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  • Writing Prompt ~ It By S. King ~ But Not Ithis Picture It'S A Sinister Clown Holding A Red Balloon On A Street In Bogota, Evoking Eerie Vibes.
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    Weekly Prompt: Daily Writing Gets Exciting with a Weekly Prompt #9

    ByLeanne 4 September 201026 March 2025

    Weekly Prompt #9 How have you been this week? Do you still want to be a writer? Do you remember when we first started writing daily, when we were all determined to be writers and hit our word count goals? Well, I had one of the senses all saved up until the end but since it’s…

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  • Weekly Prompt ~ Daily Writing With A Weekly Prompt Fishing No Writing On Beach
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    Daily Writing with a weekly prompt # 1.1

    ByLeanne 7 July 201029 February 2024

    .Daily Writing with a weekly prompt…We like Daily Writing… Here,👇we like fishing… Well… NO, some of us like fishing, the majority like writing and that’s why we frequent this blog. One day at band camp. Just kidding. It was actually at my local writing group. A new member said he’d like to be able to…

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    Writing A Novel – sailing to the finish line… ~ 200 Days ~ Tribute to Jessica Watson

    ByLeanne 16 May 201030 August 2025

    .. Writing a Novel It’s not easy writing a novel, and anyone who tells you it is possibly telling fibs…Like sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson’s recent sailing voyage around the world, writing a novel can be a challenging endeavor, and there will likely be no considerable fanfare, celebratory party, or Prime Minister’s hero-welcome at the end of it…

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    Will I Ever Finish A Novel?

    ByLeanne 21 March 201015 December 2023

    To Finish a Novel is no Easy Feat.     Need to Finish A Novel?   It may sound like writers decide to write a novel, sit down for a few nights over coffee and crumpet or port and cheese but really writing is a hard slog and anyone who takes writing seriously will know…

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  • A Story For Writers - Cardboard Cutout Street Just Past Fifth By Zakgirl
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    Cardboard Cutout Street – A Story for Writers ~ 2024

    ByLeanne 14 October 200529 February 2024

    Hi everyone, This not so dark satire ditty shot itself out. I hope it helps someone, somewhere, as I do so love to help… Zakgirl (in my favorite posting color of light-sort-of-blue, of course!). A Story for Writers by Zakgirl Today is one of those dull grey stormy afternoons stuck inside this body. There isn’t…

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    In Memory of Snooty

    ByLeanne 13 December 200429 February 2024

    ~In Memory of Snooty ~ ~ 3 November 2002 – 3 December, 2004 ~ I look at your Certificate of Sterilisation dated 26 May, 2003. Today I’m searching for clues, facts about you and your life to share. You are listed as a Surrender Cat by the RSPCA. Truth is you were special from the…

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    Zinaida Alone ~ Short Story ~ 2004

    ByLeanne 2 December 200415 December 2023

    Zinaida Alone ~ Short Story     You sit back in the comfort of your lounge chair and watch the television news. The woman dressed in a dark blue business suit smacks of professionalism. Impeccably dressed blonde hair held tight in a bun at the back of her head. No wispy ends escape. A mixture…

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    Santa is Real – Where’s My bike! ~ Short Story ~ 2004

    ByLeanne 2 December 200429 February 2024

    Ho! Ho! Bloody Ho! Santa is Real – Where’s My Bike? ~ 2004 Short Story  My Dad, although a serious hard working man and tough with discipline must have believed in making Christmas special; he kept the secret of Santa’s real identity from me for many years. Xmas 1972   I, Cate, believe Santa comes…

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