Indie writer seeks audience with an audience. Paying customers welcome.
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Daily free stories happen because it is an excellent counter to Writers' Block.
“I kind of noticed by the way you shelled the bad guys and then drove it through the wall, Jones. One, how the flakk did you get your hands on a pre-Shattering Terran tank, and two: how the flakk did you find live ammo for it?”
“That’s… another long story. Better told inside. It’s noisy, but there’s headsets. And you can take over
Managed to catch the postie with the cunning strategy of camping out on my doorstep and waiting for them to turn up.
Alas, the postie doesn’t know what’s taking so firkin long, either.
BTW - on weekdays, you get these just after I’ve come in from lurking for the mail. So you know just after I do. Assuming that anyone is bothering with this portion of my blog. I mean, you all probably have Vice Quadrant by now.
Is this a lifetime employment? Elected by popular vote? How is suitability determined for this job?
He was recruited from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home on recommendation for his mousing skills.
He has captured the hearts of the Great British public and the press teams often camped outside the front door. In turn the nation sends him gifts and treats daily.
Once slavery was abolished in 1865, manufacturers scrambled to find other sources of cheap labor--and because the 13th amendment banned slavery (except as punishment for crimes), they didn't have to look too far. Prisons and big businesses have now been exploiting this loophole in the 13th amendment for over a century.
"Insourcing," as prison labor is often called, is an even cheaper alternative to outsourcing. Instead
(Discussing being granted superpowers, Person #2 doesn’t want them) Person #1: I’m sorry, but whether you want to or not… this is something that is going to happen. The next time you fall asleep- Person #2: Then I just. /Won’t/. Sleep. Person #3 (Full of cheerful sarcasm): That sounds like a solid long-term plan!
Irde glared at Bianca. “No. No. This isn’t a solid wish.”
“You did use the words ‘I wish’, said the Djinn. What she had
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