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Summer is crazy! There will be five kids running around my house for three months. Consequently, I will be gone until the end of August. My account expired and there's no point in renewing until I have time, so if you need to reach me for any reason, please post a message here.

I wish you all a wonderful summer (or winter, as the case may be). Happy writing! See you all in August!

~ Robin*Bird*
Have a great summer Robin!
To everyone that I owe a review or a response of any kind to:

My sincerest apologies for the constant delays and excuses this month. I've had a series of personal issues and stresses that have reduced me to not much more than a lurker here on WDC. Thank you for your patience while I sort out my issues and get my act together. This community is valuable to me and I'd hate to lose the friendships here because I've failed to respond and/or fulfill my promises. I'm working on it, and next month is already looking much better.
Take care of yourself first *Heart*
Priority number 1: You.
The rest of us can wait~ *Smile*

For some reason, I'm reading my own text as passive-aggressive. I apologize for this, that is not my intention. Get done what needs done IRL, then come do reviews when you're ready!
I'm struggling with a rewrite on two different stories. They're just ok enough that I can almost fix them within the document... but not quite. I need to just start over. Maybe writing on paper will be easier. ???

Does anyone have any advice for this problem? My muse doesn't want to come back to work after the weekend. *Frown*
I have found writing on paper does help me. A few other things I find helpful is to read about contests going on, doing random reviews, looking at pictures, or watching the news.
I know that when I'm struggling to find inspiration, I like to take a legal pad and get away from my normal routine. Sometimes sitting on my porch helps, or otherwise leaving my normal desk (and its associated problems) behind.

Being creative into a judgmental MS Word document is a difficult task for sure.
For anyone who's interested, I just posted my NaNoWriMo novel. Reviews award gift points*Smile*

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*Football* Go Broncos!!!!!!!!!*Football*
Interesting thoughts on what messages we want to send (our children) in the stories we love. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx8RRIiP53Q

Sometimes I wish I wasn't on any social media and really did live under a rock. There was a shooting today at the high school my parents went
to, right here in Denver. What's wrong with these people who do @#!* like this, especially right before the holidays?! Sometimes I just hate people so much! It wrecks lives and scars people.

Please pray for the students and surrounding community of Arapahoe High School.
How devastating. Keeping all of the students and community in my heart, my thoughts and my prayers. There is no understanding this type of behaviour. Sick people commit sick acts of violence there is no understanding and there is no reasoning why or how. ((HUGS))
Oh, how I want to see this movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16MdSZH6I4o
Truth moment: I've never cared to see a movie in theaters before, but this one is the first one in memory that I actually desire to see on the silver screen. Ever.

Robin, thanks for sharing this gem!
At last! 50,043 words in my NaNo Novel!

I'm not nearly finished with the story, but it's going to have to be good enough for now, because I need a break from it so I can figure out how to get to the end. (There's also the small matter of putting up Christmas decorations tomorrow with my kids*Smile*)

Congrats to everyone else who participated in NaNo alongside me (and even those writing a novel at a less frantic pace!) You're all winners to me!
I should be sleeping. But instead, I'm lying awake trying to distract myself from the fact that I am a potential juror for a criminal case. It's bothering me a lot more than it should. If I get picked (which is unlikely-they are only going to choose 12 people out of roughly 150), I'll miss my daughter's Halloween dance class, have to put my kids in full-day daycare at least once (which they've never had to do) and I'll be away from my computer all day(for 5 or more days) which will interrupt NaNo prep, my october reviews and my new horizons classes. Ack! I know I shouldn't worry, but somehow, at 3:45am, it's hard not to.
Well here's hoping you're one of the 138 who don't get chosen. By the way, I'm doing Nano this year too want to buddy up? My Nano handle is katie-alford. Good luck.
Thank you, Anonymous, for the fun Halloween costumicon! That's very generous of you*Heart*
Shame, I thought the 24th was yesterday. Since it's not, it's the last day to vote in the Original Character Tournament poll to help select the winner.
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If you haven't voted already, please stop by and select the character you thinks gets the clearest win in the two stories. (Remember that these are both part 4 of a longer story). Please be sure to read both entries and then check out the Character Tournament- I think a new round will be starting soon!
I'm almost finished with this final round for the Original Character Tournament. Here's what I've got so far if anyone's interested. The conclusion to this story will be posted tomorrow.
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I welcome any and all participation, please invite your friends!
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