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    Weekly Wrap Up (Aug. 30 - Sept. 5)

    By wildone

    I want to send a hello out to Rudy Judy   Now that is out of the way, I get to explain that I was away from home all week. I went up to the lake and stayed at the cabin (cottage to you Eastern North American folks). I worked my job all week up there, but it was more tolerable with looking out the window at the mountains across the lake. The lake was quiet most of the week but all the jet skies and boat surfing (is that what they call it  ) made it noisy on Friday and brought back memories t
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Mystery Deep Dive 4

Top 1 Most Read Mystery - Amateur Sleuth Features characters who are not professional detectives but get involved in solving mysteries due to personal interest or circumstance. Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis In Process Top 1 Most Read Mystery - Caper Light-hearted mystery that is easy to read, witty and not too intense.  Can also be more comic in nature.  Examples: Clue, Scooby Doo, Hardy Boys, or Janet Evanovitch books A Ticklish Thriller (Revised) b
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Word Triggers

Certain otherwise-innocuous words can be a trigger for some people.  Maybe it's a negative association with the word - a reminder of past trauma or a social faux pas.  It could be a word that becomes an inside joke - an innocent word given a not-so-innocent meaning.  These words make us cringe and avoid them and not really want to explain our reaction to other people.  For me, a certain spring-blooming flower is a word trigger.  I avoid saying the name of this flower because I have  negative ass
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Weekly Wrap Up (Sept. 15 - Sept. 21)

First thing first, I really need anyone who is thinking to enter our yearly Anthology, please see Val's Thursday blog and if you fingers haven't started typing, get them going! As you read this, I am indisposed. Read into that what you want . But I'm up by a lake in the mountains looking at the colours change for fall.  So next week in the northern hemisphere, we flip into fall, autumn, whatever you like to call it. Down under the equator, they are about to hit spring   What is y
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Write, Write, Write!

The deadline for the 2024 anthology is just about two weeks away, which is not too late to submit a story to the proof team!  Here are a few tips about participating in the anthology: Stories can be as short as 1,000 words The link to the theme can be tangential - it doesn't have to hit us over the head.  So, keep that in mind if the theme isn't speaking to you.  Participating in the anthology is a great way to get new readers.  A lot of people read all the anthology stories, so i
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Literary Fiction Deep Dive 4

Top 0 Most Read Literary Fiction - Bildungsroman A coming-of-age story that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from youth to adulthood. "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger is a classic example. No stories Top 10 Most Read Literary Fiction - Contemporary Literary Exploration of the human condition in modern times.  Thicker Than Water by John Henry Complete They may not mean to, but they do by Robert Hugill Complete
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September Signature Feature: One Hundred Forty-Five Candles by Aditus

I felt a bit of a kinship with this story, being as I like food challenge shows, and September happens to be my anniversary with August my birthday... and those often get mixed together due to hunting season, lol. Trust me, the story is FAR better as you learn the reason for all the candles!  Length: 1,813 Description: What's better than one reason to celebrate? Two reasons. Victor and Peter will explain in an interview for the cooking blog Stirring the Pot why they decorated the
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Weekly Wrap Up (Sept. 8 - Sept. 14)

There went a Saturday without really realizing it   Saturday AM I thought I would see if there was anything interesting on Prime. I haven't been on in a while. After the other week of me saying I haven't finished some of the streaming shows that I have watched past seasons of, I saw that Season 2 of the The Rings of Power was out and streaming. The thing is, it was so long ago that I can't remember the Season 1 happenings  Don't worry, @Krista is keep a collection of retirement home pamphle
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Bird Brains

We often think of birds as being superfluous beings.  Almost always there, but usually we don't notice them.  However, let's try something different.  Let's pretend we are a bird, observing a scene, and maybe even the people in it.  What do you encounter and what does a 'bird's eye view' mean to your writing?   #243 - Canadian goose - You are traveling far, far away to winter someplace warm.  What do you encounter and how does it affect you?   #244 - Pigeon - You live in a sq
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Anthology Check-In

The deadline for the 2024 Anthology - In too Deep - is fast approaching!     I'm about halfway done with my own story.  It's based on some experiences I had while visiting England earlier this year.  Comment below if you're planning on participating in this year's anthology, and feel free to post a short teaser!  There's still time to get a story written and submitted, even if you haven't started yet.  Don't like the theme?  Remember that the theme doesn't have to knock us o
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