RIP OR93
OR93 was a gray wolf who excited wildlife biologists and wolf enthusiasts as he roamed more than 1000 miles from his home in Oregon down to Southern CA, being tracked through San Luis Obispo and other...
View ArticleTo read or not to read?
So, I was looking for some more recently published comsic horror. I came across an interesting anthology of short stories. The premise of every story is that it must be set AFTER of the Old Gods have...
View ArticleThe Perpetual AW Book Chain
Now that the Great AW Song Chain is chugging along nicely, let's see how a Book Chain does. Rules: Post a book and author that links, by title or author, to that posted by the previous poster. Example:...
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[PLEASE READ FIRST POST] Post the First Three Sentences of your Novel
By popular demand, we're bringing this game back to Novels. PLEASE follow the rules. This thread has gotten out of hand before. I know folks like this one, so PLEASE please be nice to each other....
View ArticleBest Way to Relate Information From Other People?
Character A is searching for Character B, and initially Character A has very little knowledge of Character B. Character A is a first person POV narrator and Character B is the protagonist. Character A...
View ArticleI bid you all the warmest salutations
This forum was recommended to me by a very helpful individual who in turn solicited a favor from me, that I choose not to elaborate on. We are here today brothers and sisters to herald the acceptance...
View ArticleWeird Questions
I just had to ask google what the dangly bit on a male dog is called for research in how to word a scene and part of me died a little inside because now Google knows I was wondering about that. And you...
View ArticleWhat music, if any, do you listen to when writing?
What kind of music, if any, do you listen to when writing? I'm not sure how to classify the music, but I listen to instrumental pieces from some of the following artists: - Jeremy Soule - Two Steps...
View ArticleDr. Oz for Senate 2022!
So the GOP pick for the Senate seat to be vacated by Pat Toomey (PA-R) has dropped out. (Toomey ran on the fascist fumes in 2015, but is basically flouncing 'cause he won't go so far as to either kiss...
View ArticleThe 2022 Sekrit Solstice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Story Swap!
Hear ye, Hear ye! The First of December is once more upon us, which means that we stand on the precipice of yet another season of writer-based joy and wonderment. That’s right, gang, polish up your...
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Has this experiment created a warp bubble?
Some skepticism warranted. Will be interesting to see whether anything comes of this. DARPA Funded Researchers Accidentally Create The World's First Warp Bubble - The Debrief Warp drive pioneer Dr....
View ArticleWhat's on TV now?
What's the last thing you've watched on TV? (Leaving out routine functional stuff like the weather & traffic...) Last night was a Netflix night for me: -- High Seas (Alta Mar), last episode -- an...
View ArticleThe Mindful Gratitude Thread
One of the admittedly simple things that's gotten me through the last year and a half is practicing deliberate gratitude for at least one or two small things, every day. At first, I was actually...
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Share the last line you wrote!
Mods, slap my wrists if this thread already exists here or belongs elsewhere. Shamelessly stealing this idea from a different thread! Share the last line you wrote in your novel. Did you end a chapter,...
View ArticleLast letter game.
Okay, the rules are simple. You give a word and the next person makes another word with the last two letters you put eg if i say spice the next person can put cellar Word: Arsenal (P.S. that is the...
View ArticleThe Double Letter Game
Name a word that has double letters in it, ie: Mully The next person then needs to start another double letter word with the letter that is the same as the double letters in the previous word. ie:...
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Replace, Take Away or Add
Objective of this game is to replace one letter in the word to create a new word. To make it a bit more interesting, instead of just replacing a letter, you can also add or take away a letter. However,...
View ArticleNEW MEMBER FROM THE USA
Hello everyone! It's a pleasure to be here. My name is 'Spilled Ink' and I'm writing to you from the United States. I have always enjoyed writing. Whether I am creating a short story, a poem, or taking...
View ArticleWhat are examples of story goals in historical fiction?
So I'm outlining some notes for a HF novel and mulling what the viewpoint character (who is the protagonist) will be 'working toward' throughout the story. The story problem, as it were. Historical...
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Jed's Super-Dooper Newbie Question-of-the-Week Thread
Due to unpopular demand I've decided to start a new thread in which, each week (yep, it used to be every day, but now every week, maybe 6 days, or 5, it'll depend ), I will ask a brand new super-dooper...
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