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Life, Adventure, Family, Writing what else is there? Random thoughts.

WELCOME TO:

GEMINI RISING

Banner for my blog, "Gemini Rising"
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UPDATED INTRO 30 JUNE 2025:

Just a little about me. I've been married for 33 years this past NOV and currently live in Southern California, but I grew up in New Hampshire.

I've got 2 boys who are young adults.

I work as a 911 dispatcher for LAPD. I enjoy my job a lot. Still. If you can believe that.

I love to write. Thankfully both of my boys achieved Eagle Scout. My Scouting days are over and I'm back to focusing on my writing.

I like to get out in nature, drink coffee and watch football.

Here's a little bio about my zodiac.

GEMINI: Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric, imaginative and restless.

Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them. They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with their own lives and comforts.

Geminians can be successful in many walks of life though their general characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be: debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers.


BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

SEPTEMBER 2025:

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It's WDC- 25th Birthday Open in new Window. (E)
7 day Challenge to celebrate 25 years of this successful writer's haven.
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SEPTEMBER 2025:

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Earn the Badge - Open Open in new Window. (E)
You want it? Earn it. How? Complete these simple tasks and the badge is yours!
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Merit Badges collected and earned from "Earn the Badge 2025"
Merit Badge in WdC Supportive Friend [Click For More Info] Thank you for participating in [Link To Item #2133333] . Congratulations on completing the September 2nd Daily Task. Merit Badge in Earn the Badge [Click For More Info] Thank you for your donation to [Link To Item #2133333] - from Purple Princess. Merit Badge in Music [Click For More Info] Thank you for participating in [Link To Item #2133333] . Congratulations on completing the September 3rd Daily Task. Merit Badge in Contests [Click For More Info] Thank you for participating in [Link To Item #2133333] . Congratulations on completing the September 1st daily task. Merit Badge in Growth [Click For More Info] Good job earning the Growth Merit Badge in [Link To Item #2133333] Merit Badge in Word Searches [Click For More Info] Great job participating in [Link To Item #2133333] and completing the September 5th task.


SUMMER 2025:

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We're going to explore one unique place in each of the 50 states in alphabetical order.
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Merit Badges Collected from Virtual Blogging &Virtual Blogging Friends:
Merit Badge in Let Dreams Take Wing [Click For More Info] To my upcoming virtual traveling blog companion. Dream big and fly high! Merit Badge in Normal Is Boring [Click For More Info] here's to another week of creating adventures! Merit Badge in Blog Camping [Click For More Info] Thanks for completing [Link To User elusive4lyn] July 2025 blogging vacation!! Great job!! Merit Badge in Travel [Click For More Info] Woohoo! We’re halfway through! Merit Badge in BCoF 2 [Click For More Info] Thank you for your participation in BCoF's 50 States Virtual Blogging adventure. *^*Heart*^* Lyn Merit Badge in Endurance [Click For More Info] 51 days of blogging takes commitment, and you rocked it. *^*Heart*^* Lyn


SEPTEMBER 2024:

I participated in the
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Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2025 Open in new Window. (E)
Blogging event from September 1-7, 2025. CLOSED
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which was a big challenge for me due to my schedule, but I hunkered down and got it done. There's some great entries for the contest and the blog earned the following:

Merit Badge in Nonfiction [Click For More Info] Congrats on your Honorable Mention in Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024

Big thanks to WakeUpAndLive Author IconMail Icon for hosting the contest!

OCTOBER 2024:

I participated in the
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13 Poetic Days of Halloween Contest 2025 Open in new Window. (E)
Let your spooky poetry shine. Oct. 13th 12:01 am WDC time. - closes 11:59 pm WDC Oct 25th
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which honestly was a big challenge for me considering my schedule, and again I hunkered down and did it! There's some great poetry to be found this October and the blog earned the following:

Merit Badge in Halloween [Click For More Info] Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween.

Big Thanks to Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon for hosting the contest!



Find me at:

WEBSITE:
http://www.stephanieburkhart.com

FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/StephanieBurkhartAuthor

GOOD READS:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4031660.Stephanie_Burkhart

YOU TUBE CHANNEL:
http://www.youtube.com/user/botrina?feature=mhee

*Exclaim* WARNING *Exclaim*

I intend to be open, honest, and forthright. No topic is off limits from religion to you name it, I'm going there. If you think you might be offended...back up now - this blog isn't for you. For those who "dare" *Wink* check out the "Gemini Rising..."


Another Signature
September 6, 2025 at 10:45pm
September 6, 2025 at 10:45pm
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Day 6 for 25th WDC Birthday Parth
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It's WDC- 25th Birthday Open in new Window. (E)
7 day Challenge to celebrate 25 years of this successful writer's haven.
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TASK: Blogging time-- Today, write an entry about yourself, not something we can see in your bio and what attracted you to WDC. Tell us how long you've been here and then choose your favorite static item from your portfolio and post the item number inside your entry for others to see in addition to the three paragraphs you write about yourself.


Gosh, well, I had started writing for publication (seriously) in the late 1990's early 2000's. One of my earliest stories was Destination: Berlin. It's in my port and it was published, but it's down now. I hope to re-self-published it within a couple of years or two. You can find the first chapter here:
 Destination: Berlin - Chps 1 & 2 Edited Open in new Window. (13+)
Cpl. Sharon Cates is stranded in East Germany.
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I was still in the Army when I started that story. In the early 2000's I got out and began my job with LAPD dispatching and had my first son, ah, but the urge to write was still strong and I knew I needed a little more polish. My writing friend, Starr Phenix Author IconMail Icon had just joined and she encouraged me to join as well, so I did. Immediately, I saw the benefit. Writing.com could really help me polish off my writing. I've been here since April 2005 and I joined a day after Starr Phenix Author IconMail Icon did. One of my first stories was:

 
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Curse of the Bambino Open in new Window. (13+)
A story about how the 2004 Red Sox broke the infamous "curse" of Babe Ruth
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About the 2004 Red Sox winning the World Series that year. It was a different style of a story for me so I was pleased with it. From there, I really started to vary my writing and my port grew pretty quickly with novels, chapters, short stories, and poetry. I learned different writing styles, how to self-edit (and that's something I still struggle with) descriptive writing, and really began to grow as a writer. Several of my stories were an Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest annual contest to include:

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The Peenemunde Secret Open in new Window. (13+)
Honorable Mention Winner in the Writer's Digest 2007 Popular Fiction Contest.
#1312486 by StephBee Author IconMail Icon

Out of all these stories, The Peenemunde Secret is my favorite. I put a lot of research into the story and I've got a good action/adventure story that works.

Red Paint, Crimson Blood Open in new Window. (18+)
Honorable Mention Winner, 76th Writer's Digest Competition.
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The Music Box Open in new Window. (18+)
Honorable Mention Winner in the 75th Writer's Digest Competition.
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Two of my stories both placed 8th place in the Writer's Digest contest:

 Spontaneous Decision Open in new Window. (13+)
Awarded 8th Place (Mainstream Category) in the 77th Annual Writer's Digest Competition.
#1484802 by StephBee Author IconMail Icon


and "Made in America" which I haven't put in my port.

Honestly, it was in the 2000's that I really took my writing up a notch and it made me the writer I am today. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to grow as a writer and WDC gave me that, so I'm very happy to give back to WDC in any way I can.



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