tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33105399259280193502024-03-14T00:18:54.942-07:00Laura D. Bastian blogLaura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-12365274514072054292016-09-28T17:45:00.001-07:002016-09-28T17:45:22.714-07:00You know, I've been spending so much time writing, and publishing, I totally forgot to come update the website, so I've got the list of my current books and links on where to find them if you're interested in the books section.<br />
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As a side note, I've been getting a little busy and the writing has slowed down just a touch since I'm teaching 5th grade. It's an awesome experience and as soon as I get my feet under me a little better, I'll be back to writing.<br />
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I have an urban fantasy with 5 books that's in the works. Four books are written and the fifth is in the works so as soon as I get all 5 done, I'll be putting them up and letting you know.<br />
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-65934555339072092742015-10-20T20:43:00.000-07:002015-10-20T20:43:29.887-07:00Won Hundred Word Wednesday.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-49893586161053945752015-10-14T09:57:00.000-07:002015-10-14T09:57:06.098-07:00Won Hundred Word Wednesday<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0.5in;">There’s always that one guy. It doesn’t matter where
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Maybe they think they are above it all. Maybe they think they are invincible.
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-39067445718746725972015-10-07T00:00:00.000-07:002015-10-07T00:00:10.534-07:00Won Hundred Word Wednesday.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
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casket, I nodded numbly as the mourners passed, offering their condolences. She’d
suffered for months, wasting away to almost nothing as she fought the cancer we
hadn’t caught in time. Their assurances she was no longer in pain didn’t help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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me and Karl since Dad had gone to set up their mansion in heaven a couple years
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-3056345340369951762015-08-26T01:00:00.000-07:002015-08-26T01:00:05.867-07:00Won Hundred Word Wednesdays<div class="MsoNormal">
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-71146892721429685212015-08-19T20:20:00.000-07:002015-08-19T20:20:52.211-07:00WonHundred Wednesday<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">As soon as she walked in, she felt the tension of the
tripwire. Her heart stopped for a moment and she breathed out. She pulled her
foot back as gently as she could, but the click of the pin being pulled echoed
in her ears, sounding louder than the gunfire in the streets below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">If it was anything like the traps she’d set for the enemy
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Not that she cared to see any of it flash before her eyes.
Except for that one brief moment she’d seen the chosen one. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-46500893420068265502015-08-17T13:52:00.002-07:002015-08-17T13:52:32.402-07:00Echoes of Summer's Cover Reveal. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My newest cover for my newest release coming in September. :) </div>
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Kinda fun to start writing a book in June and get it done and out into the world by September. I might have to try stuff like this more often. </div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">As the dream faded, she chased it, forlorn. She raised her
head and reflected on the loss. She’d always wanted one of those fascinating
creatures as a pet, but they were extinct now. She shook her head, not
understanding how they could have been wiped out so completely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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long to gain control. The humans had been hunted for sport, then in an attempt
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-33898440047336090302015-07-29T03:00:00.000-07:002015-07-29T03:00:01.513-07:00100 wordsThese flash fiction pieces really are fun.<br />
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This one, I really want to see what happens after the story stops at 100 words. Might have to consider going on with the idea, but I've got a couple different directions I could take it...<br />
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Here it is. The prompt was: When she opened the door, she wished for...<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><b>When she opened the door, she wished for him. She’d been gone for too
long and everyone she knew was dead. That’s what happened when you traveled
faster than the speed of light. For her, it had been five years. For Earth, it
had been decades. And now that the debriefings, press conferences, and tests
were done, she was finally free to return to her home.</b></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">The place she had once loved more than any other. But now that he was
gone, it wouldn’t be the same.</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">The bright green eyes that met hers had to be a trick.</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">David?</span></span></span></b><br />
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So where would you go with this? <br />
Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-66243816172072524542015-07-22T01:00:00.000-07:002015-07-22T01:00:04.206-07:00Flash fiction I've missed doing the 100 word Wednesdays for quite some time.<br />
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life got busy, and I got lazy, but now I've played with another.<br />
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The prompt was<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">She felt for the lock in the dark.</span></h2>
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Sometimes I wonder where my mind wanders off to and what I'll find if I explore that. Tonight I wrote this at 11pm and apparently I'm in a lost mood.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">She felt for the lock in the dark. Her swollen fingers
struggled to keep hold of the key. When she finally managed to push the key
home, she didn’t have the strength to turn it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">It was just as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">She didn’t want to see what was in the house anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">She left the key in the door and leaned her back against the
door, sliding down against the rough wood until her butt hit the concrete step.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No one had thought her capable of surviving. At times she
had wondered herself. But now she was here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">She’d shown them. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-8019669366327870712015-07-01T15:44:00.000-07:002015-07-01T15:44:44.919-07:00A new release!I wrote a contemporary romance novella and had it as part of an anthology.<br />
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I had a lot of fun writing this and am looking forward to doing more romance novellas. They're a nice break from my usual genre of YA fantasy and sci-fi. and it's kinda fun to stretch my writing muscles and do something out of the norm for myself.<br />
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<br />Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-9420395804032039372015-02-24T13:52:00.000-08:002015-02-24T13:52:18.897-08:00My book has been born. Today is release day of Beyond Orion, book 2 in the Orion Trilogy, and I wanted to share the first chapter with you.<br />
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Home<br />
The inara flowers beneath my servant Delilah’s newly<br />
opened windows infused the air with memories of my mother and<br />
the garden we used to tend together. Their distinct fragrance<br />
reminded me of the lilacs and petunias in Holly’s front yard on<br />
Earth. A feeling of homesickness rushed over me and I had to<br />
shake it off. This was my home. This was where I belonged. I had<br />
returned to Rommader from my escape to Earth only hours ago.<br />
Being forced to wait to see my father was torture, and I took<br />
another slow breath hoping the scent of the flowers would calm<br />
me.<br />
I turned away from the open window and moved toward<br />
the back patio of the small house Delilah’s family had owned for<br />
generations. It had been taken care of in her absence. Her staff was<br />
trustworthy and wouldn’t reveal our arrival. I hated the necessity<br />
of hiding in my own world.<br />
Delilah sat quietly in the corner searching through a<br />
computer for the latest news of my father. What she had learned of<br />
the king’s health wasn’t hopeful.<br />
I checked the clock on the wall. Marshal, my other servant<br />
who’d traveled to Earth with me, had been gone for less than an<br />
hour, but the time had dragged. I should be at my father’s side this<br />
moment, but until we knew the situation in the palace, I had to<br />
remain in hiding. I clasped the spent Traveling medallion still<br />
hanging around my neck and knew it was empty. It felt different.<br />
Traveling again with this medallion was impossible to me now,<br />
and we didn’t have the materials to make more. The truth of it hit<br />
me hard, and I blinked back the tears. I would never see my cousin<br />
Jai again.<br />
He’d been my constant companion as my bodyguard for<br />
more than three years, and we’d been close since he’d come to live<br />
with us as a child. It felt odd to be without him. I hoped Holly<br />
would take care of him. I knew it would be hard for him to never<br />
return home. And he would probably beat himself up needlessly<br />
worrying about me, but there was no way I could have forced him<br />
to return to Rommader. I doubted his mind could have survived<br />
the breaking of the soul bond. I still couldn’t believe Jai had<br />
actually bonded with a human, but Holly was perfect for him.<br />
I sent a prayer heavenward. “Please watch over them. Keep<br />
them safe. Don’t let Shander find them.” I closed my eyes and<br />
hated myself for leaving. If my ex-‐‑fiancé did anything to Holly or<br />
Jai because of me, I would track him down and kill him myself.<br />
Though he knew more about fighting hand-‐‑to-‐‑hand than I did. I<br />
wasn’t as weak as I had been the first time Shander had struck me. I<br />
wouldn’t be so defenseless next time.<br />
The door opened and I spun around and faced Marshal.<br />
“What news?”<br />
“Your father is not in the cells. I could find no one who had<br />
seen him down there. Perhaps your vision was wrong, Amira.”<br />
I didn’t want to argue with Marshal on what I had seen and<br />
waved him on to continue.<br />
“Everyone I spoke to said he’s been in his rooms,<br />
quarantined in order to keep his health from failing more.”<br />
“He is alive?”<br />
“Yes.” Marshal glanced at Delilah. “Though he is doing very<br />
poorly. The Healers don’t have much hope for a recovery.”<br />
I felt my knees weaken, but I locked them and stood tall.<br />
“Take me to him.”<br />
“It wouldn’t be advisable to go right now. I will arrange for<br />
your transportation there in the morning.”<br />
“You will take me there now. I will not waste any time. If he<br />
will not recover, I will not wait.”<br />
Marshal bowed his head and fastened his cloak again.<br />
Delilah pulled a similar cloak from a closet near the doorway. The<br />
clothing looked foreign, but I had worn similar items before. I<br />
wondered how long it would take me to adjust to the more formal<br />
attire of dresses and cloaks instead of jeans, tees, and jackets.<br />
Delilah held it open for me and I donned it quickly and stepped out<br />
the front door.<br />
I felt like a criminal as I walked hidden through the dark<br />
streets. Rommader had two moons, yet both were absent from the<br />
sky, wrapping me in secrecy. Marshal and Delilah both had<br />
weapons, and if I’d been smart, I would have insisted on one of her<br />
guns as well, but I wanted to reach my father as soon as possible.<br />
At least I wasn’t surrounded by armed guards like I had been<br />
before. We approached the side of the palace near where the<br />
servants entered. The granite stone looked dark and imposing,<br />
sending shivers down my spine. This was my home, my rightful<br />
property. So why did I feel like a fraud?<br />
The back entrance to the palace was guarded, but not as<br />
heavily as the front. Marshal stepped forward and spoke in<br />
whispers to the man there. His head jerked up and I felt his gaze as<br />
it rested on me. I pulled the hood of my cloak back a little and<br />
stepped forward, placing my palm on the small table. He lifted his<br />
inklight and shined it on my hand, revealing the identifying code<br />
imprinted in invisible ink on my skin. I looked at the once familiar<br />
patterns of the mark of Oreon House that swirled around my<br />
unique permanent ID and felt the weight of my title fall on my<br />
shoulders.<br />
“Princess.” The guard bowed his head and placed his hand<br />
over his heart.<br />
I placed my hand on his. “Please do not reveal my return<br />
yet. I must see my father.”<br />
He nodded his agreement and entered the code to open the<br />
iron gate. We slipped through quietly, then the guard pressed his<br />
palm against a panel near a solid wood door. As it opened, he<br />
bowed again. “Welcome home, Your Majesty.”<br />
I squeezed his hand in gratitude and moved forward,<br />
forcing myself not to run. Discretion was key and someone running<br />
through the hallways in the night would bring too much attention<br />
to my arrival.<br />
We didn'ʹt see any other guards and a feeling of foreboding<br />
flooded my heart. The palace seemed too quiet. Almost as if it were<br />
dying.<br />
The thought spurred me on and I rushed through the<br />
hallways toward my father’s wing of the palace. Two guards stood<br />
watch and stiffened as I approached the doors to the king’s private<br />
rooms. I slowed down and pulled my hood back slightly again. I<br />
could see it was Cory and Lance. They had been Father’s guards for<br />
as long as I remembered. As I stepped closer, I saw the moment<br />
they recognized me.<br />
Each guard bowed his head slightly and placed his hand<br />
over his heart.<br />
“May I enter?” Asking felt so foreign to me, but I knew I had<br />
to follow protocol.<br />
Lance stepped forward and looked into my eyes. “Is it really<br />
you?”<br />
I nodded.<br />
Cory pulled an inklight from his pocket and shined the light<br />
on my hand. My identity sure, they bowed deeper. Cory entered<br />
the king’s chambers and I waited for permission to follow. He<br />
returned quickly and ushered me inside to my father.<br />
The room was dark and the nearness of death was obvious.<br />
My once robust and healthy father now lay almost hidden among<br />
the blankets and pillows supporting him on his bed. His hair was<br />
now thin and gray, no longer the near black I had inherited from<br />
him. Healers stood on each side of the bed with a third and fourth<br />
close by. The surprised looks from the Healers were forgotten the<br />
moment I saw my father’s face. His brown eyes flashed awareness<br />
and I knew he recognized and was happy to see me.<br />
I had dreaded the thought he would be angry with me for<br />
coming without his request, but the joy in his eyes allayed all my<br />
fears.<br />
“Amira,” he whispered. “I had hoped to see you one last<br />
time.”<br />
Tears filled my eyes and I felt as if I had lost him already. A<br />
Healer moved to his side and placed her hands on his shoulder.<br />
Father took a deep breath and then lifted his hand to me. I sat<br />
down on the side of the bed and placed my hands in his.<br />
“Daddy.”<br />
“Don’t cry for me, Me’ala. All will be well in time.”<br />
More tears escaped my eyes at his term of endearment for<br />
me. He hadn’t called me that since Mother died. I longed to climb<br />
onto the bed and curl up next to him as I had done as a child. I<br />
wished he could stroke my hair and tell me stories and calm my<br />
fears, but I felt as if our roles had been reversed. He needed me to<br />
show strength. He needed to know he had nothing to worry about<br />
now that I was back.<br />
“There is so much.” He took a deep breath as if struggling to<br />
get enough oxygen to speak, and then he changed to speaking to<br />
my mind. So much I wish I could teach you before I go. So much you still<br />
need to learn. He closed his eyes, exhausted, and I knew there were<br />
only minutes left. His soul felt close to the surface. It was more<br />
spiritual than I had ever felt in my life, as if he only needed to<br />
decide to move on and his life here would end.<br />
I will honor your name and your memory, Father. I squeezed his<br />
hand gently.<br />
Shander? His face held fear and it broke my heart to see it.<br />
Jai will take care of him.<br />
Jai is not here? He looked around as if hoping to see him. My<br />
heart hurt for the missed opportunity for each man to say his good-‐‑<br />
byes.<br />
I shook my head but didn’t elaborate. Father closed his eyes<br />
and tried to smile. Then he will stop Shander. There should be no<br />
conflict for you to succeed me.<br />
I bowed my head and tried to hold back the tears. I didn’t<br />
want to have the crown this way. Father was supposed to do it<br />
officially years from now when I had been fully trained and knew<br />
more of how to rule a nation. He pulled gently at his hand and I<br />
released it. He attempted to lift it to my head, but he only made it a<br />
few inches off the bed. A sob tore from my throat and I slid off the<br />
bed, then knelt next to it and lifted his hand. He smiled at me as I<br />
raised his hand to my head.<br />
The frailness of his skin and the lack of muscle tone in his<br />
arm made me worry I would hurt him. His hand rested gently on<br />
my head and he spoke the words that would change my life<br />
completely.<br />
“I, King Chark Chan’Moyer … Oreon, bestow upon you …<br />
Amira Chan’Leeter Oreon…the rights … duties … privileges …”<br />
I let the words wash over me and felt the weight of<br />
responsibility settle on my soul. It was more than just him saying I<br />
was queen. It was as if it was written in my cells. I was now bound<br />
to my planet. I would receive strength and endurance and power<br />
from Rommader through the mantle of authority. I hadn’t expected<br />
it this soon, but the moment I felt the shift in my heart I knew it<br />
was how it should be. I wished I could have more time with him as<br />
my guide, mentor, and father.<br />
His hand slipped from my head and I cradled it in my own<br />
hand. He looked at the Healers and then at Marshal and Delilah,<br />
who had remained near the door. “I call upon you to be my<br />
witnesses…The mantle has passed. Amira is your queen…See that<br />
it is so.”<br />
He didn’t speak again and I didn’t waste our last moments<br />
filling it with meaningless words. I allowed my soul to commune<br />
with his and felt his love wash over me. I watched his face, hoping<br />
he would open his eyes again, but knew it was almost over. His<br />
breath became shallower. His hand relaxed in mine and for a<br />
moment I felt as if I was joined by my late mother as my soul was<br />
embraced one last time before my father slipped away to the<br />
heavens.<br />
A sudden shiver ran up my spine and warmth settled at the<br />
base of my skull. I felt a tug on my consciousness as if something<br />
new was added to my soul. Was that something to do with the<br />
mantle of authority?<br />
The Healers moved quickly and all four rested their hands<br />
on his head, or arms. I knew they would find nothing they could<br />
do. He was gone.<br />
The bustle of the next few hours was lost around me as I<br />
stared into space. I didn’t know the state of the kingdom. Father<br />
should have told me what to expect, but there was no time. What<br />
had Shander done while Father was ill? I didn’t know who I could<br />
trust and missed Jai more than I thought possible. He had always<br />
been a voice of reason and understanding to me.<br />
Delilah and Marshal stood guard over me as if they really<br />
were my parents, and not just my servants who had acted as<br />
guardians while I was on Earth. They didn’t allow anyone to speak<br />
to me for a time. I was grateful for the reprieve. I knew it wouldn’t<br />
be long before I was surrounded on all sides by everyone who<br />
wanted to stake their claim in the kingdom.<br />
Who was still in the Grand Council? Had Shander filled it<br />
with people who supported him, or were any still loyal to my<br />
father?<br />
I racked my brain trying to think of who I could summon to<br />
me and request information. I needed to have the details before me;<br />
and soon. I knew the council would demand an audience<br />
tomorrow. And the people must be told. We had a grace period of<br />
twelve hours before the royal bell would chime thirty-‐‑one times,<br />
indicating the latest ruler was dead. I was now Rommader’s thirty-‐‑<br />
second monarch. I hoped I would be as good as those who had<br />
come before me.<br />
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Less than seven hours after my ordination by my father’s<br />
hand, I stood dressed in the ceremonial robes and faced the door to<br />
the Grand Council room. I wished I could have been in there as<br />
they assembled so they could see how things stood, but protocol<br />
dictated the council met before the ruling monarch arrived. The<br />
royal bell had not chimed yet, but a message would have been sent<br />
to the council members about my father’s passing.<br />
“It will be fine,” Delilah said. “You are the queen.”<br />
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I wished I was still<br />
on Earth, just a normal girl, hanging out with Holly and Jai. Or<br />
even Ryad, wherever he was.<br />
I wished Jai would have let him Travel at the same time as<br />
Delilah, Marshal, and I. Jai still didn’t trust him, even after his oath<br />
to me. He’d held Ryad back till after we left as one last attempt to<br />
be my bodyguard. I couldn’t blame him since Ryad had been sent<br />
by Shander. But I was sure of Ryad’s loyalty now.<br />
Marshal had tried to reach Ryad, but had not heard back.<br />
We were too far away to try to communicate telepathically, and if I<br />
called for him that way, anyone would be able to hear us. It would<br />
take some getting used to again to keep my thoughts more private.<br />
I had eased up a lot on Earth, even with Holly able to hear our<br />
thoughts.<br />
I smiled at the memory of her shock when she first heard our<br />
telepathy. She had handled things well. I tried to think of how she<br />
would act in this situation. Holly would have been nervous, sure,<br />
but she wouldn’t have let it show. I lifted my head, straightened<br />
my back, and opened the door.<br />
The council men and women rose to their feet when I<br />
entered the room, reminding me how tall everyone on Rommader<br />
was. So much different from Earth with their different races and<br />
nationalities. A few murmurs and whispers reached my ears. The<br />
hint of a buzz of telepathic communication tickled my mind, but I<br />
couldn’t hear what they were saying.<br />
I tried to block thoughts of Holly from my mind and instead<br />
focused on the men and women in front of me. The ease or<br />
difficulty of my reign depended on those in this room. There were<br />
twenty chairs, spaced evenly at two long tables facing each other.<br />
Ten men on one side, ten women on the other. I met the eyes of<br />
each person, acknowledging them with a nod as I walked past<br />
them on my way to the dais. No words were spoken, but each one<br />
nodded at me in return as a sign of respect. Nothing binding, but at<br />
least they recognized my authority to be there.<br />
Kris Wrater, my father’s original councilman, and Jamina<br />
Coost, the oldest councilwoman, sitting at the heads of their<br />
respective tables, were the only ones I recognized. The rest were<br />
new and relatively young looking. I wished I could speak to Daddy<br />
one more time. To ask him about how the kingdom had been faring<br />
and how things would be, but I was on my own now. If I showed<br />
them my strength and ability then they would accept me as the<br />
queen. The question was, how much authority would they let me<br />
have?<br />
The man sitting in the speaker’s seat nearest the throne was<br />
a shrewd looking man. Older than Shander by a few years, but still<br />
young enough to be attractive. He eyed me with the same look<br />
Shander used to give me, and I immediately changed my opinion.<br />
No matter his physical attraction, there would be no way I’d be<br />
interested in him.<br />
No man would come close to me again. No man would hurt<br />
me or use me as a way to gain power.<br />
The speaker stood the moment I reached the throne. I<br />
remained standing to show my authority, yet my respect to them.<br />
Until they acknowledged me as the queen, I would not sit in the<br />
throne. I glanced at Delilah, who nodded her support.<br />
“Princess Amira,” the speaker began. “I am Jonah Plurz.” He<br />
bowed low and then motioned to the council members. “On behalf<br />
of my fellow servants, I welcome you home.” The corner of his<br />
upper lip rose. “I do hope you had a pleasant vacation.” The stress<br />
on his last word felt harsh in my ears.<br />
“I believe you know better, Mr. Plurz.” I raised one eyebrow<br />
and he took a slow breath before glancing at the others. He turned<br />
back to me.<br />
“Are you here to stay?”<br />
“I am.”<br />
A woman halfway down the table stood and faced me.<br />
“How do we know that, Your Highness?”<br />
“My father has ordained me to be your queen. I am here for<br />
the rest of my life.”<br />
The councilmen and women turned to each other as if<br />
surprised at my announcement. Had they not been told?<br />
“He could not have ordained you to be the queen. It is<br />
impossible to have two rulers at a time.”<br />
“He did right before he died. There were six witnesses.” I<br />
stood straight, staring them down.<br />
“Impossible,” one woman said. “The mantle should have<br />
passed already.”<br />
“We were there when he ordained Sir Tarros,” a gray-‐‑haired<br />
man next to him said.<br />
“What will Sir Tarros say to this?” a small, attractive woman<br />
at the end of the table asked.<br />
The words mixed together as everyone spoke at once.<br />
I raised my hand. It took a moment, but eventually everyone<br />
quieted down. “The Healers and my two assistants were there with<br />
me.” I motioned toward Marshal and Delilah still standing by the<br />
doors. “The mantle was passed to me. I ask you to calm down and<br />
we will discuss the needs of the kingdom.”<br />
“Princess.” Speaker Plurz put a lot of emphasis into that one<br />
word. “You are not the ruler. We have a king already.”<br />
I opened my mouth, but another council member cut me off.<br />
“Because you were nowhere to be found, we did our research and<br />
found a distant relative of the king’s. He has been in training and<br />
study of the histories and knows more about ruling our nation than<br />
anyone. By the vote of the people yesterday, he was deemed to be<br />
our ruler.”<br />
“You dared to override my father?”<br />
“We didn’t override him. He gave his blessing to Sir Tarros<br />
yesterday. The mantle should have passed to him at your father’s<br />
death.”<br />
I could feel their frustration and confusion as they looked at<br />
me.<br />
“Because you are the king’s daughter, perhaps he did pass<br />
on some authority to you. It has been that way since the beginning<br />
of our kingdom.” Jamina Coost looked over the council as she<br />
spoke. “Is it possible they could both have the same authority?”<br />
“We will have to look into it. Should we call for Sir Tarros?”<br />
Speaker Plurz asked.<br />
A man halfway down the table said, “But we worked so<br />
hard to get someone reliable to replace her since she fled. Someone<br />
Shander couldn’t manipulate.” He looked at me with concern in his<br />
eyes.<br />
“The law makes it clear. Marcus Tarros is now the king.”<br />
“What?” I asked, unwilling to believe what they were telling<br />
me.<br />
“The vote has been tallied and more than eighty-‐‑six percent<br />
of the population has decided your distant cousin, Sir Marcus<br />
Tarros, is the king. It was the only way to prevent it from falling to<br />
Shander.”<br />
“Impossible. I am the next in line. I have the royal blood in<br />
my veins stronger than anyone else. And the mantle has already<br />
been passed to me.”<br />
Though I could feel the power of my calling upon me, there<br />
was no way to describe it to these people.<br />
The council turned to each other and began discussing<br />
things as if I weren’t there. Having lost their attention, I decided to<br />
take matters into my own hands. I needed to find Sir Tarros and let<br />
him know his services were no longer required.<br />
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To find more get it on Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Orion-Laura-D-Bastian-ebook/dp/B00TFPTRKU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1423584558&sr=8-3&keywords=beyond+orion" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Isn't it beautiful?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Amira traveled across the universe to avoid an arranged marriage only to find herself forced into an-other upon her return hours before her father’s death. As his only heir she should have ruled Rommader uncontested but discovers he's signed an unbreakable marriage contract and finds herself a new bride. While she might be forced to work with Marcus, she refuses to be his wife in any way other than name. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> As they deal with assassination attempts, visiting dignitaries from other planets leveraging for political gain, and the discovery of unlimited teleportation, her feelings for her husband soften. Marcus proves himself a competent king and kind man, and her admiration for her husband grows stronger, but she refuses to allow herself to fall in love. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> An unknown foe tries to steal the formula for unlimited travel, giving them the potential power to conquer the universe. Amira and Marcus must work together to stop the thief, but when King Marcus is abducted, Amira may be forced to choose between her husband and her crown. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"> Find it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Orion-Laura-D-Bastian-ebook/dp/B00TFPTRKU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1423584558&sr=8-3&keywords=beyond+orion" target="_blank">HERE</a></span>Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-44642456347294857842015-02-11T09:30:00.001-08:002015-02-11T09:30:51.825-08:00One Hundred Word Wednesday!It's been a really long time since I've done a 100 word Wednesday prompt. I've missed them. We moved in December, and it took me a while to adjust to all that goes into a new home and missing my old home and neighborhood.<br />
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So, I've given myself permission to skip the ones I missed, not worry about filling in the missing weeks unless I feel like it, and just starting from today.<br />
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I think having a writing prompt will be a helpful way to keep me in the writing mood when most of my days lately have been wrapped up in edits.<br />
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So here is this weeks prompt: <b style="line-height: 14.5pt;"><u><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">February 11,
2015: Under normal circumstances he would speak his mind, but, with a gun
against his head</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Under normal circumstances he would speak his
mind, but, with a gun against his head, he thought maybe he shouldn’t tell the
woman she was nuts. He didn’t know how things had gone this wrong. One moment
he was contemplating proposing, the next minute she had grabbed him around the
neck and shoved a cold barrel against his temple.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">She
whispered in his ear. “Don’t say a word if you want to get out of here alive.”</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">His eyes
scanned the crowded restaurant and settled on the approaching law enforcement
officer. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">He didn’t look like he cared if John survived. </span></span></h2>
Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-86771147797748703602014-11-07T10:52:00.001-08:002014-11-07T10:52:28.876-08:00WonHundred Word Wednesday<div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;">
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This week's prompt: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">“What do you mean, you lost
the lottery ticket?” His eyes were wide. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">“It was right here. On the
counter where we put it after the numbers were called last night.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">“So where is it now?” he
asked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">“I don’t know.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Our teen son walked through
the back door. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">“Josh, did you see a lottery
ticket on the counter?” I asked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">He shrugged. “Yeah, I threw
it away.”<br />
“What?” my husband and I both yelled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">“I just dumped the trash.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">We raced to the front door
and watched in horror as our garbage can was dumped into the monstrous truck.</span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;"><b>September 17th: Most vivid amongst the memories of his home town</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">Most vivid amongst the memories of his home town was the image of the little girl on the side of the road. Her eyes were wide, her hair a mess. Skinny little arms wrapped around her tattered shirt and her bare feet were bloody.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">She’d stood in the snow and stared at the cars passing as if not sure what to do next. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">When he pulled over to offer his assistance, she burst into tears.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">“Where are your parents?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">“Mommy didn’t get away.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">“Where is your mommy?” he’d asked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">The girl pointed into the dark forest. “The wolves got her.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3333339691162px;">And some other authors who may or may not have done the prompt. </span></span></div>
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=6AQExF43v&s=1" original_target="http://www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com/&h=6aqexf43v&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Kelly Martin, Author: </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=oAQEXq-Xr&s=1" original_target="http://www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com/&h=oaqexq-xr&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=ZAQFbAzNS&s=1" original_target="http://alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com/&h=zaqfbazns&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:</span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=tAQEttZy4&s=1" original_target="http://thedistractedwriter.com/&h=taqettzy4&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">R.K. Grow: </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/" original_target="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/&h=aaqgt1be8&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/&h=paqg3tacx&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/&h=gaqeeelqj&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastian <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lauradbastian.com%2F&h=IAQGqLrVl&s=1" original_target="http://www.lauradbastian.com/&h=iaqgqlrvl&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.lauradbastian.com/</a></div>
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Jaclyn Weist <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fjaclynweist.blogspot.com%2F&h=KAQE_qfZB&s=1" original_target="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/&h=kaqe_qfzb&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>jaclynweist.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Amryn Scott <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwildscottkids.wordpress.com%2F&h=zAQEycPPP&s=1" original_target="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/&h=zaqeycppp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>wildscottkids.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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K.R. Wilburn <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.krwilburnbooks.com%2Fblog&h=QAQGSsJML&s=1" original_target="http://www.krwilburnbooks.com/blog&h=qaqgssjml&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.krwilburnbooks.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>blog</a></div>
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Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com%2F&h=EAQHzNABf&s=1" original_target="http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com/&h=eaqhznabf&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Miranda D. Nelson <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com%2F&h=GAQEeelqj&s=1" original_target="http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/&h=gaqeeelqj&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Angela Schroeder <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fangelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=BAQFcNSAu&s=1" original_target="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/&h=baqfcnsau&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com/</a></div>
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Ginny Romney <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fromneyrants.blogspot.com%2F&h=SAQHDLB42&s=1" original_target="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/&h=saqhdlb42&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romneyrants.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Canda Mortensen <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcandamortensen.blogspot.com%2F&h=mAQFHZR-w&s=1" original_target="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/&h=maqfhzr-w&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>candamortensen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Jenna Eatough <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmistglenmoon.net%2Fblog%2F&h=fAQEKsMj6&s=1" original_target="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/&h=faqeksmj6&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/</a></div>
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Starimprint: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/&h=taqettzy4&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>starimprint.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Kaye P. Clark: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/&h=uaqe6ee6u&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Jenifer Lee: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/&h=xaqhsxpmd&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-53237293803850090982014-10-29T15:41:00.003-07:002014-10-29T15:41:44.676-07:00Wonhundred Word Wednesdays.Time again for the writing prompts. If you've never done something like this, I highly encourage you to try.<br />
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Learning how to cut down the unnecessary words has helped me immensely in my other writing as well.<br />
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Plus these are just fun to think up a new story and see where it might lead someday.<br />
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So here is this week's.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">October
29th: Was it a knock that had woken her?<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">She
eased herself out of the bed and placed her feet gently on the floor. She didn’t
make a sound as she draped her tattered robe around her thin shoulders. She
grabbed the double barreled shot gun from where it leaned against the end of
her bed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">She
chambered a shell and brought the barrel up, aiming at the door. No one had knocked
on her door in ages. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">She
was almost sure she was the last human in these parts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">If
any creature out there had evolved enough to learn to knock, she’d have trouble
on her hands. </span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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A this one is a previous week's I'd missed: <br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">September 10th: She had found something that would
mean she'd never be poor again - but there was a catch<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">There’s
always a catch. No matter how hard you try to work things out to your benefit,
it just doesn’t go according to plan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">The
genie in the lamp would grant her untold riches. She’d never have to eat from a
dumpster again. Never have to beg for help again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">But
the genie wanted something in return.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">He
was tired of being a slave. He wanted to experience life for himself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">So
she accepted his offer and made the wish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">All
her memories of her former life vanished and she looked up into the lavender
eyes of her new husband.</span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I really loved the way this one turned out and I'm tempted to make this a longer story. </span></div>
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=6AQExF43v&s=1" original_target="http://www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com/&h=6aqexf43v&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Kelly Martin, Author: </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=oAQEXq-Xr&s=1" original_target="http://www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com/&h=oaqexq-xr&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=ZAQFbAzNS&s=1" original_target="http://alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com/&h=zaqfbazns&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:</span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=tAQEttZy4&s=1" original_target="http://thedistractedwriter.com/&h=taqettzy4&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">R.K. Grow: </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/" original_target="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/&h=aaqgt1be8&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/&h=paqg3tacx&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/&h=gaqeeelqj&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-40057796493371972922014-10-22T09:04:00.000-07:002014-10-22T09:08:50.161-07:00WonHundred Word Wednesday<div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It really is fun to come up with really short stories. I know some of the time they feel like they have closure, but most of the time they are just a quick teaser, or opening to tons of possibilities. </span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">October 22nd: As she
searched, her movements were frantic<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">She’d been over the room a dozen times,
but the key was still missing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">She closed her eyes, trying to visualize
where she had last seen it. She’d removed the chain from her neck to meet with
him. He would have known instantly what it was. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">If she didn’t find it soon, she’d never
get the lock opened and the trap couldn’t be set. Too many people were counting
on her. She couldn’t fail.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">A sparkle of light in the corner caught
her attention. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">The key dangled from the silver chain
hanging from his bony finger. She was too late.</span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">And from a week I missed this summer: </span><b style="line-height: 14.5pt;"><u><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">September
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">The fire was getting closer and I smiled.
It would save me. Break me free of this prison. I ignored the manacles around
my bony wrist. If I tried hard, I could probably slip them off, but I still
couldn’t fit through the bars on the window. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">The guards hollered at each other to open
the cells, but as the thick smoke filled the air, I knew my freedom from these
chains would be different than what I’d first hoped.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">It didn’t matter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">In the next life I would make things
better. I wouldn’t fall victim to <i>him</i> ever again.</span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Ginny Romney <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fromneyrants.blogspot.com%2F&h=SAQHDLB42&s=1" original_target="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/&h=saqhdlb42&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romneyrants.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Canda Mortensen <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcandamortensen.blogspot.com%2F&h=mAQFHZR-w&s=1" original_target="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/&h=maqfhzr-w&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>candamortensen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Jenna Eatough <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmistglenmoon.net%2Fblog%2F&h=fAQEKsMj6&s=1" original_target="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/&h=faqeksmj6&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/</a></div>
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Starimprint: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/&h=taqettzy4&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>starimprint.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Kaye P. Clark: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/&h=uaqe6ee6u&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Jenifer Lee: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/&h=xaqhsxpmd&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-13812022690123615422014-10-15T10:24:00.000-07:002014-10-15T10:24:10.897-07:00WonHundred Word Wednesdays Another two-fer. Catching up still from the busy summer. I have them all written and will be giving you doubles for the next little while.<br />
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First, this weeks: <b style="line-height: 14.5pt;"><u><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">October 15th: They say
everyone who looks into their family history will find a secret sooner or later</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">They say everyone who looks
into their family history will find a secret sooner or later. Most people find
out they are related to some famous person, maybe even a king or what not. Not
me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">The only good thing that
comes from discovering something of this magnitude was that perhaps I could use
the innate powers born to people of my lineage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Centuries ago I would have
been burned at the stake. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Now, all I had to do was
indicate I was interested in reading from the book of the dead and I had all
kinds of possibilities open.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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And now what I should have posted on <b style="line-height: 14.5pt;"><u><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">August
27th: She decided to go to her father's grave, to ask his advice</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">He’d been gone eight months
and three days, yet she knew she could still go to him. Her black clothes stood
out in the bright spring morning, but she didn’t feel ready to give them up. It
protected her from unwanted conversation. As long as she wore them, she didn’t
have to speak to another living soul. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Father would be
disappointed in her for hanging on this long. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">But the alternative would
be to return to the real world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">To answer the question <i>he</i> had asked her eight months and four
days ago. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: purple;">Daddy would have given
Shawn his blessing.</span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">So go see who's been able to write one for this week. </span></div>
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=SAQHyk0Zt&s=1" original_target="http://www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com/&h=saqhyk0zt&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Kelly Martin, Author: </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=nAQERKPcC&s=1" original_target="http://www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com/&h=naqerkpcc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=mAQHkbFLP&s=1" original_target="http://alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com/&h=maqhkbflp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:</span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=dAQHtb57z&s=1" original_target="http://thedistractedwriter.com/&h=daqhtb57z&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">R.K. Grow: </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/" original_target="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/&h=3aqep_wud&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/&h=taqfpgwjg&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com%2F&h=TAQH7pohp&s=1" original_target="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/&h=taqh7pohp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Jaclyn Weist <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/&h=vaqgf6x-l&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>jaclynweist.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Amryn Scott <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/" original_target="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/&h=maqflovwv&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>wildscottkids.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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K.R. Wilburn <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html" original_target="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html/&h=oaqgaainz&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.krwilburn.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>my-blog.html</a></div>
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Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com%2F&h=oAQGaaInZ&s=1" original_target="http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com/&h=oaqgaainz&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Miranda D. Nelson <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com%2F&h=lAQHYOk5i&s=1" original_target="http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/&h=laqhyok5i&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Angela Schroeder <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/&h=qaqe9itop&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com/</a></div>
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Ginny Romney <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/&h=laqhyok5i&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romneyrants.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Canda Mortensen <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/&h=iaqgkwnj9&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>candamortensen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Jenna Eatough <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/" original_target="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/&h=caqhgowys&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/</a></div>
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Starimprint: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/&h=waqfboc-n&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>starimprint.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Kaye P. Clark: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/&h=daqffpwow&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Jenifer Lee: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/&h=zaqhoosoj&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-3070144099458019422014-10-08T09:55:00.000-07:002014-10-08T09:55:16.918-07:00WonHundred Word Wednesday<div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;">
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">It's been a while since I posted. And instead of giving up, I'm catching up. So I'll be adding a prompt from the past to each coming prompt. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">This week's prompt was There was nothing left of the money except: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">There was nothing left of
the money except enough to buy a ticket home. He would cherish this trip for
the rest of his life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">As he approached the desk
to buy his ticket, he heard a woman sobbing as she stepped away. She took her
daughter’s hand and looked at the small wad of cash in her hand. “We don’t have
enough to get there,” she whispered to the child.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">“Excuse me,” he said. “How
much are you short?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">She answered and he knew
exactly what to do with the last of his money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Besides, he liked this
place.</span><span style="color: #141823; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">It lay on his night stand, mocking him. Twenty years had
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<span style="color: purple;">He slipped it into a dark bag. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">No one had to know. He could sneak in. He could do this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">He nodded at the woman inside the building, sitting at the
counter. He worked his way to the back shelves and pulled the book from the
bag. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">As it slid home between two other authors, he finally felt
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=SAQHyk0Zt&s=1" original_target="http://www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com/&h=saqhyk0zt&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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Kelly Martin, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=nAQERKPcC&s=1" original_target="http://www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com/&h=naqerkpcc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=mAQHkbFLP&s=1" original_target="http://alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com/&h=maqhkbflp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:<a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=dAQHtb57z&s=1" original_target="http://thedistractedwriter.com/&h=daqhtb57z&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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R.K. Grow: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/" original_target="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/&h=3aqep_wud&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/&h=taqfpgwjg&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com%2F&h=TAQH7pohp&s=1" original_target="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/&h=taqh7pohp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Jaclyn Weist <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/&h=vaqgf6x-l&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>jaclynweist.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Amryn Scott <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/" original_target="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/&h=maqflovwv&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>wildscottkids.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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K.R. Wilburn <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html" original_target="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html/&h=oaqgaainz&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.krwilburn.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>my-blog.html</a></div>
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Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com%2F&h=oAQGaaInZ&s=1" original_target="http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com/&h=oaqgaainz&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Angela Schroeder <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/&h=qaqe9itop&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com/</a></div>
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Ginny Romney <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/&h=laqhyok5i&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romneyrants.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Canda Mortensen <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/&h=iaqgkwnj9&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>candamortensen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Jenna Eatough <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/" original_target="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/&h=caqhgowys&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/</a></div>
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Starimprint: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/&h=waqfboc-n&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>starimprint.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Kaye P. Clark: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/&h=daqffpwow&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Jenifer Lee: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/&h=zaqhoosoj&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-2592640466609896212014-08-22T07:16:00.000-07:002014-08-22T07:16:42.804-07:00In my Local Paper!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I was in my local paper! It's kinda exciting and I'm still all giddy inside. </div>
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Both <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Orion-Laura-D-Bastian-ebook/dp/B00IMQ5Q0S/ref=la_B00IN866CW_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408716360&sr=1-2" target="_blank">Eye on Orion</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Gates-Atlantis-Book-ebook/dp/B00M3M1BIS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408713651&sr=8-2&keywords=guardians+of+the+gates" target="_blank">Guardians of the Gates</a> are mentioned. Click on the names to find the Amazon links. </div>
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HERE IT IS! </div>
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I feel so blessed. </div>
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I won't tell you how I looked and was dressed 10 minutes before this picture was taken. Let's just say I needed some hair, makeup, and wardrobe adjustments.<br />
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Tell me, how fast can you get picture ready? ;)Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-86082283506620017282014-08-13T00:00:00.000-07:002014-08-13T00:00:05.978-07:00WonHundred Word Wednesday <div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;">
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old woman on the street corner asked, her cardboard sign stained with grease
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">I opened my purse and dug
through the pocket I held my coins in. A small pebble my daughter gave me, a few
smashed penny souvenirs, and an army can opener were found among the few dimes,
nickels and pennies. I didn’t even have a quarter. Everything was plastic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">“Sorry, it’s all I have on
me.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">“Wow lady. You don’t got
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=VAQFtVVBR&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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Kelly Martin, Author: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=XAQFvxg4b&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=jAQG2v63a&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:<a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=TAQGfyY0A&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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R.K. Grow: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rkgtheauthor.com%2F&h=SAQEpmEf_&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstephanieworlton.blogspot.com%2F&h=QAQHpxql2&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com%2F&h=QAQHpxql2&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastian <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lauradbastian.com%2F&h=XAQFvxg4b&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.lauradbastian.com/</a></div>
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Jaclyn Weist <a href="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>jaclynweist.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Amryn Scott <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwildscottkids.wordpress.com%2F&h=xAQFtlxtt&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>wildscottkids.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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K.R. Wilburn <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.krwilburn.com%2Fmy-blog.html&h=1AQF9x5rX&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.krwilburn.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>my-blog.html</a></div>
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Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com%2F&h=KAQHtqkEL&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Miranda D. Nelson <a href="http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Angela Schroeder <a href="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com/</a></div>
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Ginny Romney <a href="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romneyrants.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Canda Mortensen <a href="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>candamortensen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Jenna Eatough <a href="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/</a></div>
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Starimprint: <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstarimprint.blogspot.com%2F&h=0AQH1rMED&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>starimprint.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-35475569815970504242014-08-07T10:55:00.000-07:002014-08-07T10:55:03.355-07:00Wonhundred Word Wednesday<div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt;">
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a strange wailing sound coming from the next room.</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">A strange wailing sound caught
my ears. I put my tools down and listened closely, trying to figure out what it
could be. My apprentice had gone home hours ago, and no one in their right mind
would be visiting someone like me this late at night. I doubted it was a cat. They
had learned to stay away as well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">I blew out the candle and
gripped the long handled needel used to punch holes in the leather I’d been
working on. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Easing myself up quietly, I
moved to the door. A familiar scent reached me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">I’d been found.</span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Time to check out the other blogs and see what they came up with. </span></div>
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=NAQGbkOI2&s=1" original_target="http://www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com/&h=naqgbkoi2&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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Kelly Martin, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=xAQHfijG1&s=1" original_target="http://www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com/&h=xaqhfijg1&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=AAQEe7yqC&s=1" original_target="http://alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com/&h=aaqee7yqc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:<a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=fAQHgSMGL&s=1" original_target="http://thedistractedwriter.com/&h=faqhgsmgl&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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R.K. Grow: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rkgtheauthor.com%2F&h=FAQFNThD9&s=1" original_target="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/&h=faqfnthd9&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/&h=1aqfnf92v&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com%2F&h=NAQGbkOI2&s=1" original_target="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/&h=naqgbkoi2&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Jaclyn Weist <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/&h=paqg3z-r5&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>jaclynweist.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Amryn Scott <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/" original_target="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/&h=4aqg7l4tu&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>wildscottkids.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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K.R. Wilburn <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html" original_target="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html/&h=kaqfqn6ti&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.krwilburn.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>my-blog.html</a></div>
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Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com%2F&h=oAQEwfHvI&s=1" original_target="http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com/&h=oaqewfhvi&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Miranda D. Nelson <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/&h=jaqhgtyz0&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Angela Schroeder <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/&h=laqeditjh&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com/</a></div>
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Ginny Romney <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/&h=raqfrktrz&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romneyrants.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Canda Mortensen <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/&h=vaqfpsglc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>candamortensen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Jenna Eatough <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/" original_target="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/&h=iaqhc7ha3&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/</a></div>
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Starimprint: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstarimprint.blogspot.com%2F&h=xAQHfijG1&s=1" original_target="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/&h=xaqhfijg1&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>starimprint.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-8551873899345913442014-07-30T00:00:00.000-07:002014-07-30T00:00:00.383-07:00Won Hundred Word Wednesday Double FeatureOnce again I was out of town last week and didn't think far enough ahead to do my writing prompt.<br />
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So I'm doing two again this week.<br />
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Here's last weeks prompt: <i>THE PINK GLOVE LAY ON THE GROUND, ALMOST COVERED.</i></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">The pink glove lay on the ground,
almost covered. The snow hadn’t stopped falling since late last night. He
picked it up wondering who it belonged to. Probably some kid who hadn’t noticed
it was missing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">He shook off the snow and placed it
gently on the fence post, hoping to make it visible if someone came looking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">As he turned to continue on his errand,
he ran into her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">“Jillian?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">“Spencer? Is that you? I haven’t seen
you in ten years.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">The desire to caress her face like he
used to washed over him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Was she single?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">No ring.</span><span style="color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Yet if he didn’t stop Kors from devouring that human, Drog would
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<span style="color: blue;">Drog took in a slow breath. Goat’s milk. The same thing he’d
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<span style="color: blue;">Recognition sparked in both of them. Drog swung his tail into
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=jAQE8PvhI&s=1" original_target="http://www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com/&h=jaqe8pvhi&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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Kelly Martin, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=rAQHEaY0w&s=1" original_target="http://www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com/&h=raqheay0w&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=UAQFKenqU&s=1" original_target="http://alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com/&h=uaqfkenqu&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:<a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=RAQHJKik7&s=1" original_target="http://thedistractedwriter.com/&h=raqhjkik7&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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R.K. Grow: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rkgtheauthor.com%2F&h=7AQGgYkjP&s=1" original_target="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/&h=7aqggykjp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstephanieworlton.blogspot.com%2F&h=SAQGuPHMM&s=1" original_target="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/&h=saqguphmm&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com%2F&h=7AQGgYkjP&s=1" original_target="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/&h=7aqggykjp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Laura D. Bastian <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.lauradbastian.com/" original_target="http://www.lauradbastian.com/&h=6aqhkowmu&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.lauradbastian.com/</a></div>
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Jaclyn Weist <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/&h=gaqh5npjz&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>jaclynweist.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Amryn Scott <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/" original_target="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/&h=baqfnok_b&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>wildscottkids.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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K.R. Wilburn <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html" original_target="http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html/&h=haqftvsnc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.krwilburn.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>my-blog.html</a></div>
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Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com%2F&h=_AQH1QmHn&s=1" original_target="http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com/&h=_aqh1qmhn&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Angela Schroeder <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/&h=zaqg2tsle&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com/</a></div>
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Ginny Romney <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/&h=vaqhqikql&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>romneyrants.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Canda Mortensen <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://candamortensen.blogspot.com/&h=zaqer5gti&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>candamortensen.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Jenna Eatough <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmistglenmoon.net%2Fblog%2F&h=mAQHuhjG8&s=1" original_target="http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/&h=maqhuhjg8&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/</a></div>
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Starimprint: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstarimprint.blogspot.com%2F&h=dAQGotXUL&s=1" original_target="http://starimprint.blogspot.com/&h=daqgotxul&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>starimprint.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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<br />Laura D. Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481419933063260172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310539925928019350.post-33428585503319332822014-07-16T13:46:00.000-07:002014-07-16T13:46:23.417-07:00WonHundred Word Wednesday<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: blue;">It was time, she’d fought against it for so long, but now she
found herself staring death in the eye. Leland had put up a valiant fight
against cancer, but he was finished. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">She held his hand and rested her head against his. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“I can see children at the end of the bed,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“Do you know them,” she asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">He nodded weakly, then frowned. “They’re leaving.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“Do you want to go with them?” she asked gently. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“Yes,” he sighed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“Then go have fun. I’ll see you again soon.” She kissed her
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Wendy Knight, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com%2F&h=DAQHlfgvo&s=1" original_target="http://www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com/&h=daqhlfgvo&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com</a></div>
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Kelly Martin, Author: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com%2F&h=QAQEtGlNC&s=1" original_target="http://www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com/&h=qaqetglnc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com</a></div>
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Alison Woods (Peering Into. . .): <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com%2F&h=dAQGQXjn-&s=1" original_target="http://alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com/&h=daqgqxjn-&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>alisonmillerwoods.wordpress.com<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>/</a></div>
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Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:<a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthedistractedwriter.com%2F&h=RAQHLxmfP&s=1" original_target="http://thedistractedwriter.com/&h=raqhlxmfp&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>thedistractedwriter.com/</a></div>
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R.K. Grow: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/" original_target="http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/&h=yaqgum9cb&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/</a></div>
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Stephanie Worlton's Kreating Krazy blog: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/" original_target="http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/&h=yaqgq4tyr&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Leah Sanders, inklings: <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com%2F&h=LAQGmMSMC&s=1" original_target="http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/&h=laqgmmsmc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.c<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>om/</a></div>
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Jaclyn Weist <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fjaclynweist.blogspot.com%2F&h=XAQHvZwFE&s=1" original_target="http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com/&h=xaqhvzwfe&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>jaclynweist.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Amryn Scott <a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwildscottkids.wordpress.com%2F&h=QAQEtGlNC&s=1" original_target="http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/&h=qaqetglnc&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>wildscottkids.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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