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One of the joys of writing Blue Moon is finding uses for elements I introduced earlier just for color or bits of business. Do people writing novels do this, too, or is the tuxedo cat stealing cream in chapter four never to be seen again?

What if you needed a sudden noise in the middle of the night in chapter thirteen? Wouldn't it make sense for Mr. Underfoot to turn out to be the same cat? And then, near the climax when the villain needs to send a message, poor little kitty gets a curtain call?

Grisly example but does this happen in novel-writing?

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TGIF

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TGIF by Maggie “Kitten” O’Malley

Parts of this story use ideas and characters from Shalimar’s Kid’s Kamp universe and The Dream by Prudence Walker. It is given to my friends and family who have always shared their love and magic with me. Special dedication is given to Rebecca Anne Stewart, affectionately known to us Becky, who will always be in our hearts. Special thanks to Holly Hart for translating this from “Toddlerese.” Hugs and love to everyone, from the Kitten and her Moose.


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Hot enough for you?

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The BC server went down for about 90 minutes due to excess heat in the server farm. At the time, I had taken my mom down to a fastfood place so she could cool off. :) So that's why it took so long to fix cause I did not report it by phone until I got back.

It's okay now, I hope.

Hugs,
Erin

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Tales of the Season: Charlene's Story - Chapter 20

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Tales of the Season : Charlene's Story

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Lisa Elizabeth


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Took a day off

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I've got a ton of stuff to do but I took the Fourth off to laze around at friends', eat, cook and talk. I came home last night and slept 10-1/2 hours, very unusual for me. Now I feel like crud, aches and pains all over, stuffed up sinuses and a sore throat. I'm going to take it easy today, do very little and hope I feel better tomorrow.

Hugs to all and especially those of you waiting for me to do something in particular,
Erin

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I'm having trouble resolving the trans/gay issue.

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I have been living full time as a woman for about three years. I am heading for Thailand to finish by the end of the month.

To be truthful, since my Orchiectomy and beginning Hormones, I don't have a sexual attraction. When I return, I shall be fully female, but there is no physiological reason for my desires to change.

I have not recently sought male companionship, but I do have several female friends.

I have my laptop back!

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Acer returned my laptop this week, complete with a new hard drive and completely reloaded software.

I'll be picking up the pieced of where I left off soon, and for my 3 fans (special thanks to all three of you!), I shall soon be back with more installments of Nothing Stranger Than Life.

Y'all have fun and thanks for your patience.
DD

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Sanura's Tale: Part 10 - The Finale - (A MORFS Universe Story)

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It's 2048, and besides all the normal stresses, teens are now faced with the possibility of many strange changes induced by the MORFS virus. Sanura has fallen into the trap that was set for her. Her captors have discovered what happens when you try to cage a hybrid and now Sanura will come face to face with the man who has been after her.


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Silliness

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Hi Everyone! I was scanning though my favorite web sites this morning and ran across a movie trailer for "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" I was a little turned off by the title and idea that it was just another Holiday movie. However once I watched it I got SRU flashbacks not that anyone was transformed but just by the sets and madcap staff. Maybe the Wizard has a younger brother? here is a link to the trailer in case anyone is interested.
http://us.video.aol.com/player/launcher?ar=us_en_video_640x7...

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grover

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A New Style of Education - Part 31

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A trip away from the school, but is it safe?


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Oh Happy Day

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Rick Reilly is by far my favorite columnist. His “Life of Reilly” appears on the last page of Sports Illustrated. For years I’ve read Sports Illustrated from back to front. Many times his column is all that I read, but I try never to miss it.

This week’s column is a shocker. He wrote about a friend of his, a past co-worker on the Los Angeles Times, Mike Penner, who is now Christine Daniels, who still is a sports writer for that paper.

He talks of how good-looking she has become because she now is smiling a great deal. He speaks in positive terms throughout the article.

Sk8r Grrls Comix

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Okay, for those of you that've been awaiting anything about the Sk8r Grrls webcomic, I have a bit of a preview for you. Yaaaaay!

Oh, and... I so completely, totally picked the most awesomest right choice of artist for this project!

Sk8r Grrls Comix
by Edeyn Hannah Blackeney, art by Heather Rose Brown


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Ice Princess

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The only thing I excelled at turned out to be thinking. I was able to read before I was two and could do college level trigonometry problems by the time I was seven. I was so far ahead of other kids my age that my parents got permission to home school me. I completed all of the requirements for graduation from High School by the time I was eight and got my first college degree; a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, when I was ten. I was twelve years old when I started helping dad test and debug software for the company he owned.


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Not a fan

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I'm not a fan of forced fem stories. If it's not voluntary, making someone do something that will put them in danger -- either at the time or later on -- is wrong and would be construed as child abuse in most of the cases in which they do this. I guess I see them as way too formulaic. There's also the fact that I was severely abused as a child... from about age 6 months to around age 15 when I finally stood up and stopped taking it

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Accidental Magic - Chapter 01: The not-so-new Girl at School.

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Synopsis: The students want to get to know the new girl, but strangely it's as if they have just noticed her, because she isn't really new at all....

 

Accidental Magic

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Allystra Krane

Chapter One
The not-so-new Girl at school.


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Famous Quotes

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I recently read a story that had a lot of quotes as the heading of the chapters. Also I've noticed a number of quotes coming with a review. What are your favorite quotes?

Some of mine:

"I know G_d created the Heaven and Earth. I'm just trying to find out how." A. Einstein

"The reason I can see so far is that I'm standing on the shoulders of giants." E. Hailley

"Only Nixion could go to China." ST character, Spock

"In this galaxy there are millions of planets and millions of people on those planets. Don't lose the one called Kirk." ST character McCoy

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Writing Aids

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I was wondering what other authors use to help themselves write their longer stories. Do they write notes on paper? Do they keep notes in a file? Do they use any software? If so, what programs do they use?

I keep notes at the bottom of the file in an outline format by chapter. Since the notes are at the bottom, I'm always reminded of the next scene I want to write. After I write the scene, I delete the notes relating to that scene. Then I have notes for the next scene to take their place.

Serials vs. Novels

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So, a recent topic got me thinking in a new direction now. What's the difference between a serial and a novel published a few chapters at a time? Is there a difference of story structure? Does a serial need to be episodic?

The ever faithful Dictionary.com defines a serial likes this:


anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.

Some folks are just Unlucky, some are Clumsy... and then there's me

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I was constantly beating the odds of bad things happening, in my first 20 years. So much so, that I had the reputation of being the clumsiest person in town. When I was in high school, there was a contest in the town newspaper that described some of my injuries and the circumstances that led to them. The first 50 correct responders to the newspaper office would receive a coupon good for a free sandwich from a local fast food place. All 50 coupons were claimed before an hour had passed from the time the papers hit the shelves/streets

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Search Engines and RSS Feeds

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Just banned a Sweden-based search engine from the site for too many redundant page loads. Over a three day period this dumbass robot ate up almost 1/18th of all the processor time spent building pages. Google's search engine did the same job over the same period for about 4% as much time (nearly twice as much time as that spent by an actual live visitor who checks frequently and reads a lot but still, not bad).

Subliminal Fancies...

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Tonight after reading the rather awesome Sk8r Grrls story I was reading through some of my own fiction, and came across a passage in 'The Beauty Soap' (I'd link but my own site is being redeveloped and I can't find it here :S) which wonders if the shop has started using subliminals. This story came of that. It probably isn't that great as i knocked it out in two hours or so, and proofed it myself. Any errors are therefor my own. Without further ado...


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No wonder it was so crowded

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I just had to share this. I went by our local Home Depot this evening. On the way out I saw their sign advertising their upcoming 4th of July sale. It said:

Don't miss out on huge savings!
Get a bang for your buck!

For some reason I kept hearing 'Afternoon Delight' in my head on the way home...

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Note

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This message is in order for me to say goodbye.

As some of you know, I been battling stage IV cancer for over 5 years. Last year I came close to dying, but due to other complications caused by my cancer, not the cancer itself. The five year survival rate for my cancer is less than 10% but somehow I've made it to almost 6 years. I may get to six(September) but not much further.

Including TM, (R), and (C) in stories

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I've often wondered why people put trademark, registered trademark, and copyright indicators after the names of certain products or organizations. I can understand why it's important to show respect for someone's trademark or copyright, but is it mandatory to put such indicators in the middle of a piece of fiction?

Playmate

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Playmate

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I took a break from my household chores on that early May afternoon and watched Miriam, my five-year-old and her friend, Sarah, learn a clapping song from two of the older girls in the neighborhood. The older girls are very patient with my baby and her friend as they learn the actions, rhythm and words of the song, “Playmate.”

As I watched them it brought back memories of my own childhood, sitting and watching the girls in the neighborhood do that and other clapping songs. One time there were only three girls, so they asked me to join them.


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Sk8r Update

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Hrm. Thought I posted this earlier, guess I forgot to hit "Submit"

Sk8r Grrls 10 will be on the site no later than Sunday afternoon -- I have a LOT of projects in the works right now, and 4 days of being sick has screwed them all up!

I will have Sk8r Grrls 11 on Tuesday like I should, though

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Urban Renewal -29- Epilog

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Urban Renewal

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Epilog

 
by Erin Halfelven
Art by Heather Rose Brown

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Urban Renewal -28-

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Urban Renewal

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by Erin Halfelven
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Where are the Amazon Updates???

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Not so much a question for me as an answer for anyone asking the question themselves. I've had a few e-mails asking where the next part is and thought some explanation was in order.

John in Wauwatosa has alluded to what's happening, but my family has had a series of painful events this year.

A nephew passing away at 25, another with advanced cancer who's not even 45, and another family member with a (so far) not life threatening pulmonary embolism.

It's been a bit tough to get any writing done.

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Suited For Danger - Book 2 - Chapter 2

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Transformers
(sort of)

Book Two, Chapter Two

By Catherine Linda Michel


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Family Pictures

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How do you explain to a young daughter something you hadn't been prepared for her to find out? Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. :)

Family Pictures

Copyright 2007 by Heather Rose Brown


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Urban Renewal -27-

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Urban Renewal

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by Erin Halfelven
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The desire to submit

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I have been looking at some of my work and deciding how my personality molds my own stories to reflect a part of me. I had often thought that a professional could write on almost any subject and make a success of it.

I, on the other hand write about my inner most desires.

A while back, I was talking to my counselor about why I need to be punished. We decided that for me it is a way to feel secure and owned. This is probably abnormal, but so what, I have nothing to hide anymore; no church boards to fear, no employeer to satisfy.

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Tales from the Gabycon.

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My journey to the Gabycon was delayed in starting as it took longer to pack than I'd anticipated. I shoved things in bags for days beforehand, washed clothes, even ironed them, not worn favourite things because I would 'need' them. It seemed getting the kitchen sink in the boot of my car and then sticking a bike rack on the back took longer than....oh yeah, I've done that bit.

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Urban Renewal -26-

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Urban Renewal

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by Erin Halfelven
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New Story Idea

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I was reading one of Ardvark's stories last night and then when I went to bed, I dreamt about a variation on his idea.

Being a Muslima, I often wonder what the sociological reason is for women world wide to have found themselves in such a subservient position. Anthropoligically, we know that women are only 87% as large as men, but that sure does not seem to hold Feminist American Women back today. They are dying in Iraq like everyone else.

The Making of Nibs - Upload 3

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Chapter 13 — Misty’s


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