diamondopolous, Don Maurer, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz (with art), Francois le Roux (with art), Frank De Canio, Kyle Hemmings (with art), Michael Shane Reardon, Aaron Wilder (with art), Nora McDonald, Patrick Fealey, Uzeyir Lokman Cayci (with art), and Xanadu.