I'm writing this early on Saturday as I may or may not be able to write on Saturday evening  

I'm off to watch a Canadian Football game this evening. I guess there is some soccer tournament going on as well in Canada, Mexico and the US of A  As I'm writing this, the tunder and ligting has started 😮 Hope it ends before the game.

I usually get a lot of silence when I talk sports. I know though a lot of the world doesn't have the US and Canada's interest in our major sports, football (North American), Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, etc. So if you call the game we call soccer, football, let me know if you are cheering on your country's team ⚽ Or, if you watch a sport outside of FB, BB,Hockey, BB  like Cricket, Bowling, etc, let us know!

Today is actually the loooooooooooooooooongest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shortest day of the year in the South. I'm sure if you live on the equator you don't really give a hoot. If you live at the North Pole, you are probably close to 24 hours sunlight everyday. In the south, nearly 24 hours black out  I wonder if blackout curtains and blinds have the highest sales per capita near the poles  

Since it is the longest day, do you do anything to celebrate it? Sounds silly but I used to try to be out camping on this day every year. To be sitting out by the fire watching the sun go down around 10 PM and continue to watch the crackle of the fire into the night. In my much younger days, we would stay up and watch the sun come up at around 5:15 AM.  To be honest, I will be going to bed when I get home and will get up at around 9 tomorrow. Too old to be doing that anymore . 

Enough random babbling and onto the Wrap Up. Isn't that the reason we all check in weekly?

Monday, Cia introduced us to the June Signature Feature:

Tuesday, Myr popped by in between his travels to check on the Mystery genre:

If you were looking for the Signature Feature Excerpt this Wednesday, stay tuned  

Thursday, Wildone did a Flashback to the first annual Secret Author Contest. No one took me up on guessing who wrote what story .

Friday, if you don't usually look at the Prompts (shame on you!  ), you need to look at the this weeks just for the gif that Aditus posted. While doing that see if the great Prompts he gave us tickles your fancy:

Saturday, Myr popped back in again and let us know about some of the great new resources available to our writers. Even if you are not a poet or author, check it out:

 

 

We had 7, yes that it correct, 7 new Words of the Day this week. If you are under 18, cover your eyes and don't look at the first one 😮. Heck, it is so bad, I better put it in spoiler tags  

, reckoning, reminiscence, bittersweet, absolution, closure, regret

 

 

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Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets!

5 completed stories this week!

1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

1. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon

8 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Lost in the Sand by Topher Lydon
2. Rumspringa by Topher Lydon
3. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon
4. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
5. Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters
6. Treacherous by CassieQ
7. Roping the Moon by Headstall
8. Vega-Vixen 2.0 by Topher Lydon **Complete**

2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray
2. Blades of Ashes by lilansui

39 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. A salty drop of Magic by Celian
2. Pace Control by Soren Kraft
3. Aethan's Reign by ValentineDavis21
4. Gabriel's Gambit: Contract Terminated by Jason Rimbaud **Complete**
5. Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy
6. Strife by CryingCircusConductor
7. Love in a time of hatred vol 2 by Gary L
8. A Tight Squeeze by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
9. Footnotes of misery by Kileoli
10. Ride of Your Life by mastershakeme
11. Barnaby’s Bounty: The Chrononaut’s Guide to Nautical Dimensions by chris191070 **Complete**
12. Hunger & Habit by Invnarcel
13. IceBerg by J92
14. Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434
15. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard
16. Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill
17. The Cwtch. by E K Stokes
18. The Witches of Darkmoore by Celian
19. Blades of Ashes by lilansui
20. The Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy
21. Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories
22. Monstrum by Laura S. Fox
23. In the Barb by Vcs
24. Boy Meets Boys by Grayson Rose
25. The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus
26. Holiday Drama by quokka
27. If Furniture Could Talk by Lee Wilson
28. Robbie and Mark: Latest chaos by unilive
29. Revelations 2026 by mastershakeme **Complete**
30. U-N-I by unilive
31. The academic slut by Kileoli
32. Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy
33. Futile Devices by CasualWanderer82
34. Exquisite Island of Safe Refuge: The Stained-Glass Mind by Vcs
35. Alpha Awakened by Painawakened
36. THROUGH IT ALL by vanalas
37. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
38. Never walk alone- Walk on by Andre Delport
39. turmoil by Paladin

 

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