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Indie writer seeks audience with an audience. Paying customers welcome. [pronouns: ze/hir] Daily free stories happen because it is an excellent counter to Writers' Block.

Burpengary East http://www.cmweller.com 11651 posts

Friday, ANZAC Day and Commenced PLNs

Today's the day Australia and New Zealand remembers the fallen in war. Age shall not weary them and so forth.

This morning, after cats, self-maintenance, and foot stretchies, I started braiding jute twine for my new cane cord. I have figured out that I can leave it off my cane until it's nearly done.

I'm also reasonably sure I can braid the entire thing instead of braiding it partway and then making a thicker cord out of the extant cord. I know the technique but... could be troublesome. Best to keep things simple for version one.

I will keep fixing things until they're broken beyond my ability to do that.

Onwards to my offerings.

Challenge #04498-L114: Harder Heartstrings

They were young, but their heart was failing. One last adventure found a magic artifact that buried itself into their chest replacing the heart that had been damaged by long bouts of illness. However, unlike other artifacts similar to it, it did not try to change their usually kind, and gentle, nature. It simply acted as a replacement heart. -- Anon Guest

"One adventure," said Fennel. "All I need is to find a Hartsoke seed before it's too late." She was a

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Thursday, Bread and Physio

Here is my cunning PLN:

  1. Start one loaf off [X]
  2. Make offerings whilst loaf continues process
  3. Bake loaf
  4. Go to physio
  5. Go process the second loaf and do things for creativity purposes, huzzah

I can make a start on the new cord for my cane, but I can't get to the tricky part until I have the entire week to do it.

We'll see how I go.

Starting with today's offerings. Huzzah.

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Challenge #04497-L113: Tiny Teaching Moment

A small child once again tried to swipe Wraithvine's hat. A common enough occurrence. What was uncommon was how protective the tiny dragon that lived on hir hat with it's tiny 'hoard' of a single gold coin, got of the child. -- Anon Guest

[AN: Corrected Wraithvine's gender in this prompt]

Walking sticks and wizards' hats are irresistably attractive to small children. Many is the king or other holder of a crown who has had to shoo a tiny toddler off the

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Wednesday, Rant Due and Patreon Overdue

I got a notification this morning that a parcel had arrived at my AusPost locker. It was the cable I ordered sometime last week.

It's unriddled and plugged in before I turned my compy on and the tablet looks like it works. Huzzah! I shall be trying that out in the fullness of time.

Which will be much much much much much much later on today.

I have things to do first.

The daily offerings, the patreon stuff, and the rant that's

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Challenge #04496-L112: Little Friends

The large galactic laughed when the human told them about an eagle that was their best friend. A bird? A fluffy thing with no brains?

Then the person opened the carrier of the napping bird. It was a Harpy Eagle.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uK2eh7GOXz4 -- The New Guy

[AN: I am doing zero research into whether Harpy Eagles can be trained like falcons]

Horg was always amused by Humans and their pets. The dinky little Deathworlders had a knack for

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Tuesday, Big Day About

I may not have the time to post Patreon stuff today. It's almost 5PM and I just now sat down to do my work. I mean, I technically did finish a chapter of A Devil's Tale while I was roaming, but that's background work y'all don't see. Not until after it's done.

Here's my day:

  • 3-4AM awaken and pry self from bed, get dressed
  • Make sure I know where MeMum's seasonal chocolate is, so I don't forget it
  • Get dressed and take
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Challenge #04495-L111: Fated Family

The caravan they came upon was destroyed, the family was dead. In the wreckage, Bribrid, a silvery eternal dragon in the guise of a gnome, finds a baby still alive and crying. Wraithvine, Bribrid, and their fluffy cat now have a child to raise. -- Anon Guest

They found the caravan too late to save it from the bandits. All that remained to do was inter the bodies and organise what salvage they could. At least until Bibrid heard the weak cry.

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Monday, Backup Reads

I got read on stream, so my goal is to get the group to fix what went wrong with my story for that week. I frequently describe my writing process of, "Chronicling what the voices in my head are doing." Learning how to make a better second draft might be a start on improving myself.

There is still chocolate so I am technically off the Keto wagon. Yum num num num :D

I shall be researching how to add instruments and loops

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Challenge #04494-L110: Agreement on Amends

Beneath the glow of the full moon, Count [REDACTED] gazed longingly into his lover's eyes. “My darling, my eternal flame, my heart’s joy taken human form. I’m begging you to drink more water your blood tastes like shit.” -- Anon Guest

[AN: This prompt has been altered to skip merrily around other people's IP. I try to avoid copyrighted material around here]

Compte Dragomyr couldn't keep it to himself any longer. He had to tell her. Yet he could not

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Sunday, Egg-shaped Chocolate Day

Happy Easter to those who celebrate, Erastide for those in the northern hemisphere, and Samhain in those here with me in the south. I am taking my time with business today. But as a plus point, I have successfully made something work in Zrythm. Now all I need do is find and add a whole bunch of instruments and loops to play with.

I will get this thing to work. Bit by excruciating bit.

I shall get on with my offerings, add

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Challenge #04493-L109: Purity Flaw

They wanted their population sick enough to be too tired to fight back, but strong enough to work. Then someone introduced the immunoflu and when they tried desperately to stop the spread, their secret came out. -- Anon Guest

Any time a polity's leader starts going on about 'purity' and the strength derived from it, you know that polity is in for a bad time. And so are its people. Not just the ones who are deemed imperfect or impure.

Worse still

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Saturday, Parkrun and Holy Days

I set out with the PLN to walk 2.5 kilometers without the use of my cane. Alas, my food quit somewhere along the 1.25-2 K mark, and I spent the rest of it limping along with support.

Better that than paying for it tomorrow.

Today marks the second week that I've been attempting to fix my messed up shoulder on my only. Heat and Deep Heat hasn't worked, possibly because nobody's available to do a good job on the dingdang

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Challenge #04492-L108: Undying Love

"Please try to understand. I do not own you, you're not a hobby to me, you're not my pet. You're my friend. First one I've had in a very long time. I do not invite you to join me because I do not know if you could endure this life, and I only wish for your happiness."

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04176-k158-safe-in-a-dangerous-place -- Anon Guest

Vampires, even vampire spawn, can technically live forever. It's understandable that they exist in lonely circumstances.

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Friday, Erastide Commence

It's Good Friday today, and I have vague PLNs to get fish and chips at some point. Before that, though, I shall render my offerings for all of you, my dear readers.

The weather looks nice enough to maybe finally make the repairs to the catio. Fingers crossed that Beloved is able to be whisked away for the process. Powers only know if there's going to be clusterfucks on her end to put the kybosh on those PLNs.

There will be parkrun

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