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Before I get into this prompt, I realize that I never gave another update on the Feina-kitten!  So, after the vet gave her the fluids and shots, he told us that she would do better for a day or two, and would probably crash after that.  We waited...and waited...and that crash just wasn't coming.  After a few days, I got an appointment with a specialist to see what the heck was going on now.  He looked her over, asked a lot of questions (which the other vet hadn't really done), and re-ran her blood tests.  They came back as normal as is possible with a 15-year-old cat.  Never have I heaved a bigger sigh of relief.  She's still doing great, as are the other two cats.  All is well in the Franklin kingdom. On to the writing!  I've been holding off on this prompt for a bit, because I was having a devil of a time figuring out what I wanted to write.  Now that I've got an idea for this year's Nanowrimo, I think this will work well.  The ...

After Monday's writing session, my writers' group decided it would be a good idea to spend Mondays coming up with ideas, and Fridays either writing a snippet based on Monday's ideas, or sharing those snippets.  Basically, we're trying to get a little bit of training in before the marathon that is Nanowrimo. As a reminder, after Monday's session, this is what I have to work with: Setting - a foggy bridge at sunset, lit by gas lanterns Story hook - Murder most foul Character 1 - Ivan the terrible (unrelated) Character 2 - Desert nomad Character 3 - Yogi Character 4 - Witch in training Atmosphere - T-rex "I...I had no idea the spell was that powerful," Ilana whispered as she looked down on the body on the bridge.  Well, what was left of the body, really - the head had fallen off the edge of the bridge, lost in the fog surrounding the structure.  She turned to Swami Joey, her blue eyes starting to fill with tears.  "Is this my fault?  Did ...

And we're back!  Time to get back into writing on the regular, as  NaNoWriMo  is starting soon and as I've learned from past experience, going from not writing at all to trying for 50,000 words in 30 days is basically like trying to run a marathon without so much as jogging beforehand - it only ends in tears. My writing group decided that, since we're closing in on That Time Of Year and none of us really knows what the devil we're doing yet, that we would each come up with a setting, story hook, atmosphere, and two characters, then shuffle them together and pull out of a hat to figure out what we're doing.  My contributions: Setting - Ancient Rome Story hook - Murder most foul Character 1 - Detective (older, hard-nosed, a la  Inspector Rebus ) Character 2 - Plucky sidekick Atmosphere - Edge of rebellion What I got: Setting - a foggy bridge at sunset, lit by gas lanterns Story hook - Murder most foul Character 1 - Ivan the terrible (unrelated) Char...