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September Week 1 - Brigit's Flame JFF entry - "Trouble, Party of Two"
Brigit's Flame Entry (JFF) "Trouble, Party of Two"
Prompt: "Ya Got Trouble"
Genre: Alt-history memoir
WC:1,813
Warnings: not really
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on a short break
Things I learned this morning:
Dogs are not compatible with the snooze button.
My Great Dane barks at other people's active sprinklers. Even if it's 5:30 am.
No matter if he just went in our backyard, the Greyhound will poop on other people's lawns just for fun. Never neglect your poop bags.
Posted via LiveJournal app for Android.
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Day 1
Day 1 of going back to work.
Took hours to fall asleep then woke up at 4:40 to dog in bed kicking me as he dreamed about running (or dreamed about kicking me). Almost fell back to sleep and the alarm clock went off - 5:45. Realized it was Steve's day off so no need to hurry to walk/feed dogs before work. decided to reset alarm for 1 hour.
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Thors Day
I interviewed for a pretty tough consulting job on Tuesday. First I had to convince the recruiter I was capable of doing it, then I had to convince the client who had already turned away many applicants and fired a consultant who wasn't cutting it. This morning, on my way home from another interview with a headhunter, the recruiter from Tuesday ( Read more... ) -
never enough time
I started a story for the Pariah prompt.
I've been spending my Sundays writing lately, but this Sunday I had too many things going on all day to focus on the story. Between 10:30 and 1:00 I got a chunk written, but had to break until 3:30. when I got back to it I wrote like a fiend, but by 5:30 I had 1,900+ words and wasnt at a resolution. Since ( Read more... ) -
Brigit's Flame - Week 1, July - Prompt 'Tie-Dye' - "In My Time of Dying"
BF post Week 1, July
Prompt: Tie-Dye
Genre: Sentimental Fiction
Word count: almost 2,966 (sorry)
Warning: a few damns here and there, you might want to bring your insulin
Title: "In My Time of Dying"
Partially inspired by songs by The Be Good Tanyas including one titled "In My Time of Dying" which is quoted in part of the story. I actually started ( Read more... ) -
Brigit's Flame - Week 4, June - Prompt 'History' - "Blood Feud"
BF post Week 4, June
Prompt: History
Genre: Science Fiction
Word count: almost 4,500 (sorry)
Warning: a few bits of profanity sprinkled in but nothing hard core
Title: "Blood Feud"
Wherein those fabulous Keller brothers finally take the time machine out for a spin.
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Book List for urb_banal
Since you asked about books, I'll post a few on here I've enjoyed for various reasons. I would also recommend that you follow musesong. She is not a Brigit's Flame member or a person who really engages much from that user name/journal, but she does read more than 100 books per year and uses the journal to post reviews. When I first started following her ( Read more... ) -
Brigit's Flame - Week 3, June - Prompt 'Love' - "Hocus-Pocus"
BF post Week 3, June
Prompt: Love
Genre: Flowery Vignettes
Word count: 395
Warning: none
Title: "Hocus-Pocus"
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Kindle
Because the boyfriend goes to bed way too early, I spend an hour or more each evening laying in bed looking for things to do on my phone. I also tend to wake up around 4am and can't fall back to sleep for a while so the phone comes out again ( Read more... )