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Don't really have a preference at that level. It's more which sports I like to watch. Some are summer, some are winter.

Figure skating or freestyle skiing?

Hey there, Inspirators. The comp deadline may be past but the fun is just beginning. Now we get to wait, and fret about the fate of our stories, as the judges do their thing. Worst case scenario? Molly pops in and reports that the judges all quit and are now in therapy. But I don't see that happening with this slate. After all, we didn't get an entry from Ping 😜 (I'm still creeped out by his Spooky Tales winner).

Coffee, some nice Costa Rican, is waiting to grace your cups, as are Scottish Breakfast and Earl Grey teas. Hot chocolate mix is on standby with marshmallows at ready.

Have a good day, week, whatever.

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Well, being ambitious, I have put some nice Ethiopian coffee on and filled the teapots with Red Rose and Peach Black teas. Hot water is ready for the hot chocolate crowd and I have restocked the marshmallows (both public supply and Sara's stash).

Watched the Olympic opening ceremony last night and 'twas quite a show, as expected. Two medals for Canada so far, in women's 3000m speed skating and men's moguls. And our women's hockey team keeps smoking their opponents but we and the Americans have dominated women's hockey for years so not exactly a shock. If the final isn't Canada vs. USA, I'll be stunned.

There, finally some sports I can talk about.

Remember everything. How else am I going to cash in on my knowledge of future stock market trends? 😋

WYR do your whole life over or just one little thing?

Writer stares sadly at screen.

Learning something new. Keeps my brain young and spritely.😋

Learn by reading or learn by watching educational videos/documentaries?

Giving the fencing requirements for pools around here, that would be quite a feat, worthy of Ocean's Eleven. But no, trespassing ain't my thing.

WYE ask a neighbour you don't otherwise know if you could use their pool?

Ambition for Verbs looks like a finished novel, I suspect. For me, it looks like me still sane at 5pm. 😳 Not sure how you capture any of that in a baked good, though.

I can barely swim in normal temperatures so big "nope" on that.

WYE try waterskiing?

Jackie Chan. Norris took/takes himself WAAAAAAY too seriously.

James Bond or Jason Bourne?

How drastically are we talking? If it misses the whole point of the story or completely alters a character, probably not. If it is another road to the same destination, so to speak, then go for it.

WYE travel a distance just to see a favorite performer (musical, stage, whatever)?

Chop - Chip

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Sometimes I need a nudge to knuckle down and get something written, too (I almost wrote "get something on paper" but then realized that I haven't written a story on paper since, like, university).

I still scribble first drafts on paper 😳

Just me?

I am not sure I could though I have contemplated trying. My right hand has quite a bit of osteoarthritis in it and I am right handed. You are in good company, though. Last I heard, Neil Gaiman still drafts in longhand.

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Coffee and an ambition-shaped cookie, please!

We need those permanently in stock, I think. I'll need one for breakfast on Monday. Back to work after a week off with my phone's office profile switched off, i.e. minimal work contact.

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I know what would help. Next comp we'll have Admin give you a close date a week before the actual comp close date. 🤣

LOL. Might benefit others of us, too. This time went fairly quickly for me but I had the pressure of my looming eye surgery to push me. Sometimes I need a nudge to knuckle down and get something written, too (I almost wrote "get something on paper" but then realized that I haven't written a story on paper since, like, university).

Used to keep it to myself, but now I am sharing it with various people, including family and on Twitter.

Foreign language movies: Subtitles or Dubbed?

Just finished getting caught up on the stories from Curiousannie and Survivor. This definitely a tough field to be playing in.

Watching television seems to be my norm anymore, but I prefer reading books (or used to)

Binge a series or one episode a week?

It would almost be better if they just blamed COVID, eh. Labour troubles in sports cease to be amusing when you consider the salaries involved on both sides of the table. It's not like unionizing a plant full of underpaid workers in unsafe conditions. I support unions in a lot of fields, but pro sports negotiations always seem like two groups of privileged jerks bouncing off each other to me.

Anyhow, I prefer not to get political here and just broke my own rule, I guess. So I'll just move on to brewing coffee instead. Today's comes from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Lovely island that was my last real vacation before all heck broke loose. In the teapots we have Irish Breakfast and Wakoucha (Japanese Red Tea).

Weather has settled in these parts. Cold and there's plenty of snow for skiing and snowboarding crowd to enjoy, but at least it isn't adding more.

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I wish it was snow and not this ice mess

Yeah, I prefer straight up snow to freezing rain and such. Ice is awful stuff.

Larry is in! And that puts us to twelve!

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Broke a thousand words yesterday!

So now you have to spend today putting them back together. 🤣

Snow is stopped here. Some shovelling needed but I got out of it this time due to eye surgery (I did offer, by the way).

Working on a sequel to "The Healer's Secret". I am wrestling a bit with how it ends. It currently ends on a clear setup for a third story and I hate doing that when I don't even know 100% where that final story is going to go or when it will be ready. Though ideas are coming to me. I did have another ending in mind but it lacks the oomf of this one, IMHO.

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Oh, Annie is well in! A great story. But what's it going to be like to be outside the top ten?

If they don't get any more, I'd hope they'd just extend the short list to 11. Seems a bit unfair to have only one person finish off the short list, esp. with the quality of stories we're getting. Kind of singles them out as somehow lesser than the rest.

If it was an established settlement and there was a solid, reliable transport system to get there, sure. Earth is getting boring. 😋

EDIT: Did that wrong

WYE let one of your stories be made into a movie/TV Show?

Clarinet (used to play one myself)

Classical or Jazz style?