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Writing Prompt: A fire argues
Life had kicked me about a bit, but I am back now and will be getting back to writing and getting this blog back up and being posted to. To kick it off I am going to work on a bit of a writing challenge. What could one create with the writing prompt A fire argues?
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"You will burn."
The apprentice stood, eyes focused on the brazier and the flicker of low flame that burned within it. The fire seemed to laugh before it ducked down into the low coals and hid. Curses in several archaic languages followed as she apprentice cursed the elemental origins of the flame that refused to kindle. There was nothing that could be done about it, though. What could be done? Apprentices were simply helpless to do anything about it when a fire argues against being properly lit, even without the use of magic.
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Okay, not much, but the best I could come up with to work in the phrase 'a fire argues', and I'm tired to it sort of lost the tense there in favor of finishing the exercise.
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"You will burn."
The apprentice stood, eyes focused on the brazier and the flicker of low flame that burned within it. The fire seemed to laugh before it ducked down into the low coals and hid. Curses in several archaic languages followed as she apprentice cursed the elemental origins of the flame that refused to kindle. There was nothing that could be done about it, though. What could be done? Apprentices were simply helpless to do anything about it when a fire argues against being properly lit, even without the use of magic.
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Okay, not much, but the best I could come up with to work in the phrase 'a fire argues', and I'm tired to it sort of lost the tense there in favor of finishing the exercise.
Livescribe 1GB Pulse Smartpen
I got a lovely little tool a few weeks ago. Something that I consider to be my mom's gift to me for Christmas because she had wanted to get one for me. The Livescribe 1GB Pulse Smartpen
along with some notebooks for writing in.This has become my favorite pen. The thing is not clumsy as some people have said, in fact I find it to be very comfortable to hold and write with. The size is not as big as I had expected it to be, the entire pen being only a bit bigger than your standard Sharpie, about the size of a good size highlighting pen, and well balanced for comfort of holding it when writing. Best of all, the one I got came with a free text to script program with it and even my sloppy write anywhere on the page and skip about adding words or changing things is kept up with. I can even skip between multiple notebooks. I love it!
I can not recommend this pen highly enough for writers. If you don't have one, get one!
Liquid Story Binder
I decided that I would pick up a copy of Liquid Story Binder, so I went the route of their get it free deal and picked up a subscription to Blockbuster Online and got a copy of Liquid Story Binder. I've been working to move all of the novels that I am working on into the program so that I can get back to working on them.
It is a very complicated program, but I like what I have sorted out about it so far. Just need to learn a bit of the finer details, like how to actually mesh things into some kind of book like format.
It is a very complicated program, but I like what I have sorted out about it so far. Just need to learn a bit of the finer details, like how to actually mesh things into some kind of book like format.
Google Documents for Collaborative Writing
At her prompting my friend and I started checking into the usability of Google Documents for the purpose of collaborating on the book we are writing together. Being a fan of the old notebook and pen system, I was more than a little uneasy about using an online storage system. Blame it on a panicky paranoia of 'are search spiders going to index our story?'
I've got over the paranoia (mostly) after I got to looking at the documents feature a bit more, and checking into the security information on Google's Documents. While it is true that you get what you pay for, and Google Documents is free, it at least seems to be reasonably safe for tossing stuff back and forth for rough draft purposes.
And, I have to admit, the ability to see my co-writer's comments in real-time is pretty cool stuff. We were just working in it and I was able to see her comment even as I was writing something. Although, it is a bit scary to have someone else see the messy way I end up with a coherent sentence. LOL!
I've got over the paranoia (mostly) after I got to looking at the documents feature a bit more, and checking into the security information on Google's Documents. While it is true that you get what you pay for, and Google Documents is free, it at least seems to be reasonably safe for tossing stuff back and forth for rough draft purposes.
And, I have to admit, the ability to see my co-writer's comments in real-time is pretty cool stuff. We were just working in it and I was able to see her comment even as I was writing something. Although, it is a bit scary to have someone else see the messy way I end up with a coherent sentence. LOL!
Karisma Hotels Resorts
I am sitting here at my writing desk looking out the window at the yellow of the trees and thinking that it will only be a matter of weeks, if not days before the yellow of the trees gives way to the white snows of winter. Times like this are the times that make you think of the warm sands of far away beaches.
Offering family all inclusive vacations, The Karisma Hotels are located on secluded white-sand beaches on the Mexican Riviera Maya. Please note that the Karisma Hotels resorts do include both adult only and family friendly resorts, so make sure you know what -
Family-Friendly:
Azul Beach
Azul Blue
Adults Only:
El Dorado Royale Spa Resort
El Dorado Seaside Suites
Naturalist:
Hidden Beach Resort
Amenities that can be found at the resorts include services such as beach butlers, fine food, iced bartops, swim-up rooms, white gauze curtains around the beds, hot tubs, hammocks and more. If you want to find out more about the offerings of the resorts then you should check out the link above and the information for each resort for more details on which resort offers what services and for details on services offered exclusively by each resort, such as the milk baths and aromatic massages (don't that sound like a cure for writer's block? lol) of the El Dorado Royale Resort, or the kid-sized bathrobes and coloring books offered by the family friendly Azul Beach Hotel.
Offering family all inclusive vacations, The Karisma Hotels are located on secluded white-sand beaches on the Mexican Riviera Maya. Please note that the Karisma Hotels resorts do include both adult only and family friendly resorts, so make sure you know what -
Family-Friendly:
Azul Beach
Azul Blue
Adults Only:
El Dorado Royale Spa Resort
El Dorado Seaside Suites
Naturalist:
Hidden Beach Resort
Amenities that can be found at the resorts include services such as beach butlers, fine food, iced bartops, swim-up rooms, white gauze curtains around the beds, hot tubs, hammocks and more. If you want to find out more about the offerings of the resorts then you should check out the link above and the information for each resort for more details on which resort offers what services and for details on services offered exclusively by each resort, such as the milk baths and aromatic massages (don't that sound like a cure for writer's block? lol) of the El Dorado Royale Resort, or the kid-sized bathrobes and coloring books offered by the family friendly Azul Beach Hotel.
Early to rise is overrated
Here it is, 6:15 in the morning, and I am up before the sun working on my writing. And oh gawwwd do I feel dreadful. I am not a morning person, however, I have made a promise to a friend of mine that I would stop being so slouchy in my work habits and she even got all bossy on me and made me schedules to stick to so... I'm going to do my best to stick to those.
Goal for now, get my blogs all semi caught up. I need to divvy them out into what ones I am going to post to when and then spend a set amount of time each day with nothing that I do other than work on the blogs. Already a bit behind on that, since I slept until 5 before I started rallying myself toward work, then did not start working until 6:00... but... I am trying. That counts for something, right?
Maybe after a few weeks of this I will get used to waking up early and staying up... nah, I doubt it. Can I go back to bed now?
Goal for now, get my blogs all semi caught up. I need to divvy them out into what ones I am going to post to when and then spend a set amount of time each day with nothing that I do other than work on the blogs. Already a bit behind on that, since I slept until 5 before I started rallying myself toward work, then did not start working until 6:00... but... I am trying. That counts for something, right?
Maybe after a few weeks of this I will get used to waking up early and staying up... nah, I doubt it. Can I go back to bed now?
