Howdy ho everyone!

My apologies, went to bed last night totally forgetting to do the Wrap Up 😮 I hope Myr doesn't fire me or deduct my pay .

Due to this and an early breakfast with friends, I'm going to have to make this a short one. 

I do have a question though... I'm kind of stuck in my teen years or when you first got a job in your twenties, I like to stay up really late on weekends. Now I know as you get older, not me of course , insomnia becomes an issue but if you are not dealing with that, do you stay up considerably later on a night that you don't work the next day? Usually I can be found lurking till like 2 AM on Friday and Saturday nights, or should I say Saturday and Sunday mornings! Not for any particular reason, just I do it. 

So are you a night owl by nature but other things like work, kids, or other adulting things make you go to bed early and then you take one or two nights a week to stay up late?

One other thing I will mention, Cia is doing okay, just very occupied at the moment. I want to pass on that the Secret Author contest hasn't been forgotten and that when the time is right, you all will get to dive in  . Stay tuned!!! Sometimes real life sucks  If anything, this contest is a tricky one, as it is a secret with one person only know the stories and authors. No matter how much I usually try to bribe Cia, she reveals nothing .

Now what happened on this blistering hot and smokey week? Unfortunately with Cia out, it was an abbreviated week.

Tuesday, Myr kicked things off by doing a deep dive. I heard he was so motivated by the skinny dipping conversation last week, he went diving nakid 😮:

Thursday, the poor penguin, who must be sweating her ... wings off  in the heat, came in with a reminder that the SA is coming and took a look back at last years:

Myr had some more Words of the Day. How many did you check out?

instinct, awareness, doubt, conviction, awakening, momentum, intention

Hey, let's do something different. Looking at the words of the past week, let's pretend you are about to write a story or you have written one  Using the above 7 words, give us a one paragraph introduction or synopsis of your story. Post it in the comments below  I know with the word conviction, I could write a story of the weekend escapades of Val and Krista  . To clarify, not about their dedication to having fun but their court appearance after .

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9. Safe Distance by Tony S.
10. The Witches of Darkmoore by Celian
11. Twenty-Eight Years Later by Lee Wilson
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13. At Tempest Island by Grayson Rose
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17. Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy
18. Monstrum by Laura S. Fox
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