tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43655487981191340742024-03-13T22:59:41.018-04:00Murderous Imaginings A blog for writers who kill their darlings. A place to gather and discuss the how, why, and when. A safe neutral location to discuss your killing tendencies without judgement or fear.Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-22279762331731192702022-02-02T00:00:00.035-05:002022-02-02T00:00:00.191-05:00IWSG - Support<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Is there
someone who supported or influenced you that perhaps isn't around anymore?
Anyone, you miss?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 24pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQWuLsJCCGyVr-EFRwrBp1L0EzOxVViAQTbvO_ba6mZKsx859vYatB-hl0PVRzkGpyqjniiHKviUflG_Z-DNbBYuVwZXGzus5rBdVaoytwP7eBH5ER_zkjXOJzFEnkMuWXgToPSAMF5pZ9T1Dn0wfd3QVdsV5AuI7MgA2cJrLMgxH6hpZ-D-V2WGt22g=s240" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="160" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQWuLsJCCGyVr-EFRwrBp1L0EzOxVViAQTbvO_ba6mZKsx859vYatB-hl0PVRzkGpyqjniiHKviUflG_Z-DNbBYuVwZXGzus5rBdVaoytwP7eBH5ER_zkjXOJzFEnkMuWXgToPSAMF5pZ9T1Dn0wfd3QVdsV5AuI7MgA2cJrLMgxH6hpZ-D-V2WGt22g=w160-h266" width="160" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">My
Grandmother, it's because of her that I published a book of poetry – <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MF9T6FG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i10" target="_blank">For Opal</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;">And it's why
today, I still post my most intimate thoughts and feelings in free-form poetry.
A form of journaling that holds no animus (hostility). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHu0u4b2NQCFBhjmO_zfXVD49k-rQK_oS8pZQAkc9qU7glXKp8Ki5HeOAQjGrRzwaq1TY5pJbpdkoW_ykQnZDLxDzTRMjfrLNs1tVYFhCcd4zEfHVQHU65HJqTol4i7j9w0hrpqZgRVs9aAOukeR_tKLQO1pOsWng1mXQkd-DJVMouFm5JaPUchYwjUQ=s638" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-indent: 0in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="638" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHu0u4b2NQCFBhjmO_zfXVD49k-rQK_oS8pZQAkc9qU7glXKp8Ki5HeOAQjGrRzwaq1TY5pJbpdkoW_ykQnZDLxDzTRMjfrLNs1tVYFhCcd4zEfHVQHU65HJqTol4i7j9w0hrpqZgRVs9aAOukeR_tKLQO1pOsWng1mXQkd-DJVMouFm5JaPUchYwjUQ=w400-h146" width="400" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">My Jeremy Hawkins Tribute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 32px;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">post is on <a href="https://yolandarenee.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-honor-of-jeremy-hawkins.html" target="_blank">Defending the Pen</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">&</span></span></p><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">Today's awesome
co-hosts are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://joylenebutler.com/blog%E2%80%9Dtarget=">Joylene Nowell Butler,</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://worddreams.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jacqui Murray,</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://sandracox.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sandra Cox,</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://leelowery.com/" target="_blank">Lee Lowery!</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #191919; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 29.3333px;">Be sure to say hello!</span></span></div></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; 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font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4365548798119134074/4584974270710303103#" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b>WEP February</b> </span><b style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">Challenge</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">All You Need Is Love</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b> </b></a><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvkuf0fOhNgeDPgqn9GR74MO3tyFGqvxvD8tJUkArW8UDC_it2hbTg_5nJVBUUYVp10qcxU2eC9cSCsMgYAXVtR63tfBY-fqsOGcbBe6TafkfwPzCWVAMtIlYocIHC8V5sL181ncmupF5Wc87MzU_UvnAVc42SnGvZDaHUlXRMWzPhwU1P3u-kKrkmMg=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvkuf0fOhNgeDPgqn9GR74MO3tyFGqvxvD8tJUkArW8UDC_it2hbTg_5nJVBUUYVp10qcxU2eC9cSCsMgYAXVtR63tfBY-fqsOGcbBe6TafkfwPzCWVAMtIlYocIHC8V5sL181ncmupF5Wc87MzU_UvnAVc42SnGvZDaHUlXRMWzPhwU1P3u-kKrkmMg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /></b></span></div></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="color: #111111; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Join Us!</b></span></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">KEEP READING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">and thanks for stopping by!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Comments are blocked.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Simply because I am unable</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">to reciprocate.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-45849742707103031032022-01-05T00:00:00.024-05:002022-01-05T00:00:00.184-05:00IWSG - Regrets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">What's
the one thing about your writing career you regret the most? Were you able to
overcome it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 18pt;">I regret not starting sooner. I regret not
believing in my talent, even though many folks told me I had a story to tell.
Still, I enjoy the process and will continue no matter the outcome. It's just too much fun. :) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 18pt;">This month, I'm taking a break to explore a new avenue. So, comments are closed. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Happy New Year!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><o:p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;">Remember to
say hi to the co-hosts</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #191919;"><a href="https://erikabeebe.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget="><span style="color: #990000;">Erika Beebe,</span></a> <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/olgagodim.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Olga Godim,</span></a> <a href="http://sandracox.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Sandra
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In your writing, what stresses you the most? What delights you?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 24px;">This last month, November, I did NANO. I thought when I began my outline was enough to get me to the end of a new novel called A Stylish Murder. But from the beginning, nothing was jiving. That was stressful, but when I allowed another story playing in the back of my mind, Murder by Proxy, to move the forefront, well, then the writing just flowed. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 24px;">That was delightful. Writing a full novel when I originally thought Murder by Proxy would only become a short story. Once I began putting it down on paper, well, it just worked, and it flowed like water.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 24px;">From full stop to lightning speed, now that's an exciting writing moment especially when the challenge is 50,000 words!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><o:p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;">Remember to
say hi to the co-hosts</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.pjcolando.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget="><span style="color: #990000;">PJ Colando,</span></a> <a href="http://dianeburton.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Diane Burton,</span></a></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What's harder to do, coming up with your </span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">book title or writing the blurb?</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">The <i>Blurb</i> of course, or even harder, the <i>Tagline</i>.
After spending all that time coming up with all those words, chapters, and red
herrings. Synthesizing it to a few words or one sentence seems impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><o:p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;">Remember to
say hi to the co-hosts</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></span><b style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://kimlajevardi.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget=">Kim Lajevardi,</a> <a href="http://victoriamarielees.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Victoria Marie
Lees,</a> <a href="http://joylenebutler.com/blog" target="_blank">Joylene
Nowell Butler,</a> <a href="http://erikabeebe.com/" target="_blank">Erika Beebe,</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
and <b><a href="http://leelowery.com/" target="_blank">Lee Lowery!</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">&</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>The WEP October Challenge Winners </b></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>are announced!</b></a></span></div></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #191919; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><o:p style="background-color: #eeeeee;"></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><o:p style="background-color: #eeeeee;"></o:p></b></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QB4erDAC0Z8/YYGMWvigLtI/AAAAAAAAUVw/Wfxk5EzSxHQ6LHRJ_zZ-oNIbm7cN8h44wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1001/WEP%2BOctober%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QB4erDAC0Z8/YYGMWvigLtI/AAAAAAAAUVw/Wfxk5EzSxHQ6LHRJ_zZ-oNIbm7cN8h44wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WEP%2BOctober%2B2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="color: #111111; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #111111; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>No Comments - </b></span></div><div style="color: #111111; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I'm taking a break from blogging to do NANO.</b></span></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gobDsXyO_0/YYGMra-hq0I/AAAAAAAAUV4/91lsz28EOPU3IRZCvDAQdLBYzs9QgnizQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1702/NaNoWriMo-WriterBadge-851-2x%2BFB%2BBanner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1702" height="236" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gobDsXyO_0/YYGMra-hq0I/AAAAAAAAUV4/91lsz28EOPU3IRZCvDAQdLBYzs9QgnizQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h236/NaNoWriMo-WriterBadge-851-2x%2BFB%2BBanner.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">KEEP READING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">and thanks for stopping by!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-30846804278326920992021-10-06T00:00:00.005-04:002021-10-06T00:00:00.180-04:00IWSG - Do You Draw the Line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In your
writing, where do you draw the line, with either topics or language?</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I let the
characters decide. I've found that the truth is uncomfortable, and life isn't
a fairy tale. I try to write as realistically as possible even though it's all
fiction. </span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Although, I rachet up the tension and fear wherever possible.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">&</span></b></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hOPE yOU'LL JOIN US</span><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FOR THE wep'S </a></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> OCTOBER CHALLENGE</a></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">tHE scream</a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d-cveMI4JuQ/YS0gBeEMT3I/AAAAAAAAULI/g7BUYjB2kJUQUOW5iHfJu2Y80qiorJY_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1001/WEP%2BOctober%2B2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d-cveMI4JuQ/YS0gBeEMT3I/AAAAAAAAULI/g7BUYjB2kJUQUOW5iHfJu2Y80qiorJY_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WEP%2BOctober%2B2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;">*****</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p style="text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;">Remember to
say hi to the co-hosts </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="http://jemimapett.com/blog/%E2%80%9Dtarget="><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #990000; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration-line: none;">Jemima Pitt,</span></a></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #191919; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://jlennidorner.blogspot.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget="><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #e50000; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;">J Lenni Dorner,</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://cathrinaconstantine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #990000; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration-line: none;">Cathrina
Constantine,</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.ronelthemythmaker.com/blog/" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #990000; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration-line: none;">Ronel
Janse van Vuuren,</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"> and <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://playoffthepage.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #990000; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration-line: none;">Mary Aalgaard!</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #191919; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p style="background-color: #eeeeee;"></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p style="background-color: #eeeeee;"></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="white-space: nowrap;"><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP READING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>and thanks for stopping by!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-9358211235630390082021-09-01T00:00:00.014-04:002021-09-01T00:00:00.253-04:00IWSG - Success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><b><i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The Question:</i></b></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How do
you define success as a writer? Is it holding your book in your hand? Having a
short story published? Making a certain amount of income from your writing?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span face=""Gadugi",sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4794648014067102242/8853127230128874262"></a></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4QPUlKV1kgg/YS0fcaTidoI/AAAAAAAAULA/vP8AiPiYk98cfXUNr4axI3mArEDuuPPBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Clapping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1666" data-original-width="2048" height="260" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4QPUlKV1kgg/YS0fcaTidoI/AAAAAAAAULA/vP8AiPiYk98cfXUNr4axI3mArEDuuPPBACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Clapping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">All the
above. Success is typing 'The End' at the finish of that first draft and then highlighting
it <b><i>bold</i></b> after the final edit. It's also hitting publish button on
Amazon or signing that contract for publication. Signing your first copy to a reader.
Getting a five-star review. Winning a place in a popular anthology or placing
in a writing contest.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This year,
for me, it's finishing a series, and starting a new one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Each
incident has its own feeling of satisfaction, and they should all be
celebrated!</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">&</span></b></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US</span><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FOR THE wep'S NEXT</a></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> CHALLENGE</a></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">October's scream</a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d-cveMI4JuQ/YS0gBeEMT3I/AAAAAAAAULI/g7BUYjB2kJUQUOW5iHfJu2Y80qiorJY_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1001/WEP%2BOctober%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d-cveMI4JuQ/YS0gBeEMT3I/AAAAAAAAULI/g7BUYjB2kJUQUOW5iHfJu2Y80qiorJY_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WEP%2BOctober%2B2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;">*****</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p style="text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;">Remember to
say hi to the co-hosts </span><b style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget=">Rebecca Douglass,</a> <a href="http://journalingwoman.blogspot.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget=">T. Powell Coltrin
@Journaling Woman,</a> <a href="http://www.literaryrambles.com/" target="_blank">Natalie
Aguirre,</a> <a href="https://reprobatetypewriter.com/" target="_blank">Karen
Lynn,</a></b><span style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;"> and </span><b style="font-size: 24pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="http://www.cleemckenziebooks.com/blog/" target="_blank">C. Lee McKenzie!</a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP READING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>and thanks for stopping by!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-23100248913653332682021-08-04T09:28:00.000-04:002021-08-04T09:28:00.497-04:00IWSG - On Writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><i>The Question:</i></b></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What is your favorite writing craft book?
Think of a book that every time you read it you learn something or you are
inspired to write or try the new technique. And why?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4794648014067102242/8853127230128874262"></a></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--1XVy1hqn-4/YQqTzzSsJoI/AAAAAAAAT8E/S0SE73BkMhQMCzg5CZUbJHUWxrFKPUyaACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/On%2BWriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--1XVy1hqn-4/YQqTzzSsJoI/AAAAAAAAT8E/S0SE73BkMhQMCzg5CZUbJHUWxrFKPUyaACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/On%2BWriting.jpg" width="211" /></a></i></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4794648014067102242/8853127230128874262">On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft</a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">, by Stephen King. When doubts crept in,
this book helped to inspire me to continue. And I love trying new things, always.<o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Here are some of my
favorite quotes from his book <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4794648014067102242/8853127230128874262">On
Writing: A Memoir of the Craft</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"The
scariest moment is always <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">just
before you start.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">“you
can, you should, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">and
if you’re brave enough to start, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">you
will.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">“Description
begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">“Write
with the door closed,</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">rewrite
with the door open.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">“Writing
is not life, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">but
I think that sometimes <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">it
can be a way back to life.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #92d050; font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The next one though is the most important:</i></span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">“You
cannot hope to sweep someone else away</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">by
the force of your writing <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">until
it has been done to you.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">―</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Gadugi",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4794648014067102242/8853127230128874262">Stephen
King</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4794648014067102242/8853127230128874262">On
Writing: A Memoir of the Craft</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">&</span></b></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US</span><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">FOR THE wep'S NEXT</a></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> CHALLENGE</a></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">fREEDOME OF SPEECH</a></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-rWl0KOxLM/YQqT9XLsXUI/AAAAAAAAT8I/qulDLY8hJOwvj8EiQC7Wc0qSlwNgWAK_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/WEP%2BAugust%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-rWl0KOxLM/YQqT9XLsXUI/AAAAAAAAT8I/qulDLY8hJOwvj8EiQC7Wc0qSlwNgWAK_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WEP%2BAugust%2B2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #990000;">*****</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p style="text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">And don't forget the outstanding
co-hosts this month:</span></b></p></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a _blank="" href="http://www.pkhrezo.com/blog%E2%80%9Dtarget=" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;">PK Hrezo,</a> <a _blank="" href="http://cathrinaconstantine.blogspot.xn--comtarget%3D-c59f/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;">Cathrina Constantine,</a> <a href="http://www.pjcolando.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PJ Colando,</a> <a href="http://kimlajevardi.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kim Lajevardi,</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://sandracox.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sandra Cox!</a></b></p></div></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;">What
would make you quit writing?</b></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
don't think anything other than significant health issues could make me quit. I
might take a break now and then, but I always come back to it. When an idea
forms, it won't go away until it's on paper.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zik9B3pNnJE/YOpEBJBqk_I/AAAAAAAATzs/lhYsbndSE6MfLRYBsefq5CH1uwcXYtAugCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/APM%2BOriginal%2BCover%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zik9B3pNnJE/YOpEBJBqk_I/AAAAAAAATzs/lhYsbndSE6MfLRYBsefq5CH1uwcXYtAugCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/APM%2BOriginal%2BCover%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />I'm also thrilled to report that I'm guest posting at</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://dencovey.blogspot.com/"><b>https://dencovey.blogspot.com/</b></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">regarding my newest release </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096YLQF96/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> A Passion for Murder</span></b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 200%;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">&</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">announcing </span><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0989JZC1H?fbclid=IwAR1mUSJ1rjqx7i9InLreN1IFc2CqC1f1Ieuw7Cu8Zdp_XJ5iSZDGN3sMrf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i2eeZTLvYYI/YOMc6rMsuZI/AAAAAAAATsM/uhT012QJHeI9E1QKI6pHXZpYpWjo-cX_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w250-h400/thumbnail_FINAL%2BFAST%2BAND%2BFURIOUS.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Denise Covey is determined
to make 2021 her year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Starting with the release of
Fast & Furious Short Fiction,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">an introduction to her </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;">soon-to-be-published books! </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Get your copy <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0989JZC1H?fbclid=IwAR1mUSJ1rjqx7i9InLreN1IFc2CqC1f1Ieuw7Cu8Zdp_XJ5iSZDGN3sMrf" target="_blank">HERE!</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sign up for her Newsletter <a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/hauntedpnrpromo/gihk72cf02?fbclid=IwAR1OeWgl12jlRjLJOeYEfX3lrdPl3nZpqiOR_FGcoG3PBIXZw4ZJjcn-y5k" target="_blank">HERE!</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/hauntedpnrpromo/gihk72cf02?fbclid=IwAR1OeWgl12jlRjLJOeYEfX3lrdPl3nZpqiOR_FGcoG3PBIXZw4ZJjcn-y5k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="386" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QJqzEYvafBs/YOMgtHdHk_I/AAAAAAAATsU/Rfv-bXqw4a8wn7L7ErV6fg69-rk5NKiJACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Betrayed.jpg" /></a></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">'Denise is trying her hand at Bookfunnel promotions to build her newsletter list. She'd love it if you clicked on some of the Paranormal Romance books in the link she's shared with me. You'll see her first in a four-book series Paranormal Renaissance Romance, Betrayed, is amongst them. </span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">She's happy with the downloads of her free short story so far - her introduction to her hero, Duke Vipunin de Castellina. </span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">How about helping Denise out? </span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Click on this link now, find Betrayed, and download your freebie.'</span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" /></span></div><div class="x_gmail_default" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/hauntedpnrpromo/gihk72cf02" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://books.bookfunnel.com/hauntedpnrpromo/gihk72cf02</a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING FOR DENISE</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">DON'T MISS OUT ON YOUR OPPORTUNITY</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">TO BE PART OF IT!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">*****</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p style="text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">And don't forget our outstanding
co-hosts this month:</span></b></p></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-size: large;"> </span><b style="color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a _blank="" href="http://www.patgarciaandeverythingmustchange.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget=" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;">Pat Garcia,</a> </b><a _blank="" href="http://victoriamarielees.blogspot.com/2021/07/insecure-writers-want-to-know-what.html" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Victoria Marie Lees</b>,</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://hogwartssabbatical.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Chemist Ken,</b></a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #191919; font-size: large;"><b> &</b> </span><b style="color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Louise – Fundy Blue!</a></b></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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to say hello!</span></b></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>and thanks for stopping by!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><i>The Question:</i></b></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For how long do
you shelve your first draft, before reading it and re-drafting? Is this
dependent on your writing experience and the number of stories/books under your
belt?</span><span style="font-family: Californian FB, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">My Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">It depends on many things, but I've never felt that I released a
book too soon.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">My latest WIP, <i>A Passion for Murder,</i> has been shelved
many times this last year. It's the final book in my Alaskan Mystery Series,
and I want it to be worthy of that title. I've sent it out to beta readers, and
while I received positive responses. I still wasn't happy.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've done another re-write, and now, finally, I think it's ready.
I'll know for sure after a read-aloud edit, but I don't regret taking my time.
It may frustrate the readers, but time, I've found, only makes the story
better.</span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p style="text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">The outstanding
co-hosts this month are:</span></b></p></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #2f5597; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 200%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2F5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="https://jlennidorner.blogspot.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget="><span style="color: #2f5597; text-decoration-line: none;">J Lenni Dorner,</span></a> <a href="http://thefauxfountainpen.blogspot.com/%E2%80%9Dtarget="><span style="color: #2f5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2F5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sarah Foster,</span></a>
<a href="http://www.literaryrambles.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2f5597; text-decoration-line: none;">Natalie Aguirre,</span></a><a href="http://leelowery.com/" target="_blank"></a> & <a href="http://rachnachhabria.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2f5597; text-decoration-line: none;">Rachna Chhabria!</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #2f5597; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2F5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Be sure
to say hello!</span></b></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Announcing</span></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif; font-size: x-large;">!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face, serif; font-size: large;">GREAT WAVE!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvo_w7StesE/YK5TIcR0kwI/AAAAAAAATiM/gg73msDdhnsA8Q4_UaNIUkKWmir4yfn6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1001/WEP%2BJune%2B2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1001" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvo_w7StesE/YK5TIcR0kwI/AAAAAAAATiM/gg73msDdhnsA8Q4_UaNIUkKWmir4yfn6wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/WEP%2BJune%2B2021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 26pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;">The
Great Wave </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">is an iconic work created in the 1820’s by
Hokusai. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was a Japanese artist from the Edo period. He was a
master of Ukiyo-e, a genre of woodblock prints and paintings very popular at
the time in his country. Ukiyo-e translates loosely as ‘images of the floating
world.’ The Great Wave of Kanagawa, also condensed to The Great Wave, is part
of a series called Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji, is Hokusai’s most well-known
work. Have a peek at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-six_Views_of_Mount_Fuji">series here</a>.
And read more about <a href="https://www.katsushikahokusai.org/biography.html">Hokusai
here</a>.</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">The
immediate response to this prompt could be to relate it to the tsunami of 2004
or the Japanese nuclear disaster. And it is a small step from there to jump to
the climate issues we are facing round the world, the unprecedented weather
patterns and natural disasters small and large.</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">But
a great wave need not be always of water – it can be a great wave of refugees.
And of soldiers. Or protesters and last but not the least, voters.</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Equally
a great wave of an emotion – pain, love, bitterness, rage, nausea, which one
will your characters feel?</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">It
could even be a small wave, we'll leave the size up to you – the wave of a
hand, the flutter of a flag. Or cravat/tie.</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">So
many places to float away to, which one will you choose with this prompt?</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2021/02/here-we-go-again-wep-2021-begins-with.html">Join the WEP for the third challenge</a></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2021/02/here-we-go-again-wep-2021-begins-with.html">of a very</a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2021/02/here-we-go-again-wep-2021-begins-with.html">artistic year!</a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-40165898804743733182021-04-07T00:00:00.023-04:002021-04-07T08:27:17.221-04:00IWSG - Break Out of the Mold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><i>The Question:</i></b></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Are you a risk-taker when writing? Do you
try something radically different in style/POV/etc. or add controversial topics
to your work?</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b>The Answer</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>I'd like to think so. I know that formula writing goes against my grain. Mostly, though, I just write what I like to read. And as an avid reader, I read everything. I find it hard to understand limits, but many have refused to read my work because of the subject. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;">Still, to each his own...I write for the love of writing and because I have something to say.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p style="text-indent: 0in;"> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">The outstanding
co-hosts this month are:</span></b></p></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.pkhrezo.com/blog/%E2%80%9Dtarget="><span style="font-size: large;">PK
Hrezo,</span></a></span></b></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.patgarciaandeverythingmustchange.com/%20%20target="><span style="font-size: large;">Pat
Garcia,</span></a></span></b></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://sewhitebooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">SE
White,</span></a></span></b></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.lisabuiecollard.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Lisa
Buie Collard,</span></a></span></b></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">&</span></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://dianeburton.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Diane
Burton!</span></a></span></b></p></div></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Be sure
to say hello!</span></b></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Announcing</span></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif; font-size: x-large;">!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face, serif; font-size: large;">FREEDOM MORNING</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NZXIMm_ucOM/YFvROyvoXmI/AAAAAAAATdU/I7chl7VVhLMR6Hu3SH8oqxKg0z_7fzrsACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/WEP%2BApril%2B2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NZXIMm_ucOM/YFvROyvoXmI/AAAAAAAATdU/I7chl7VVhLMR6Hu3SH8oqxKg0z_7fzrsACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/WEP%2BApril%2B2021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Freedom
Morning is a watercolor by Claude Clark, the African American artist, and art
educator painted in 1941.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“As
a child in the churches, the schools, and the community, I dreamed of a
destiny. My search became a single purpose for the dignity of Black Americans.”</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Claude
Clark was born in Georgia in 1915. His art characterizes the African American
diaspora experience. He faced prejudice, poverty, and racism but did not allow
these to deter him. He mixed his own paints from the trashed tubes in art
schools. When he could not afford the expensive brushes and cleaning agents, he
developed his unique technique with the palette knife. Read more about his
remarkable life <a href="https://www.claudeclark.com/about.html#Bio" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The
interpretation of art (and prompts!) is in the eye of the beholder, and this
artwork is rich with possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Will
you let Freedom Morning spark a flash of hope for a systematically suppressed
character?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Will
someone break free - of chains, of the past, of a closed mindset - after years
of living with them?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Or
maybe someone will watch a brand-new sunrise and decide to start
life afresh? Rise to a challenge? :) Overcome a hardship?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Take
the artwork as a whole or in part and seed that into imagination. Your canvas
is unlimited.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">Thank you, Nila!<o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2021/02/here-we-go-again-wep-2021-begins-with.html">Join the WEP for this second challenge</a></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2021/02/here-we-go-again-wep-2021-begins-with.html">of a very</a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2021/02/here-we-go-again-wep-2021-begins-with.html">artistic year!</a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-69000632431355275182021-02-03T00:00:00.008-05:002021-02-03T18:34:29.161-05:00IWSG - Friendship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b><i>The Question:</i></b></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Blogging is often more than just sharing stories.
It’s often the start of special friendships and relationships. Have you made
any friends through the blogosphere?</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b>The Answer</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>I have so many lovely friends through my
interactions in the blogosphere, and I cherish each and every one. I've
improved my writing with each interaction, but I've developed as a person with
each close relationship.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">The outstanding
co-hosts this month are:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0070c0;">Louise - Fundy Blue,</span></a> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://jenniferlanebooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0070c0; text-decoration-line: none;">Jennifer Lane,</span></a> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://playoffthepage.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0070c0; text-decoration-line: none;">Mary Aalgaard,</span></a> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://womagwriter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0070c0; text-decoration-line: none;">Patsy Collins at
Womagwriter,</span></a> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-size: medium;">&</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0070c0;"><a href="https://nancygideon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #0070c0; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nancy Gideon!</span></span></a></span></b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I hope you all had a glorious holiday </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">and have started the New Year </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">with confidence and purpose!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Once again I'm relying on </span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;">the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-large;">Question posted to fill my post.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #2b00fe;">Question - Being a writer, when you're reading
someone else's work, what stops you from finishing a book/throws you out of the
story/frustrates you the most about other people's books?</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Answer</span></b><span style="text-indent: 0in;">: - </span></span><span style="font-size: 20pt; text-indent: 0in;">I just finished a mystery set in the English
countryside, one of my favorite places. The mystery was a good one, a who-done-it
with great characters, and well written, </span><span style="font-size: 20pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-size: 20pt; text-indent: 0in;">but filled with constant rehashing of
the clues and motives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">It drew me out of the story continuously. At first,
I thought it was the author's first book and understood because I know I did
the same thing in my first attempt, but it was the third book. By then, the
editor should have caught that, if not the author.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">I finished the book, but I won't be reading
another. There are very few books that I just couldn't finish. That's because they simply didn't hold my interest, usually because I find myself
not caring about the characters or the storyline. It's very disappointing when
the description fails to fit the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">The outstanding
co-hosts this month are:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 22.0pt;"><a href="http://www.ronelthemythmaker.com/blog/" target="_blank">Ronel Janse van
Vuuren </a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 22.0pt;"><a href="https://jlennidorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">J
Lenni Dorner</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 22.0pt;"><a href="http://gwengardner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gwen
Gardner</a> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 22.0pt;"><a href="http://sandracox.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sandra
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</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Be sure
to say hello!</span></b></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>KEEP WRITING!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">Purpose of the IWSG:</b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Join us!</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Question </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">- <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 22pt; text-indent: 0in;"><b>Are
there months or times of the year that you are more productive with your
writing than other months, and why?</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Answer</span></b><span style="text-indent: 0in;">: - Fall and Winter for sure. The kick off for me is usually NANO. And I don't know why I can't make the kind of writing I do with NANO a monthly habit, but I'm thrilled for that one-month single-minded purpose. It's served me well every year I've done it. Even in the years when I didn't win the challenge.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">For example, I spent hours writing a book I called <i>A Motive for Murder</i> during NANO, but I couldn't find a path forward. I just couldn't get it to the finish line. It didn't gel. Now I have two books from that one book. The key ideas in that book wouldn't jive, but they did separately. I'm thrilled! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Those two books are <i><b>Murder, Just Because</b></i> & my current WIP - <i><b>A Passion for Murder</b></i>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">The outstanding
co-hosts this month are:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><a href="http://www.patgarciaandeverythingmustchange.com/" target="_blank">Pat Garcia,</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"> <a href="http://writinginwonderland.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sylvia Ney,</a> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><a href="https://www.roamingabout.com/" target="_blank">Liesbet @ Roaming About</a> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><a href="http://cathrinaconstantine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cathrina
Constantine,</a> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><a href="http://www.literaryrambles.com/" target="_blank">Natalie
Aguirre!</a> </span></b><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-66778960503142230442020-11-19T10:51:00.001-05:002020-11-19T10:51:11.026-05:00For Opal: My Book of Poetry<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MF9T6FG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7"> NOW Available!</a></span></b></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZgIqFpfYHQ/X6BRyHoPjjI/AAAAAAAATKc/MX2DOLxE9uAsc-3_Ei9Rv6DeR6AvBJSCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Latest%2BCover%2BFor%2BOpal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1287" height="542" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZgIqFpfYHQ/X6BRyHoPjjI/AAAAAAAATKc/MX2DOLxE9uAsc-3_Ei9Rv6DeR6AvBJSCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w341-h542/Latest%2BCover%2BFor%2BOpal.jpg" width="341" /></a></div></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4794648014067102242/6291819169288436315#" name="_Toc55167742">Heaven on Earth</a> </span></b></div></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">When I was seven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">I found heaven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">my grandmother's house<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">I was the city mouse.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">With a large bed just for me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">not one bed, shared by three<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">awake each morning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">to a bird song melody.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">Peace and quiet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">and a pancake diet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">amid the flowers and the trees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">I explored every nook and cranny.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">A crowing rooster, cows, and chickens<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">I helped out in the barn and the kitchen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">a sewing lesson with needle and thread<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">soon exhausted, I curled up in my large bed.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">Snakes and storms, roses and thorns<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">homemade ice cream and fresh corn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">my escape from a family of seven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16pt;">Grandma's Earthly home was heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></p></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 3pt; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Yolanda Renée (C) 2020</span></b></p></h1><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">***</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MF9T6FG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7">For Opal: My Book of Poetry</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> For Opal</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-indent: 0in;"> is a collection of poems written in memory of Lilly Opal Stansberry, my grandmother, and the inspiration for my writing. These poems portray a moment in time. Highlighting love, loss, tragedy, and survival. There are a few done just for fun and several that have a murderous slant. But they are all a small picture of life. Some are real and others pure fiction.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Before she passed, I promised her I would publish a book of poetry. This is that promise kept. Publication date November 2nd - would have been her 108th birthday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I'm under no illusion, A poet I am not, but each verse has meaning for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Maybe it will strike a chord for you too!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">*****</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyone willing to do a blog post for my poetry book. Let me know. I'll send you a copy and we can discuss the subject. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Or a simple shout out would be most appreciated.</span></p>Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-44227687747663161512020-11-04T00:00:00.143-05:002020-11-09T08:48:03.834-05:00IWSG - Purpose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Question </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">- Albert Camus once said, “The purpose of a writer
is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” Flannery O’Conner said, “I
write to discover what I know.” Authors across time and distance have had many
reasons to write. Why do you write what you write?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Answer</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">: - I write what I want to read. I write because it’s
therapy; it keeps me sane, and because I have something to say. Will it save
the world? No. Will it change the world? No. Will it entertain the world?
Maybe. I hope so. Will you learn something? Always.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Yes, I share what I know yet learn much, much more. Each story teaches me something new. I hope it will
the reader too. Just a few days ago I released a book of poetry. It's my favorite form of expression and I write it whenever I find myself unable to express my emotions any other way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">I made a promise to my grandmother, and I've finally kept that promise. Will it change the world? No. But it will entertain!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">The outstanding
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-aR7haQ8qk/X6E6ZAoAoVI/AAAAAAAATLY/7vn3rbR7Mzw_m1AFi8_lBWHcS9jcaO2pQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Latest%2BCover%2BFor%2BOpal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1287" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-aR7haQ8qk/X6E6ZAoAoVI/AAAAAAAATLY/7vn3rbR7Mzw_m1AFi8_lBWHcS9jcaO2pQCLcBGAsYHQ/w402-h640/Latest%2BCover%2BFor%2BOpal.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Yolanda Renée had
reached a new dimension in her writing and tamed some very wild beasts in the
process! This poet has opened her heart, bared her soul, and in the process
created inspiring and uplifting verse. But also raw and terrifying."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: right; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Author & Poet Cindy Parker</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><i>For Opal</i></b> is a collection of
100 poems written by Yolanda Renee. Influenced by and in memory of Lilly Opal
Stansberry, her grandmother. Renée's lyrics portray a moment in time.
Highlighting love, loss, tragedy, and survival. There are a few that were
created just for fun and several that have a murderous slant. But they are all
a small picture of life and written from the heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><br /></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-36088117781228691922020-11-02T11:28:00.003-05:002020-11-02T20:51:18.423-05:00For Opal: My Book of Poetry<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MF9T6FG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7"> Just Released!</a></span></b></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZgIqFpfYHQ/X6BRyHoPjjI/AAAAAAAATKc/MX2DOLxE9uAsc-3_Ei9Rv6DeR6AvBJSCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Latest%2BCover%2BFor%2BOpal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1287" height="542" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZgIqFpfYHQ/X6BRyHoPjjI/AAAAAAAATKc/MX2DOLxE9uAsc-3_Ei9Rv6DeR6AvBJSCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w341-h542/Latest%2BCover%2BFor%2BOpal.jpg" width="341" /></a></div></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MF9T6FG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7">Eros of Space </a></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Strangers from the blogosphere<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A simple common interest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet with your words,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You made me cry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How could you touch me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With letters & language<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I don’t allow anyone in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But your words were magical<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To inspire such feelings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love and desire<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Long forgotten needs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Awoken through verse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But can I trust<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A love that was initiated<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By the Eros of space<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Without proof of reality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or do I accept<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You express and let<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Imagination decide?</span><o:p></o:p></p></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Yolanda Renée (C) 2020</span></b></h1><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">***</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MF9T6FG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7">For Opal: My Book of Poetry</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> For Opal</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; text-indent: 0in;"> is a collection of poems written in memory of Lilly Opal Stansberry, my grandmother, and the inspiration for my writing. These poems portray a moment in time. Highlighting love, loss, tragedy, and survival. There are a few done just for fun and several that have a murderous slant. But they are all a small picture of life. Some are real and others pure fiction.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Before she passed, I promised her I would publish a book of poetry. This is that promise kept. Publication date November 2nd - would have been her 108th birthday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I'm under no illusion, A poet I am not, but each verse has meaning for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Maybe it will strike a chord for you too!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">*****</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyone willing to do a blog post for my poetry book. Let me know. I'll send you a copy and we can discuss the subject. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Or a simple shout out would be most appreciated.</span></p>Yolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365548798119134074.post-32995372989988394842020-10-19T00:00:00.007-04:002020-10-19T00:00:00.386-04:00Sheila's Last Chapter<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> It's been a while since Sheila has appeared on this blog. But I wanted to end her story. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is that ending...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7LvRTe4szA/X3dbymcYZbI/AAAAAAAAS-M/EpzTO9VSg7YiHG9kely2UUgXauhxofPbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/andre-tan-IW8qQeYP1tA-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1343" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7LvRTe4szA/X3dbymcYZbI/AAAAAAAAS-M/EpzTO9VSg7YiHG9kely2UUgXauhxofPbwCLcBGAsYHQ/w420-h640/andre-tan-IW8qQeYP1tA-unsplash.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@andredantan19?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Andre Tan</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/grizzley-in-the-wild?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Unsplash</a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 28pt;">Karma Comes Killing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">After Jerry’s death, Sheila trudged
quickly down the mountain in a light rainfall. She walked to Jerry’s car in the
parking lot and wiped it down. She didn’t want her fingerprints to give her
away. When she finished, she locked the extra set of keys in the glove
compartment, careful not to allow herself to be seen by anyone. Exhausted, she
started for home. By then, the rain was coming down in buckets. “Gosh, I’m
horny,” she said and pulled up her collar against the rain. “Time to get back
to town and find an able-bodied man to make me whole.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Those thoughts filled her mind as
she arrived at the main road and stuck out her thumb. The man that picked her
up looked scruffy and smelled worse, but the inside of his truck was warm and
dry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He offered her a swig of whiskey
from a new bottle, and she accepted. “Enjoy,” he said to her. “That’s some top
of the shelf stuff. Just won me the lottery and spent my first thousand on
several cases of God’s nectar.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“Thanks. I’ve been walking for
hours. Went for a short hike and got lost.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“It’s easy to do. Been lost a few
times myself. You didn’t say where you were going.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“The first motel you see will be
fine. I’m homeless at the moment. But I have enough for a decent night’s sleep
and a hot shower!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He looked her over, his striking
blue eyes looked so much younger than his body belied. Almost familiar. Before
she could find him in her memory, he dropped his gaze.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“You’re welcome to stay the night
at my cabin. I wouldn’t mind a drinking partner.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Sheila laughed. “You lookin to get
laid, old man?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He snorted. “Wish I could say yes,
but the Vietnam War took my mojo. It’s why I love the drink. So what do you
say? My turn off is just ahead. Or I can take you closer to town.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“Your place sounds nice. I could
use the company too,” Sheila said, pretending not to notice his lottery
comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He turned off the road and headed
back up the mountain. By the time he arrived at the cabin, Sheila felt a little
car sick from all the twists and turns, but the fresh air quickly dispelled
that feeling once she climbed out of the cab and took a few deep breaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He limped to the door and opened it
for her. “Make yourself comfortable. I’m going to carry in a case or two to get
us started. If you start the fire, I’ll bring in the wood. That way, you can
warm yourself and dry out a little.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">She entered the dark cabin and
looked for a light switch. There was none, but she found a lantern and a box of
matches on the small kitchen table and lit the lamp. She gazed around the large
room. A ratty sofa sat in one corner, a wooden counter with shelves above it
sat in the other. The shelves were filled with dishes and boxed and canned food
items. An old-fashioned cookstove fed with wood and stacked with iron skillets,
and a coffee pot sat near the back door. In the far corner was a bed just as
ratty as the couch. One wall held the fireplace, and in the middle of the room
sat a rickety table with two chairs. It was rough but looked lived in. She lit
the fire that had been prepared in the fireplace.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“A little too rustic, isn’t it?”
she said when the stranger joined her.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He grumbled. “Never said it was a
fancy bed and breakfast.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“No, you didn’t. It’s nice enough,
but I was expecting electricity. No bathroom either, I assume?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“Of course, there is,” he said
proudly. “Outback. Just picked up a new roll too. Help yourself.” He handed her
a new roll of toilet paper that he takes from a grocery bag. If you take that
pitcher,” he pointed to one sitting on a shelf by the door. “You can fill it
with water from the barrel outside to wash with. Be sure to bring the roll back
with you. If you leave it out there, the critters will get to it, or the
dampness will!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">With a shrug, she walked out the
back door to the outhouse. She set the pitcher on the porch near the water
barrel and moved toward the doorless outhouse. <i>When you’ve got to go, you
go. After all, I just spent a night in the woods with Jerry. This is a mite
better</i>, she thought as she sat down on the cold, wooden seat. She watched
the cabin, just waiting for the old guy to take a peek. She was surprised when
he didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Back in the cabin, she found the
old man lighting another lantern. He had the kitchen table set with bottles of
Jack Daniels, a plate of cheddar cheese and a package of Ritz Crackers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“Thought you might be hungry. If
this won’t do, I’ve got eggs and bacon, but I was saving that for breakfast.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“This is fine,” she said as she
poured some water into a large bowl and washed her hands. She took off her
jacket and sat down near the fire. She opened a new bottle, poured a glass, and
took a big gulp. “This is so smooth.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">The old man smiled. “I’m glad you
like it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">She poured another glass, ate a
chunk of cheese, and finished off that glass too. “You never told me your
name—I’m Sheila.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“I know, Sheila. I know. And you know
me. Remember?” the old man said, then began to remove his facial hair and the
gray wig on his face. He pulled off the prosthetics that made him look years
older.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“Hank. Sheila. My name is Hank. And
I’m here to make sure you pay for all the crimes you’ve committed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">By now, the drug he’d coated her
glass with had taken hold. Sheila could not fight him. She could barely stay in
her seat, but she was still conscious enough to know she’d been had.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“How? How did you find me?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“It wasn’t difficult. I almost had
you, but then you disappeared up here. While I waited for you to reappear, I
perfected my disguise and rented this place. I’ve been searching for you for
days. What I don’t understand is why you were hitchhiking.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“I couldn’t very well get caught in
my last victim’s car, now could I?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“So, you killed Jerry too? You work
fast, girl. Too fast. Damn!” he shook his head. “You are one evil bitch, but I
knew the minute I mentioned a winning lottery ticket that you couldn’t resist
another opportunity.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">“You’re a bastard. But don’t worry,
I’ll escape again,” she said before the world went dark, and her head hit the
table.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">*****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">But Hank wasn’t about to leave
escape to chance. Sheila awoke to find herself in a sleeping bag on the porch
of a very rustic cabin. As she stretched herself awake, she saw that several
large, brown bears stood nearby. She immediately hurried inside but found that the
place had no door. The door had already been torn off by the bears. It lay at
her feet, and the smell of blood and meat assaulted her nostrils.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Realizing her error, she turned
around and came face to face with a bear. The beast swatted her with his
massive paw, and she went down in a heap. Blood poured from open wounds as the
bear began dragging her outside where three smaller bears attacked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Sheila was eaten alive. Her bones
were found that next summer, and ID was found in the pocket of her jacket. The
papers in Alaska carried the story of how an escaped murderer met her match in Alaska's
wilderness. When the AP picked up the story, Hank read it and smiled. “Justice
has finally been achieved!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2015/08/killer-flowers.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Killer Flowers</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2015/08/killer-spice.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Killer Spice</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2015/08/foxglove-tea.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Foxglove Tea</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2015/08/bloody-tissue.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Bloody Tissue</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-murderous-intent.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">A Murderous Intent</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2016/05/in-flagrante-delicto.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">In Flagrante Delicto</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2016/06/getting-away-with-murder.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Getting Away With Murder</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2016/06/sheila-murders-in-hawaii.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Sheila Murders, In Hawaii</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-deadly-retribution.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">A Deadly Retribution</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; 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margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2016/09/murder-death.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Murder = Death</span></a></span></i></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-very-cold-dish.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">A Very Cold Dish</span></a></span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://murderousimaginings.blogspot.com/2017/01/pea-soup.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Pea Soup</span></a></span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; 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margin: 0px;">Remember folks - this is all fiction -</span></i></b><span style="line-height: 19.9733px;"><span style="line-height: 19.9733px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: large; line-height: 19.9733px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></span></p><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 19.9733px; margin: 0px;">an exercise</span></i></b><b><i><span style="line-height: 19.9733px; margin: 0px;"> of the imagination!</span></i></b></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 19.9733px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; 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What do you think it is supposed to look like? Do you see yourself as a working
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aspiring to be a working author. Someone who writes at least one book a year
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Grave Mistake, you ask?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, what in the hell is
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s the next WEP task.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And believe me<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">there’s many away<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where errors take sway<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and many unorthodox ideas<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> rue the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, get out your pens and pads.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We’ve given you <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A dare for your best scare<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because Halloween is for all<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And who knows?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You may take </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">first prize for your Grave
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ANSWER:</b> So easy to answer, Margaret Mitchell, on the one hand,
and Stephen King on the other. I would love to talk with Margaret about her
approach, and of course, Stephen King about his. Two people, two different
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;">The co-hosts are</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span></b><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://pjcolandoblog.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PJ Colando,</a> <a href="https://jlennidorner.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">J Lenni Dorner,</a> <a href="http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/" style="color: #e50000;" target="_blank">Deniz Bevan,</a> <a href="http://kimlajevardi.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kim Lajevardi,</a><a href="http://www.literaryrambles.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Natalie Aguirre,</a> and <a href="http://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Louise - Fundy Blue!</a></b><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;">Be sure to say hello!</span></b><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #191919; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;">I hope so!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Grave Mistake, you ask?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, what in the hell is
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s the next WEP task.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And believe me<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">there’s many away<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where errors take sway<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where ghosts and ghoulies will
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and many unorthodox ideas<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> rue the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, get out your pens and pads.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We’ve given you <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A dare for your best scare<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because Halloween is for all<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And who knows?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You may take </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">first prize for your Grave
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #0070c0; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">Question - Quote: "Although I have written a short story
collection, the form found me and not the other way around. Don't write short
stories, novels or poems. Just write your truth and your stories will mold into
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gosh, I'm sure I've shared everything about myself. I've thought and thought and thought, and I came up with nothing unless you want to get into all my health issues. Which I prefer not to as I'm saving those for the old folks home. I mean, I'll need something to share.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My favorite is to take my notebook out onto the patio and just
mellow. A cup of tea and quiet time is my meditation. Yesterday I wrote
over 5000 words of a new novel because I allowed myself to ignore everything in
the outside world. I’ll be honest sometimes it works better than others, but on
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