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Words!
A friend, Laura Goodin, carried this meme on her blog: One requests 5 words that describe them, fills out the personal meanings of the words recieved, then posts them to their blog. 5 words can be sent back to the original blogger. Trust me, it's more interesting than I just described. Here are Laura's words for me, and my responses ( Read more... ) -
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www.aceofbase.comMy nanonovel has only cracked 1000 words; I sooo need to get my shit together this week. I've popped out a couple of short scenes for a scenario and characters that's been in my head for years so in the next few days I'll try to do a bit more and post it. Also more Steve & Marie.
I need to use 'Write or Die' more. :-9
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The weeds raked in a pile, they took them to the large rusty wheelbarrow. Steven wheeled it off to their makeshift but sturdy compost heap ( Read more... ) -
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I think I've accidentally stolen the main characters of my new story's names from a Frank Herbert disaster novel I own. Oops. Ah well. -
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K, I've figured out LJ cuts. Good. -
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2 Cliches - 'All Done With Mirrors' and ' Flash in the Pan'
Disco balls flash and smoke lights like fire as the dancers twirl and shimmy to the latest flash-in-the-pan rapper to gesture and grimace on the big screen above, where curvaceous wenches wrench their bodies in consensual contortions.
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2 Cliches - 'The Briny' and 'slave over a hot stove'
This was always the worst part of the voyage. They'd been sloshing through the 'briny' for months and tempers were running short. So were supplies. The officers expected Michael to slave over a hot stove and cook superb, imaginative dinners, using precious herbs and spices that he'd have to ( Read more... ) -
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3 Random Words from MacQuarie Dictionary - with help from Serai
This exercise was practiced in different ways by the group. A couple of people decided to create a sentence with the words they found and pass that on. I didn't make one, but got one from another woman. She'd malaprop-ised 'infantilism' in her sentence, but that just paved the way ( Read more... ) -
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Meat and Potatoes - A Literary Snack
Shara opened the freezer. A single tray of meat sat patiently. She picked it up: sausages, a day before the use-by date, like fat cryogenic worms.
She sighed. In the crisper a carrot and a couple of potatoes lounged about. The potatoes glared out of many pointed eyes. At least they were still firm.
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