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Saturday, I Can't Catch a Break

SO. For those of you who missed my Tumblr meltdown about it, here's what's happening:

  • Beloved has purchased an account for me at Thorpe-Bowker. The ONLY place that actually sells legal ISBN's to anyone who needs them
  • She also purchased one hundred ISBN's for me
  • I freaked out about this
  • BUT I also tentatively tried one
  • A brownout caused my compy to shut down so I took my meltdown to bed
  • Shocking nobody, I woke up at fuckoff in the morning
  • Finished a chapter of ADT
  • Another reason to freak out. Yay.
  • So I give up and head to my main compy
  • Check email
  • Those ISBN's had insufficient funds
  • And I just tried one out

So yeah. This is fine. Everything's fine. The world is on fire, but it was on fire yesterday. I'm fine. This is going to be fine.

DON'T PANIC

There will be a way, it's just not evident right now.

I have some chapters to record for my lovelies, and some books to at least start the migration process on. There's a stream for me to moderate later in the day and I need to actually look after my own health and welfare.

Story happening real soon now.

Challenge #04898-M149: What Rude Beast

It has been six summers since Prince Crevith fell into a stream. Though he lived, the prince could not be awakened no matter the medicine or magic tried. Until one storm-wracked night he awakens. His family is jubilant, until he acts belligerent in ways the prince never was, desperate to go east. -- Deathshead419

The Prince had been twelve when a terrible accident resulted in his almost being lost to the frigid, rushing waters. He was lucky to be pulled out alive.

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Friday, Wonderful Day For the Creative Spirit

I have commenced a process for moving my shit off of Draft2Digital and onto Ingram Spark. The caveat to this is that I need to buy "real" ISBNs for each book.

Given that I have 31 books out already, and I likely have more in me, that's going to cost a bit. Close to $600 dollarydoos. Ouch.

I have three bucks in the bank and a fraction of that in my Paypal. So I'm doing what I can. Shifting files off of

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Challenge #04897-M148: Epic Rap Battle For History

A trio of warrior lords quibble over who is to inherit a large swath of land, for the will was lost in the fire which killed the former ruler. To avoid a war, the three visit seeress, who leads them to a shine of Wothynn, with the foretelling that the one who is the best Poet shall be judged the rightful heir to the land -- Deathshead419

Things were done differently in the Northlands. Politics was often settled with the sword, when

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Thursday, Promptcast and Other PLNs

I launched today with the aim to get the Promptcast entry done. And that was about all I did until ten AM. And I have bread on, huzzah huzzah.

Good news: I got the Promptcast thing done and the editing is in progress.

Bad news: Everything you expect of me is therefore delayed.

I don't know when I'll be doing the audio recordings, but they're low priority. Higher priority is at least a couple of paragraphs in ADT.

Got to teach myself

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Challenge #04896-M147: Proposal of a Portrait

Guild painter Petreau has pined for the hand of his master’s daughter for the last six years. After all this time, a masterpiece centered on her is finished. The girl even likes it. But how will he finagle his cantankerous mentor into letting him wed the girl he loves? -- Deathshead419

It was a portrait of adoration. The face on the canvas almost glowed with joy. Her hair was resplendant, and her clothes were lovingly rendered to look their best. Most

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Wednesday, Weekly Thing, Physio, and Patterns

I have Physio halfway through the day. I did have a 1AM activity period, so there's less work that needs must be done there at the minimum.

I'm going to make an attempt at the Promptcast thing in one day. Wish me the very best of luck.

...and yes, I am dawdling on photobashing the cover for Not With a Bang thank you for noticing.

I'll get to it.

I want to get to it.

It's just that it feels like a

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Challenge #04895-M146: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

It has been three summers since the new head of a scribal house in Arbordeep settled into the hereditary role, and all is not well. Many of the students have wandered off, no new recruits to the printing operation have arrived, and even worse, rumors are flitting about of a conspiracy amongst the remaining senior scribes. Something must be done… but what? -- Deathshead419

The Empire was falling. Barbarian invaders, polities breaking off and causing trouble with the Empire that once sheltered

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Challenge #04894-M145: Making the Effort

After grueling practice with Trudy and Wraithvine, the Swan Prince Odilio Magustine Jestarion Francas is… more acceptable than previously. However, he still must find love and Gods above and below know neither of them are on offer. It seems an ill fit at first, but, perhaps a hot headed warrior maiden from the north in need of a flying scout can find something in him to like and it may do him some good to find a woman who can argue right

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Monday, Shopping, Bills, Duties and Deeds

There's the backup reads, bills to pay, a Leyland's tour and assignments to fill. All to make the Promptcast a cooler place to be. It's nice to belong to a writer's group that's working on improvements with the community.

I also have to record a video of the issue with my Trezor for the peeps in charge of the thing. Fingers crossed, I have a way to get my account back online. If not, I'll figure out a way to get my

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Challenge #04893-M144: Something's in the Water

The laundresses of three neighboring noble estates have long come the same bend in the river to clean the fabrics of their masters and chat about the day’s trivialities. All seemed right and normal for years, until one day the laundry emerged from the waters covered in strange, flowing symbols too neat to be stains, too precise to be meaningless. -- Deathshead419

Three Baronets held neighbouring lands, and it was a lucky thing that they were friends. The shared hunting grounds

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Sunday, Some Remaining Issues

At least my internet is back up and running. My biggest current issue is that my Trezor wallet is currently dysfunctional.

YAY. Not.

I have a couple of weeks' worth of money that I can access in other places. It's not time to panic yet. The time to panic is next fucking week. I am already figuring out alternative transfer methods so that I can remain financial.

I can wrangle this. I just... need a moment.

Who knows? Maybe the forces of

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Challenge #04892-M143: False Fate

Some hold that the fates of all men are carved into stone. What happens when a miner breaks into a cave and discovers tablets seeming to record all events of the miner’s life up until that point and then details what is to come thereafter? -- Deathshead419

Some legends say that the Great Silver Dragon curled up and became the moon. Some say that she became the very world upon which all other life depends. Some legends say that all the

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Saturday, Streams and PLNs

I'm starting to think my stupid fucking ankle is healed. I shall see how it fares during this week. Next week? I could be at parkrun again. At long dingdang last. I'm not setting anything in stone until I'm SURE and that's going to take a long shopping trip with minimal cane use to find out.

That's going to be next week. In a few days. Whatever. I find out when I find out.

In a few short hours, I will be

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Challenge #04891-M142: Live to Serve

Vichelle had known little in life aside from washing the laundry of her noble master’s family. She kept her head down, her ears plugged, and tried to act like a shadow in the night. But when she finds blood on the linens one time too many, a vision at the river tells her that she must do more… -- Deathshead419

Servants should never be seen or heard. They're meant to serve without thanks, without notice. Without merit. Silent as the walls,

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