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Moon Cookies
Someone posted this on one of my facebook groups, as a recipe to celebrate Woolfenoot tomorrow, 11/23. I have not tried/tested this at all, so can't attest to its quality, but here it is nonetheless in case anyone finds it helpful. :D ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol S11: Week 6: Solvitur Ambulando
Memory is a fickle thing. It took ages today for bits and bobs to come back to me, to create a clear memory of how exactly I found out she died. I didn't even remember clearly at first, but I do now. It was Jessica's journal. She said something about it, so I messaged her, and she filled me in, let me know it was true that Sybil had passed ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol S11: Week 5 ~ Friends and Enemies
“Oh, DRAT, and curses!” Ember shouted as she tripped for the eighth time that week over an old suitcase. It sat under a table, atop the bricks. A pathway of red bricks formed a circular ring around the grassy area, in the center of which sat a large cauldron, currently giving off quite the odd aroma as the brew came to a boil. This large yard, ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol S11: Week 4: Impossible
"Be brave," he said. And he pushed at the small of my back ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol S11: Week 3. Everything Looks Like a Nail
James had awoken not long after his Papa. He pulled a stool over to the counter, and climbed gingerly up to the counter. He put the coffee beans in the grinder, then the grounds in the pour-over above the mug ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol S11: Week 2. Living Rent Free In Your Head
What a day. Phew. This job can really take a lot of you. Not just physically, but mentally too. It took so much concentration, and coordination... But honestly, once the day was done, you really couldn't beat the view. I reached down into the mini fridge just to the side of the left round window and grabbed a beer. I popped the cap off and ( Read more... ) -
Link for Writers - Imposter Syndrome
This is an incredibly good read and made me feel a lot better. I mean, if Maya Angelou can feel like a fraud when it comes to writing, then.... we self conscious, doubtful writers are in good company!!
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome -
I'm on steps 3 and 4, I guess.
I submitted my novel to Pitch Wars. I could hear a request from any of the mentors to read the entire manuscript at any time. Or not. I'll know on November 3rd who was chosen to have writing mentors and go through the revision process together ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol S11: Week 1. Resolution
Ok, today's the day. I'm going to do it. I am. I don't know HOW I'm going to do it yet, but I just feel the possibility in my bones. No, wait - The certaintyHow can it be so close, and yet so far? That glorious yellow orb, out in the open. I know I can get to it. I must, afterall. It just feels like some invisible barrier is blocking me. I ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol S11: Week 0. Introduction :)
In an old house in South Carolina, a mother looked out the window to see her daughter, red curls alight in the sun, dressed in overalls, raising her fist to the fence. "YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, BOY??!" the 3 yr old shouted through the fence in response to the next-door neighbor-child's taunts. The mother smirked. You tell 'im, she said softly ( Read more... )