Granted but you're locked in a bedroom with a nurse who is your "biggest fan" hoiding an axe
I wish my back would stop hurting
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Quote by Rumple_deWriter
Scott, hate that you're in agony. As someone who went through two back operations, I 'feels' your pain.
Ugh. Mine's not quite that far gone yet. Was bad Monday and Tuesday, better yesterday, then kinda took a swing back again to day. Still not sure what triggered this attack. Did shovel some heavy, wet snow on Sunday so maybe that.
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Good morning, y'all. Coffee's brewing, kettle's on. Mini-marshmallows restocked for hot chocolate. I'll leave the cookie jar to Sara,she's the expert, but I picked up an assortment of muffins for those seeking a late breakfast or brunch.
Pets are fed but make sure you fill their water bowls if you see them empty.
I'll just be in the corner with a tea moaning in agony (back trouble).
Pets are fed but make sure you fill their water bowls if you see them empty.
I'll just be in the corner with a tea moaning in agony (back trouble).
Crazy old ape
Quote by Survivor
I just found out that the patient at our local hospital tested negative for the novel coronavirus. I reported a few days ago that they were concerned and had a patient in confinement. That patient has been found by the CDC to be negative for the virus. That's good news for local folks here. I knew everyone would want to know that.
We had a confirmed case here (one of 4 in Canada) but she was pretty on the ball and had isolated herself so no transmissions found so far. Which is good because she's a student at the local university where my wife is a prof. The other two in Ontario were married to each other. All three had just been to Wuhan so probably picked it up there. No one else tested has been positive, including others from their flights.
Still tossing around ideas for the challenge and reworking the other story I mentioned. Realized that I had kind of screwed over a main character with how I handled the first part of the story. And I like her too much to do that to her.
Tea as usual.
*checks cookie jar and takes a chocolate covered peanut butter*
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Quote by DenimAngel
peanut butter cookies
I'm in for these. Haven't had them in eons.
About me and cookies: I grew up near the Dare bakery in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, which made cookies under its own name and for various store brands. I think they were only sold in Canada but not 100% sure of that. The smell sometimes reached our house and could certainly be detected when I was riding my bike out to the local mall (the factory was on the route). Talk about hungry-making. I still think of home when I see Dare cookies (we had a bag of their maple creams at work recently).
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Quote by elizabethblack
That must be fixable to a brilliant author like you. Piece of cake.
Thank you, but as a fan and social media follower of some truly incredible writers like Neil Gaiman and Ramsey Campbell, I would hardly call myself "brilliant". Yet.
The rereading of the original has actually generated a major change to the plot of the sequel(s), but it's a change that was probably needed in any case.
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And I would love a tea that isn't high octane. Say, a blackberry tea perhaps.
Can do that. I am fond of berry teas myself, both flavoured black teas and herbals.
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Memo to self: If you're writing a purported sequel/continuation of an older story, reread the older story first. Yeah, I reread Night of the Wind this morning AFTER writing 4000 words of the new story and realized I'd messed up on a few details.
Kettle's on and I got a new shipment in from my tea vendor. Anyone else for a tea?
Kettle's on and I got a new shipment in from my tea vendor. Anyone else for a tea?
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So, I am finally writing another story in the milieu of Night of the Wind. Basically a sequel, in fact, but with some new magic and monsters. Will be long, maybe even have to be split into two parts.
I am going to review all the current challenges and see if one inspires something that I can get out the door quickly. Perhaps gypsy's new one but we will see.
Now, time for an herbal tea and one of Sara's cookies.
I am going to review all the current challenges and see if one inspires something that I can get out the door quickly. Perhaps gypsy's new one but we will see.
Now, time for an herbal tea and one of Sara's cookies.
Crazy old ape
Quote by DenimAngel
Chores are done so I think it's time to watch Star Trek next generation
Probably my favorite Trek, even if I still love the original. The new Picard series seems intriguing but I suspect it will be more like Discovery than Next Generation in mood, which may or may not work for me. At least it brings Patrick Stewart back to Star Trek.
* pours a tea and settles in a corner *
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Quote by DenimAngel
Miss Purr the sweet resident kitty gets fished shaped kitty treats
Fish-shaped and hopefully fish-flavoured.
Good evening. Another week over. Winter looms. We seem to have lots of sweets, but I've brought some savoury snacks. Sometimes those are better for evening munching (not to mention for those of with glucose issues). Tortilla chips with an assortment of salsas and other toppings. A big bowl of mixed nuts (with an allergen warning on the bowl). Wasabi and garlic roasted peas.
* starts the kettle and fills a pot with green tea *
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Quote by Darkniciad
I was in the process of trying to post Merchant Princess on the red side, and they suggested here because the violence was a little over the top. Long story short, it was too hot for here, too violent for there. I ended up making edits for both places while hashing it out, and they both ended up getting accepted.
I actually considered doing that deliberately with one of my stories (doing two version, one for each site) but never got the one for here done.
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Wow. I have had to burn off "carry over" before but never that much in that short a time. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
Grey day here, but I've seen worse. Snow supposed to be starting any time, so the worse may yet happen.
Mrs. M and I are now back to being empty nesters after having our son with us for a couple weeks (one away on vacation in Panama, one at home). Probably won't see him again until the semester end in April. He is on a work term with a computer chip design firm so doesn't even get Winter Break this year.
Time for an afternoon tea. Orange pekoe with a wedge of lime squeezed in.
Grey day here, but I've seen worse. Snow supposed to be starting any time, so the worse may yet happen.
Mrs. M and I are now back to being empty nesters after having our son with us for a couple weeks (one away on vacation in Panama, one at home). Probably won't see him again until the semester end in April. He is on a work term with a computer chip design firm so doesn't even get Winter Break this year.
Time for an afternoon tea. Orange pekoe with a wedge of lime squeezed in.
Crazy old ape
Quote by AnnaMayZing
The latest, most excellent challenger... Miss Sara!
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And it's a Scamp story to boot!
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Quote by Rumple_deWriter
Horla
A UK e-magazine that calls themselves the home of intelligent horror, they are a focused market that seems to be publishing good genre fiction.
Good name. For those not familiar with the genre, "Le Horla" is a classic short story by Guy de Maupassant.
Here's a link to the magazine's website: http://www.horla.org/
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* ape saunters in and pours a tea *
Sorry I've been scarce. I was on vac over Christmas touring Panama (nice country to visit but too muggy for me to live there, I think) and have my son home for the first time since last New Year's.
Hope you all had a great holiday season and have a great 2020 ahead.
My New Year's resolution, among others, is to try writing for this site more. Of course, I've said that before. * sigh *
Sorry I've been scarce. I was on vac over Christmas touring Panama (nice country to visit but too muggy for me to live there, I think) and have my son home for the first time since last New Year's.
Hope you all had a great holiday season and have a great 2020 ahead.
My New Year's resolution, among others, is to try writing for this site more. Of course, I've said that before. * sigh *
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I have been debating my tree this year again. We are away over Christmas so it seems a bit pointless now. It would only be up for maybe 3 weeks of which we would be away for like 10 days. Should have done it at the beginning of the month. I know why my family wants to get away. They need the sun and warmth and Christmas is one of the rare times they are both free (wife is a prof, son is a student, at different universities). Even winter break won't be an option next year because son will be on a work term so no break for him. However, I kind of miss an old-fashioned family Christmas at home. We have not really done that in years. Even when we host extended family, that hosting is about the extent of it. Oh well, I'll survive, I guess. Not like this is the first year we've done this.
Anyhow, writing has been happening, though not for this place. I may rectify that in the New Year, however. We shall see.
Tea time.
Anyhow, writing has been happening, though not for this place. I may rectify that in the New Year, however. We shall see.
Tea time.
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I've been terrible for not finishing books the last while. Some of it is life, some of it is mood. basically, the only novel-length works I've finished in 2019 were ones I took on vacation with me.
In terms of long term failures to finish, though, the most egregious is Clive Barker's fantasy epic Imajica. Started reading it on a trip to Shanghai in 1995 while my wife was ill and we were holed up in the Peace Hotel. Still sits unfinished on my shelf today. Not bad or anything, but very long and complex and once I lost focus on it, I couldn't get it back.
In terms of long term failures to finish, though, the most egregious is Clive Barker's fantasy epic Imajica. Started reading it on a trip to Shanghai in 1995 while my wife was ill and we were holed up in the Peace Hotel. Still sits unfinished on my shelf today. Not bad or anything, but very long and complex and once I lost focus on it, I couldn't get it back.
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I actually kind of liked the Silmarillion, though nowhere as much as LOTR and The Hobbit. If you approach it as a work of mythological history, it work much better than if you go in looking for a novel. It needed more work, but putting it out was far from the worst of Christopher Tolkien's sins. Some of the Lost Tales volumes were much worse.