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October prep/NaNo-A-Thon
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I think I will place this week among the messiest I have ever had to deal with... Seems I could lose my teaching job thanks to education changes and shuffling. Previous government made quite the mess of the education system, and we got a shock announcement on Monday morning that has had me dealing with the fall out all week.

We just roll with the punches I guess.... Anyway, it made a mess of the NaNo prep as that had to be pushed aside for more pressing issues *Frown*
Either way I will still write for the NaNo month as I planned to anyway and have quite the pile of prep sorted to do so.
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Elycia Lee ☮ Author Icon - Thanks Lycia *Smile* Since I am a union rp you can imagine the week *Frown* been a bit rough.
StoneHeart Author Icon - Try to get an assignment in as you are Pending and e-mailBrandiwyn🎶 Author IconMail Icon explaining the situation.If you would like the 50 hour & Beyond Hotel can give you much need Sprint help.
StoneHeart Author Icon - Wow. Not easy being the union rep. People are counting on you. Big pressure. I hope things get sorted out. The ones suffering from all these are the students unfortunately. Teachers no doubt, but yeah, students too.
 

Happy 1st WDC Anniversary, StoneHeart Author Icon!

 
You are no longer a newbie! *Shock2* Congratulations!
You have graduated!
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Morning Elycia and thank you for the message. Now the academic review work is drawing to a close I hope to be here more than I have been. It has been one very hard year.
Happy anniversary 🍰🎉🍰🎉🍰
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Just a little animation I made for anniversaries.
Very dear friend is close to publishing so I thought I would share here.

Just about finished the edit of her Audiobook as well, and should be done in the next two or so weeks *Smile*

https://www.eljulian.com

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Congratulations to your friend! That is awesome news!
Elycia Lee ☮ Author Icon - Emma has been a good mentor and sounding board to bounce ideas off and give me guidance as I take my first wobbly steps into the world of writing.

Anyway, how have you been? Sorry I was so absent but work just took my life over and I am close to getting book one published myself. March 2025 is the pencil date *Smile*
StoneHeart Author Icon - It's okay. I'm actually on vacation now and I should really get out of this hotel room, but as you can see, I'm on WDC. Clearly addicted... and it's birthday week so I'm pretty busy. *Laugh* And also missing the deadlines of stuff I wanna join because... I'm supposed to be on vacation.
Happy Teacher's Day, belated. Miss you around here. Will it quiet down in the summer or do you teach year round?
Big thank you to all for 'teacher's day.'

Speaking of which it was a damn long day and I have a mountain of essays to mark *Pthb*

Oh and a big thank you to Elycia Lee for the merit badge *Heart*
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Hey there, StoneHeart Author Icon!

*Flowerr* Happy Teacher's Day! *Flowerr*
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Well, I did it. I finished the grim rather dark first book of my "Never Verse" arc "A Memory of Empire." It all comes in at 157,705 words. Feel a bit shell shocked to be honest but it is done.
I started this for NaNo last year with this line:

"Lost in thought, Jessica absently watched the water pass beyond the stonework carrying little leaves and flotsam to an uncertain destiny. "

I had no idea who this person was or why she was watching leaves and flotsam, but it ballooned into a space and time spanning epic. *Delight*

Having finished the first part at around 50,000 words I had some people beta read after a rough edit and the feedback was very positive but all said it was not long enough... well I think it is now hahahaha.
Either way it is done... Now, edit, Beta read, revise, Beta read etc, etc.

So if any of you were wondering where I got to, it was that and hammering through book three of the Raven Queen along with working is where *Pthb*

PS: Book two has around 50,000 words already down so well on my way.
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I know how hard you have been working on top of a full-time job. Congratulations! We are so proud of you! *Heart*
Elycia Lee ☮ Author Icon - thank you Elycia, missed chatting with you but life really took over for a while there. *Care*
StoneHeart Author Icon - It's okay. You are doing all the important things. *Laugh* I should learn to be more like you.
Hope things slow down so you can drop in.
Pssst. I am one step closer to the Red Queen.
Funny the things you take from history to write a story. Climbing a garderobe to take a fortress has to be one of the funnier ones... yes it actually happened during the siege of Château Gaillard. Phillip's men climbed up a toilet to gain access to the place...
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Let us not forget King Edmund II of England and his, shall we say, embarrassing death...
s Author Icon - When ya gotta go, ya gotta go...
"Get to da crapper!"
Its a newsfeed, its words, its a blog entry!

Morning all, coffee is not working *Frown* but I am awake, I think? Either that or my nightmares have become a little to vivid.

Anyway, link to blog below and a little link in that to some Raven Queen work.

Peace and have a great day, night or just time all.

"Why did the coffee not work?" Open in new Window.
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Elycia Lee ☮ Author Icon - I suspect so, the damn book has taken over my sleep and waking hours. But one day I will finish it.

At the advice of some of my local writer friends I am going to write the whole arc out before I try and get the work publish in some fashion. Help avoid continuity problems and I can really make sure the flow from one book to the next works well. Either way it will be no less than four novels by the time I am done.

*Pthb*
Looking forward to spending some time reading your book.
tracker Author Icon - Having worked out where to do the first split I should have a Beta read ready soon, and the second half of the Never-Verse for you to read as well Vicki *Smile*
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