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Loaded Questions
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. No plan, no matter how awesome or well-plotted, never survives contact with the situation. The plan WILL CHANGE. Improvisation skills are just as important as being prepared. It doesn’t matter the situation–home, work, finding a job, raising a kid, changing a tire, a relative…
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IWSG October 2024
October 2 question – Ghost stories fit right in during this month. What’s your favorite classic ghostly tale? Tell us about it and why it sends chills up your spine. It isn’t a classic, but I read it in middle school(?). I can’t even remember the title, but it’s a medieval/pioneer setting and there’s a…
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Prompt, October 1, 2024
What skill would you like to learn? ALL OF THEM! I’ve always wanted to learn all kinds of things. Lamp working, spinning, woodcarving, bookmaking, weaving, extreme shark racing, crochet, knit, film making, sewing, skateboarding, programming, skiing, gardening, ice carving, pottery, painting, digital art, dog grooming, platypus farming, hairstyling, Icelandic, ASL, juggling, magic, dancing, martial arts, …
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uggghhhh
Well, now that I’ve finished hyperventilating, I have to do adult, and make appropriate business decisions. Keep to a writing schedule. Stick to publishing goals. Investigate marketing options. Expend EFFORT to learn how to market efficiently. Be sociable. Network. Grooooooooooooossssssssssss!!!!!!!! Why did I think publishing would be a good idea? … Probably because I like…
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IWSG August 2024
August 7 question – Do you use AI in your writing and if so how? Do you use it for your posts? Incorporate it into your stories? Use it for research? Audio? GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!! I just thought we’d establish where I am, exactly, on the whole AI and creative work-thing, right up front.…
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The Bucket List
I started a bucket list about ten years ago. A cherished friend of mine passed suddenly, and it messed me up a bit. No one expected his death. Maybe he did, but everyone else I knew was surprised by it. A day after I got the news, I realized I had a crap-ton of unfinished…
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