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An Unexpected Comparison, and Kinship.
There is a set of mystery movies, The Thin Man, with Willam Powell and Myrna Loy. My family watches them every so often, and I watched the third one, Another Thin Man, today. Not relevant to the plot is the fact that one of the suspects is writing a mystery play. In the scene where…
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It is a skill to stay steady.
Hello, everybody. There is nothing entirely new to report; I’m still uploading chapters of the fanfiction, and still expanding my other ideas. Next month there will be a few writing events. I may work on finishing this project early so I can take full advantage of them. I have now experienced how beneficial it is…
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Had The Idea Almost A Year Ago…
And it’s finally working. Hi, there. In June 2025, I had and shared the idea to create and publish a fanfiction to get over my trepidation of publishing books. Last month, I first uploaded something. I now have three chapters up in my fanfiction. So far it has received two comments and twenty-three kudos. Goodness!…
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Embrace the Imposter Syndrome
Oh. My. A chapter of a fanfic I wrote is currently available on the internet, where anyone could read it. I thought I would be excited and thrilled, if in a slightly terrified sort of way. Instead, I felt mostly shocked. It is done. The audacity! And, this is the next step to becoming a…
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A Stepping Stone to a Stepping Stone.
Hello to everyone who reads these! My whole week has been unusually full, and this update will be unusually short. I have a whole fanfiction. It is a short story, and I would like to polish it again before I upload it, but the fact remains that it is a complete idea with a set…
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Icy Shenanigans.
Since I last posted here, we had a snowfall. We do not often have snowfalls. Places who do likely laugh at our collective reaction. This less-than-a-foot snowfall promptly iced over. Several people I know either had their work close for a few days or were told to work from home, so everyone’s routines got thrown…
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Rebound from Winter Solstice
Apparently, I was so naughty this year that Santa Claus did not even get me coal. With coal, you can light a campfire, maybe roast a marshmallow. But no, I got the flu over Christmas and New Year’s. I’m fine now, with just a lingering cough. And I managed not to give it to anyone…
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Six years running, Hooray!
Season’s Greetings, everyone! I successfully completed the November writing challenge of 50,000 words in 30 days. (No, not all of those words were in the same story.) This makes 6 years in a row! I now return my focus to my career goals. Step one, finish and publish something, no matter what it is. Step…
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November: Still A Time Of Heightened Writer Activity.
Despite a major widespread November writing event not being in the mix this year, many writing communities are active now. Out of habit, perhaps? Who cares! It is fun. Without NaNoWriMo, I still started a new writing project, hopped on and off the OHHOW train, joined the Game of Tomes, saw others fighting 4TheWords, and…
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The Significance of Marking Occasions.
November is coming, the traditional time of the National Novel Writing Month challenge. I have hit 50k words every November since I started, though not always for one new novel. Were this any other year, I would probably declare myself a rebel and use the writing challenge to edit one of my works in progress.…