Torrid Tuesday!!!

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Prompt for this week will be:

Welcome back from your vacation/deployment/coma!

You MUST write at least 250 words or 2 icons/1 banner. Anything from suggestive to outright porn is allowed.

Words people! We need words!

Word of the Day 6/25/13

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Monger (noun, verb)
mon·ger [muhng-ger, mong-]

noun
1. a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
2. Chiefly British. a dealer in or trader of a commodity (usually used in combination): fishmonger.

verb (used with object)
3. to sell; hawk.

Origin: before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English mangere, equivalent to mang ( ian ) to trade, act as a monger (≪ Latin mangō salesman) + -ere -er1 ; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German mangari

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Daily Count Challenge for July!

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Who is in for July?

Comment here and I'll put you on the list and it's entirely possible that I'll remember to start naming contestants on the first!

It's as simple as stepping up when your name is called and doing your utmost to meet your own daily word count (whatever that may be). When you finish, write a small bragging post and call up the next contestant!

Be accountable for one day in July!

Do overs:
kaige68
csichick_2
sharpiesgal
tkeylasunset

Completed:
haldoor - YAY YOU!
lasairfhiona - YAY YOU!
thtwzjustadream - YAY YOU!
siluria - YAY YOU!
theladymore - YAY YOU!
witchyemerald - YAY YOU!
chokolattejedi - YAY YOU!
fairyniamh - YAY YOU!
dante_s_hell - YAY YOU!
amaryllisssa - YAY YOU!
simplyn2deep - YAY YOU!
heffermonkey - YAY YOU!
jstabe - YAY YOU!
mcgarrett - YAY YOU!
skargasm - YAY YOU!
sagaluthien - YAY YOU!
galadriel34 - YAY YOU!
agdhani - YAY YOU!

An Old Sweet Treat or (What Comes To Mind When One Eats Oreos Late At Night)

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I was eating Oreos the other night and remember this old fic. I thought y'all might enjoy it and maybe get inspired by it.

Title: The Art of Oreo Eating
Fandom: CSI: Miami
Characters: Horatio Caine, Rhonda Morgan (OFC)
Summary: Dessert with a twist.
Notes: Oreos are the trademark of Nabisco Foods Inc.
Link: on AO3

Big Buddy July!

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Who wants to be accountable for the month of July? It's been working pretty well for June!

Comment here with the count you can reach in the month of July. I will check in with you every 6 days to make sure you are on schedule, to push you if you aren't, and to shake pompoms at you if you are (Well, I'll probably shake pompoms at you either way).

Your count is up to you. There is no minimum beyond what you decide. But Big Buddy will be watching you! If you pledge 100 words/images, then every 6 days (20% of July) chime in to tell us that you've produced 20% of them.

This is not words to be done in lieu of something else. If you have a bingo, or a big bang, or a drabble-a-day, it all counts! Words/images do not have to be posted to count, they just have to be done!

Who is in?

amaryllisssa - 20,000
bluedelft - 35 graphics
chokolattejedi - 60,000
csichick_2 - 20,000
erynwen - 11,000
fairyniamh - 3,100 written, 10 graphics
haldoor - 13,000
jstabe - 5,000
kaige68 - 10,000
lasairfhiona - 5,000
mcgarrett - 2,000
sagaluthien - 3,000
sharpiesgal - 6,000
siluria - 3,000
simplyn2deep - 3,100
skargasm - 12,000
theladymore - 10,000
witchyemerald - 10,000

AO3 info

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I spam because I love you! And this place! And you!

simplyn2deep is amazing! If she didn't prove it to you before by posting a word for inspiration EVERY DAY, let there be no doubt now.

For anyone who cares to participate: simplyn2deep has set us up as a collection over at Archive of Our Own. She has also been generous enough with her time that she's set up sub-collections for the A to Z Challenge, Bingo Challenge, Torrid Tuesdays, Weekend Challenge, and Word of the Day.

If you want to, when you are posting your piece and come to the 'Associations' section start typing the name of the sub-collection and the option you are looking for should come up. For instance I just typed 'week' and could clearly tell the option I wanted. Type 'million' and they all come up! THE WOMAN IS A GENIUS!

Again, it is not required that you do this. But if you want to, it's there now.

YAY simplyn2deep!!! *shakes pom-poms*

There is also a tag there for the community that is Community: 1_million_words. I don't know who started that but THANK YOU! I will now leave you alone for a few hours, 4 maybe. It's possible I scheduled another post for midnight.

Tuesday Tips: Narrative Voice

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Tuesday Tips:  Just like Torrid Tuesdays except… not sexy.

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