Now for Beggars Would Ride. Apparently there is a no erotic rule (which I will gladly ignore for a good story) and I originally thought I would do an erotic story for this, but in the end, I went a different way.

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This year, Story a Day is really three stories a week. The second title we were give was “Deep Fried Moose.” Ugh. Two stinker titles in a row. But I plowed on through and came up with this.

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Here is my first entry for the Story a Day. The Title was “Roscoe Falls Reflections” and I have to admit I hated the title. But it was the one I had to work with, so I started to work. Legion fans may recognize the name of the lead character, and that may give you a hint of where the story is going. So please, ignore her spoilery name!

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Last year, I participated in a story a day exercise initiated by Stefficus. I even posted one of my stories here on Shattered Prayer. Well, it is story time again. The rules are simple. A title is initiated at random, and you simply write a story based on the title. I’m going to post some of my stories here on Shattered Prayer. I hope you enjoy!

For those of you not on Plurk, who won’t know about this yet, we’re having a writing weekend starting… now.

Okay, starting when Steff wakes up.

If you are interested in joining us, contact me or steff to have your name added to the email thread.

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A couple of things I’ve pre-ordered and am waiting for impatiently:

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I go back and forth between the healthy method, and the unhealthy method, of boosting my creativity and brain-power.

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We have a lot of writers on SP. And by a lot, I mean four. And I get the feeling some of you may be using Microsoft products to write fiction. Can you see what’s wrong there? How can a soulless monstrosity like Microsoft possibly be conducive to the creative process? It can’t.

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