Weekend Challenge - Championship Round

[cmk418]

Happy Friday! It's a warm weekend out here in the Midwest, but tomorrow, all thoughts turn to ice as the Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and the Vegas Golden Knights begins. So, instead of giving you all a big list of hockey things, I've gathered a list of 49 qualities that make up a champion. (Maybe I should send it to the Blues GM when I'm done here.)

So, give me a number or ask for a random prompt and I'll send you something that will hopefully inspire words or art. If you put together at least a 200-word drabble or a piece of art by 11:59pm on Thursday, June 8, I will reward you with a drabble or words to my WIPs.

Happy writing (and Let's Go Knights)!

Passing the daily challenge to shanachie_quill!

[bratfarrar]

So there I was, all set to write after dinner, a nice little ficlet idea all nailed down and ready to go--and in the process of reaching for a spoon so I could eat some ice cream, I stuck my hand directly into the middle of the steam coming off our electric kettle (which I didn't realize was on). Cue me spending the rest of the evening keeping one hand carefully in an ice bath.

So, some nice 2nd-degree burns and 0 words later, I am passing the torch along to shanachie_quill, and wishing you better health & safety! :P

June Bingo 2023- Sex and Kink Cards

[thatwasjustadream]

Topic for today: Sex and Kink Prompts. See the rules, the fills and more info here!

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Good luck, and happy creating!

Word of the Day 06/02/23 Prefatory

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Prefatory (adjective)
prefatory [ pref-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective
1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.

Often pref·a·to·ri·al.

OTHER WORDS FROM PREFATORY
pref·a·to·ri·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO PREFATORY
beginning, initiative, introductory, preliminary

See synonyms for prefatory on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: 1665–75; < Latin praefāt(iō) preface + -ory

HOW TO USE PREFATORY IN A SENTENCE
Clusters of prefatory tags (“the ancient Greek philosopher Plato”) alternate with definitions of standard tropes and devices.
JOHN SUTHERLAND‘S ENJOYABLE LITTLE HISTORY OF LITERATURE|MALCOLM FORBES|NOVEMBER 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Consequently, an important aspect of Shakespeare, even Prefatory Shakespeare, is missing.
THE BEST OF BRIT LIT|PETER STOTHARD|MAY 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST

He tried some small prefatory Siege or scalade of Pesth; could not do it; and came his ways home again, as the best course.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. III. (OF XXI.)|THOMAS CARLYLE

The contents of the Epic were described in some prefatory verses, and the number of couplets in each Book was stated.
MAHA-BHARATA|ANONYMOUS

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

Starting off Great!

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

I had a rough couple of weeks. Got a new job, couldn't get released from my contract and thought I was going to have to go back to the job I hated. But everything came through on Wednesday and I'm all set for next school year.

All of that made it difficult to focus on writing. I now have a lot of catching up to do if my novel is going to be finished by it's deadline, but I'm hoping I can do it.

For now... I added 1297 words to five different WIPs and I feel that I made good progress. Hopefully if nothing else, I'll get the 1100 words I need to keep up to date on my novel (and I finally got the scene I've been struggling with finished tonight... hopefully my betas think it's good enough when they read it).

Onto agdhani to keep the streak going!