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That was a great comp! Congrats to everyone who won, and everyone who entered, and anyone who has the courage to put words to paper and let others read them. It’s a creative leap of faith, and deserves celebration.
Might want to update your sig, eh, now that you have a new win under your belt.😉
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Oh no, is my link not working for y'all?
Worked fine for me. Not sure why James reposted the list here.
I'll throw on my new special brew called Summer Beast (wonder where I got that from). A local roastery by a nearby lake put it together for me. Funny thing is, I never heard from them again after I picked it up...😨
Teas are Irish Breakfast and Earl Grey. Iced tea and lemonade are mixed up in their respective pitchers. Soda supply looks good.
Later, alligators.
Congratulations to the top three. It actually matches my picks almost perfectly. Maybe I should be a judge. 😉(yeah right, no one in their right mind wants that 🙄😳).
And congrats to the rest of the list. Wish we'd had more stories but it is a wonderful collection of monstrous mythical tales. From revisiting classics like Beowulf to modern monsters like possessed wind turbines, there's some quite original thinking in here.
Ugh. My street could use a fresh coat of asphalt but not like that. And it is hardly the worst in the area. There's a enclave of houses near me whose access road is an horrific mess. It's a fairly high-end pocket, too, so I am a bit surprised. Money usually talks around here.
Good morning!! Sunny here but with showers or storms possible late in the day. But we shall see. We got less than they were forecasting yesterday.
Coffee from Las Chicas, a nice Nicaraguan dark roast, is brewed. Assam and Sunday Tea are ready for the tea crowd. Cold drinks are replenished.
Have a good one, eh.
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especially in the UK
Trust me, not great here, either. We just had a house go for about a million Canadian on our street, where we built for around CA$300,000 in 2000.
Save, borrowing only what is necessary
Traditional television (broadcast, cable) or streaming?
Good afternoon. I was without Internet much of the morning as I was redoing my home network. It's a bit more professional now, closer to how I would build a network in my "day job" (I work in IT for those who hadn't heard). Now relaxing a bit.
Trying to figure out my next writing project. There's a possible sequel to my comp entry building in my head but there's also the long gestating sequels to "Spirits of Tan Maldrin" to get back to. We shall see.
Just going to settle in with a tea and cookie for now.
Muggy here but also cloudy with chance of showers so not too terribly hot. Hope the next round is the last and kicks the Big C once and for all for you, Kat.
Costa Rican coffee from local roaster Fire-Roasted is brewed. Teas are English Breakfast and Earl Grey Cream (same as Cream of Earl Grey but from a different supplier). Iced tea and lemonade pitchers are washed and refilled. Soda supply lookin' good.
Later
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Weird, we haven't had a single day yet where it's hit 90.
We had an early heat wave in May, but then it got cool. Even this week, we really didn't break 30 (86F) like they predicted, just came close. And the humidity has remained bearable so far. However, July looms and that's usually the hottest, stickiest month in Southern Ontario.
Ugh. That sounds unpleasant, Kat. We had work happening on our street earlier this spring but it was just a contractor pulling fibre optic cables for one of the telcos. Of course, they managed to eff up our cable line from another telco that provides our Internet connection.
And good morning to all! How's life in your neck of the woods?
Coffee from Las Chicas is on, a Nicaraguan dark roast. Teas are Scottish Breakfast and English Garden. Latter is a new blend I just discovered that combines Earl Grey with Jasmine Green. Tres yummy. Cold beverages are mixed up in the pitchers in the fridge.
Later.
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I have an appointment today with the cancer doc to see if I get the “all clear” or whether another round of chemo is in my future. All good vibes welcome!
Vibes sent and fingers crossed. I know from you and others that chemo can really kick your ass so hopefully you don't need more.
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I have not listened to Delain a great deal, but maybe that should change.
Highly recommended, both the older work with Charlotte and the new lineup with Diana Leah. And Charlotte's solo albums Tales from Six Feet Under and Tales..., Vol. 2 as well. This is from Volume 2.
Hey, it's morning somewhere. Including where I am. So welcome the new day with joy and delight. And if you don't feel joy and delight, Inspirations is ready to help.
Coffee is a strong black Nicaraguan dark roast. Teas are English Breakfast and Sunday Tea. Iced tea and lemonade pitchers are wash, refilled and in the fridge if you need a cold beverage.
So fuel up and go dancing out into the morning sun. 😊
No, this is not writing that runs on both gas and electricity. It is writing that mixes artforms to tell stories using multimedia formats. So a collage of images that tells some kind of story rather than illustrated text. And such. Or that's how I read it. Here's their list of 35 markets for hybrid writing, most of which take more traditional works, too.
https://authorspublish.com/35-magazines-publishing-hybrid-writing/
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Editing was real quick! 😕
Good for you. Editing is rarely quick for me, though I did manage to accelerate things for this one since I was late starting. I wrote most of it, pretty much as you see it, on Sunday and submitted on, I think, Wednesday. The only major change between Sunday and Wednesday was adding the "framing" at the beginning and some changes to the end to close the loop on that addition.
Music, but rarely radio anymore. I have Android Auto in the new car so often just stream stuff from my phone. Radio is a bit of a graveyard around here save one decent rock station and the odd program on the CBC (Canadian counterpart to the BBC for you UK folks).
Take the most direct route or a slower one so you have more time with your talk/music?
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Mayhaps you write the truth…literally! What you write becomes true…
Actually, that's a story. I forget the title and who wrote it, but there is at least one story out there about a writer who's writing can change reality. Of course, I could write it and then that would become true. 😋
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This is so inspirational!
Great. Another song for the Tiktok set to overuse (Unstoppable is now my most hated song and it is entirely due to that overuse).😒
One of the heavy metal bands that I was studiously turning up my nose at in the eighties (being a metalhead is a recent thing for me) was the legendary Judas Priest. No more. I had their great album Defender of the Faith (1984) on in the car today. Rocks hard even after 40 years. "Love Bites" is the one song from the album that I actually remember from the eighties.
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It’s not nearly as long as I had originally intended, but it’s what RL gave me time to complete by the deadline.
One thing I decided even before I got my final entry going was that 10K was not happening. I've got projects happening at both home and work keeping me busy and I really only have energy for writing on weekends these days. So I was happy that it ended up as long as it did.
That said, I like it enough and have received enough positive comments that a sequel/spinoff might happen. It would take the Lake Wanessa monster as a starting point and introduce a new set of characters, with a lot of the focus being on those characters rather than the monster. Not sure, though. Need to take a stab at it and see how it goes.
It's morning! Maybe it's good? We shall see.
While we wait to find out. there's coffee and tea hot and ready for caffeination. Cold drinks are in the fridge.
I have not read as many entries as I hoped to but will take another try. Definitely looks like a good roster just from the writers. Life is keeping me busy and occasionally kicking me in the ass.
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I can’t imagine a swimming pool would be practical in this climate
You'd be surprised at how popular they are around here give that swimming season is often just June to mid-August or early September.
Buy them. We don't really have the space for a vegetable garden right now.
Desktop or laptop ("Pro" tablets with a keyboard count as laptops)?
