Word of the Day 9/8/13

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Torrid (adjective)
tor·rid [tawr-id, tor-]

adjective
1. subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area: the torrid sands of the Sahara.
2. oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air.
3. ardent; passionate: a torrid love story.

Synonyms
1. tropical.
2. scorching, fiery.

Antonyms
1. arctic.
2. frigid.
3. cool.

Origin: 1580–90; < Latin torridus dried up, parched, equivalent to torr ( ēre ) to parch, burn (see torrent, thirst) + -idus -id

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

Daily count Challenge

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So I'm a wee bit late, am I forgiven?

I have a daily target of 1000 words for September and today I met my target and exceeded it, in fact I'm well on the way to tripling it.

So, I'm passing the baton to snowstormskies

Good Luck, I know you can do it.

August Rush: Final Collective Catch-up

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Hey guys! As promised, here is the final round-up for August Rush! Wow, can you guys believe we got a total of...

22,539 words, 337 icons, 160 banners and 4 wallpapers!

Give yourselves and/or your fellow Million-worders a *HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE* for all the hard word. This is just such a great result. Thank you to everyone who joined in, and also thanks to those of you who supported us all in our efforts! This has been so much fun and such a great challenge that I'm planning on doing it all again next year, although perhaps with a few changes here and there; certainly we can look at fandoms that weren't covered this time around, but if there are any other suggestions you have for alterations, you can always PM me with your thoughts. All suggestions welcome! ;-)

( REWARDS DISCUSSION BELOW! )

( Now for the creations! )

I hope you all enjoyed the challenge as much as I did. And if you're just a reader/watcher, please go through and check out the creations - don't forget to leave feedback if you enjoyed them!

Finally, I will just give you the link to our August Rush Collection Page over on AO3, in case you'd rather look there.

THANK YOU ALL, AGAIN! I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS BAR! ♥