READ THIS Novel Writing Pep Talk. Go on.
November 1-30. The world needs your novel.This is the pep talk I wrote some years ago for week three. You are now entering week three. Welcome to hell. Read the talk.
For everyone halfway through NaNo
Challenge #00315: Downhill From There
A Tragic Mispronunciation and its results
“This is all your fault!”
“Me? It was him that didnae recharge his teletubby.”
“Assistant.”
“Whatever.” Shayde struggled upright. "And he said he wanted a bubble-bath of oranges…“
"A meal at Unsuitable Food..”
“I was bein’ amenable.”
“You do not take Ambassador Maliik’s common nouns at face value!”
“Well I wasnae given the Cliff Notes!
Read more »I'm not sure if I told you this already, but even if I did, it bears repeating: you were one of the first people who proved to me that...
You are now my favourite person. I got this message just as I’ve hit “the hump” in my writing.
The Hump, for those not in the know, is the point in which writing the story gets hard. It looks like it’s too far to reach the end and you, the writer, start wondering if it’s really worth finishing it at all.
Of course, I sort of have to. People reading book 1 are doing
Read more »Police: Sex abuse arrests in Canada began with probe of company
Police: Sex abuse arrests in Canada began with probe of company
A three-year investigation into an exploitative Toronto-based film company has netted nearly 350 arrests and rescued more than 380 children from sexual abuse.
Take note, NZ. This is how you do it. You do NOT let child pornographers run loose because of who their dads are.
Read more »I invoke the circlekerk
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Challenge #00314: Ekkritism
(Someone had a mispronunciation accident, this was the result)
Wolverine: Oranges
“Just a warning, Ambassador Maliik suffers from Ekkritism,” Rael murmured into Shayde’s ear.
“Aye? And what’s that when it’s at home?”
Translation: I know you’re trying to tell me something, but I have no idea what it means.
“He unfortunately mispronounces all names as common nouns with seemingly no relation to the original name.”
“Oh, this
Read more »bbz: Because of Haiyan's very recent devastation, please consider contributing to first-respondents efforts: If you're looking for someone...
bbz:
Read more »Because of Haiyan’s very recent devastation, please consider contributing to first-respondents efforts:
If you’re looking for someone missing in the Philippines, or if you have information about someone there, Google.org has launched the Typhoon Yolanda Person Finder. A Google crisis map has also been added to detail evacuation centers and areas designated for relief.
Charities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world are responding to this disaster. Many are detailed below with how they’re providing aid
bohemian-napsody: very fucking punny you shits Reblogging for Da
very fucking punny you shits
Reblogging for Da
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Prompt: Who needs speed when you've got inertia?
(#00313)
There was a hole in Bayville. It went, more or less in a straight line, through thirteen buildings along Aster Row. In the rubble at one end, Freddy Dukes, aka The Blob. At the other end, a titanic green giant who called herself She Hulk.
In this case, the irresistible force won out against the immovable object.
But not for long.
Freddy picked himself up and started running. In most cases, a five-hundred pound teen attempting to run is a cause
Read more »Leader Of New Zealand's "Roast Busters" Rape Gang Goes Into Hiding
Leader Of New Zealand's "Roast Busters" Rape Gang Goes Into Hiding
Joseph Parker, one of the leaders of that indefensible group of New Zealand gang rapists who call themselves the Roast Busters, has skipped town after
Aaaw da diddums.
My heart bleeds.
No. Wait. That was a mosquito bite.
Have a nice life of hell, arsewipe.
Read more »Black.rain.cloud: I need more training! (discussion of traumatized autistic child and strategies for helping)
Read more »I've become pretty confident in my ability to assist adolescent Autistic/Aspergers students with superb verbal skills and mild-to-negligible behavior issues.
Student is now pretty good at sniffing out when others are teasing him under the guise of "just being friendly" and is able to tell them...
I'm not a teacher, but I am a mum of two kids on the ASD rainbow.
Prompt: "I've broken five therapists so far - and this last one broke before I got to any of the really disturbing bits! I hadn't even...
(#00312)
Therapy. It was supposed to help. Precisely, it was supposed to help Sara behave more like the average human on the streets and, in mother’s mind, make her look like one, too.
She’d so far been diagnosed with -amongst other things- an eating disorder she didn’t have, caused by the appointment being before lunch, but going through lunchtime. The therapist for that session ate a sandwich in front of her and didn’t allow
Read more »Black.rain.cloud: I need more training! (discussion of traumatized autistic child and strategies for helping)
I've become pretty confident in my ability to assist adolescent Autistic/Aspergers students with superb verbal skills and mild-to-negligible behavior issues.
Student is now pretty good at sniffing out when others are teasing him under the guise of "just being friendly" and is able to tell them…
I’m not a teacher, but I am a mum of two kids on the ASD
Read more »mcgroodz: yeah well This is me every time I try to get to sleep.
yeah well
This is me every time I try to get to sleep.
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One good turn deserves another - a good samaritan winds up with superpowers as a result.
One good turn deserves another - a wai
[AN: O noes! Looks like an accidental premature submission. I shall do what I can with what there is…]
(#00311)
It took her two hours to reach the accident site. By then, most of the fires were out, and most of the people who had survived the crash had perished.
Nothing to be done about that. The authorities were days away. Things rarely fell from the sky, and when they did, they never
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