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Friday Feast 195

by JM

friday-feast.gifHappy Friday!

Thank goodness it’s Friday. I am so ready for the end of the week to be here, that’s for sure. Today I’m putting up last week’s Friday Feast (not put up because of all the site mess going on) as well as this week’s Friday Feast, so come back soon because the next round will be up soon!

On to the feast!

Appetizer - What is the weather like today where you live?

It’s a typical Melbourne winter day. It’s been mostly grey for the whole day, though thankfully it hasn’t been nearly as windy today as it has been in the past couple of days.

Soup - On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?

This is a bit of a hard one. I guess you could put me at an eight. I love what I do (99% of the time) and I think about it often. I work hard and keep working hard to get to where I want to be. My work defines a lot of who I am.

But the fact is, though, that I work from home an enjoy doing so because it’ll make things easier for when I want to start a family. Because of that, I don’t consider myself very career-minded. Career fits around family. Period.

Salad - What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?

It depends what room you’re in. In the lounge (where I’m sitting) we have lacy curtains.

Main Course - Name something that instantly cheers you up.

My husband.

Dessert - How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?

Only once. It’s not really the snooze button but rather the alarm off button, but I tend to stay in bed for a few minutes after it goes off.

Brought to you by Friday’s Feast

Getting to Know You…

by JM

telephone.jpgHi all! Man it seems like forever since I’ve been able to post here. Do you feel the same?

Anywho, because of what happened, it came to my attention just how many people read here that have no way of getting in touch with me when the site is down. For the majority of you, that’s not a problem. Either you have my email address or you’re just not that upset about not being able to contact me for whatever amount of time. And that’s okay because I’m not always the best correspondent.

However, it would have been very nice to be able to let you know what was going on.

Because of that, I have been ‘inspired’ to tell you about a few of the other places you can find me, should something like this happen again. (Let’s all hope that it doesn’t.)

Twitter

Facebook

I’m at other places to, but these two are the ones I generally check in on every day. If you have any recommendations of other things I should join, let me know. Just keep in mind that I’m usually quite lazy and I’m proud of the fact that I have two social sites that I visit daily.

Feel free to friend me on any of these sites. It would be great, though, if you could let me know that you’re friending me because you saw this post. (“Hi, I’m ___. I read you on ___.) That’s not possible for all the sites, but I will definitely appreciate it if you put it in when you can.

Thank you all. Now it’s time for lunch.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

by JM
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen everyone!

This week’s Thursday Thirteen prompts are going to continue on with prompts, questions, first lines, and other inspiration to help you get writing.

If there is another prompt you think would be helpful, be sure to let me know in the comments or by using the ‘contact me’ button under the site description.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. Write 100 words about frustration.
2. “I can’t believe you just said that.”
3. You have a moment of sudden inspiration…
4. Create your ultimate villain. Someone you absolutely despise.
5. “You cannot be serious.”
6. Pick out a postcard and create a scene set in the picture.
7. Write 100 words on ‘delay’.
8. You discover a huge secret about the person you are closest too…
9. “I was just telling a story.”
10. Write a poem about your day.
11. If you could spend one day as someone else, who would you be?
12. “I want to be close to you.”
13. Write 100 words on ‘problems’.

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

Check out my other Thursday Thirteens on The Book Stacks and Fiction Scribe

And We’re Back!

by JM

confetti.jpgHi everyone!

Phew! We are back in action (as you can see). Did you miss me? I missed you!

Group hug!

Too much? Okay. I’ll behave.

I am very glad to be back in action and posting here on site. I apologize for all the down time, but as happens with technology sometimes, we had a bit of a technology burp. Apparently some drives and servers went down at headquarters and things were a bit messy for a while.

Don’t ask me to go into it further because it’s probably, ultimately, quite boring.

Thank you all for your patience (and for coming back after such a long gap). I know that going too long without posting can be a bit of a ‘virtual death’ for any site, so I doubly appreciate all of you who have been checking in with me via email, twitter and other things.

If any of you are interested in alternative ways to contact me (should the sites ever go down again, heaven forbid), leave a comment and I’ll post up some of my information.

I would like to reward everyone who stuck around through all this by holding a contest. I know I just held two big contests, but that doesn’t mean I can’t hold a few more, right?

If you have any ideas for a contest, please let me know. I’ll be taking your suggestions for the next few weeks so we can hopefully get something going soon.

Once again, my apologies, and thank you to everyone for your patience. I’m very glad to be back.

Have a good one!

Technical Difficulties

by JM

telephone.jpgHello everyone.

As you likely already know, many of the sites on the 451press network are down and have been down for some time (what seems like forever!).

I would like to apologize on behalf of 451press for the technical difficulties we have been experiencing lately. There are problems at 451press headquarters right now involving the equipment and machines we use to keep the sites up and running. The good news is that these problems are being addressed and hopefully we’ll get things up and running sooner rather than later.

Thank you very much for your patience. At this time, about half the sites are down so a lot of people are unable to post and a lot of readers have been left in the dark. If possible, if you know other people who read blogs here at 451, please let them know that the problem is being worked on and the sites will hopefully be up again soon.

Thankfully, this site is still up and working and I will continue to post here for as long as I can.

Remember, if you need to contact me for any reason, you can use the contact me button below the site description on the right. If these sites go down for any reason, you can also find me twittering away at http://twitter.com/JaimeMcD . Just remember that I’m in a different time zone so responding to you might take a bit longer than you anticipate.

Thank you again for your patience. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon.

Calling All Angels - Part 1 - By Michael Nolan

by JM

Calling All Angels - Part 1
an excerpt from an upcoming novel by Michael Nolan

In the distance she could hear a throng of carolers singing the too-happy and too-joyous songs of a too-commercialized holiday and she questioned the empty room as though the lamp or the fading string art owl would respond.

“Why do they insist on singing the same damned songs year after bloody year? Its only the 15th for heaven’s sake!” She laughed to herself, “And still they have that alto who wouldn’t know her pitch if she had a catcher’s mitt.”

She turned the TV up and listened to the news anchor rambling on about how the folks down at Dover Street Methodist had outdone themselves again and how everybody needed to make sure that was a stop on their Christmas light tour this year. They had a drive-through nativity scene with live farm animals. It had been four years since Betty had left her little white Masonite® cottage for anything more than a few bags of groceries and she didn’t have any designs on changing that to go watch Alan Jenkins’ goats eat the heads off plastic wise men, or some chickens crap all over the baby Jesus.

A knock at the door startled her. She squinted and looked through the sheers to see the silhouette of a young woman standing on the stoop. If she stayed quiet enough, maybe the intruder would think she was asleep. It was 8:30 after all.

It didn’t work.

With a defeated sigh she unbolted, unchained and opened the door.

“I don’t know what you’re selling, but I don’t need any Christmas cards or cheese logs and I’m on Social Security so I don’t have any spare canned goods to give to the…”

As the visitor turned to face the door, the porch light lit her face and stopped Betty mid-sentence. She opened her mouth to take a breath but forgot to inhale.

“How…what are you…Mallory?!?”

“Hello, Mom.”

She took off her glasses and squinted - she had to be seeing things. Mallory lived just three miles away but Betty hadn’t heard a word from her since she refused to take care of Paulie when Mal did two years in lockup for trying to kill her pedophile ex-boyfriend. That was over six years ago.

“Wh…What are you doing here?”

“Can I come in?” She walked in and was already taking off her coat when she looked back and saw her mother still standing motionless at the door. “Nice to see you too. We need to talk.”

Betty snapped back to reality and closed the door.

“I’ll make us some tea.”

Betty’s kitchen was exactly as you’d expect it to be. A bowl of fruit lay perfectly centered on the small aluminum and Formica table. Two perfectly pressed tea towels emblazoned with bold red poinsettias were folded over the handle of the oven door. The chipped porcelain of the sink was the only betrayer of its true age.

Betty reached into the yellowed pine cabinet and retrieved two matching cups and saucers, calling over her shoulder as though to a casual visitor “How do you take yours? I could never remember that. I have such a terrible memory for some things but I can still make fruit cake from scratch.”

“That’s because there’s alcohol in it” Mallory mumbled to herself.

“What’s that, dear?” Betty said, never looking up from the stove. “Two sugars will be fine, thanks.”

Betty turned and placed the hot cups on the table. She remained standing. “You look good, Mally.”

“Sit down, Mom. I have something to talk to you about.”

She took a long sip of her tea, took a deep breath and began.

“There’s a lump in my breast. I went to see the specialist at St. Francis yesterday and the tests showed that it is malignant.”

Betty’s hands cradled her still untouched tea as her eyes finally made contact with her daughter’s.

“You can’t be serious. What about a second opinion? I saw on Oprah the other day how a woman thought she had lung cancer for years and then it turned out she was allergic to her dog. It happens all the time. They’re just wrong, Mallory.”

“It’s called ‘mammary ductal carcinoma’. Breast cancer, Mom. And I’ve got it.”

Mallory took Betty’s hand and placed it on her right breast and half-whispered. “I’ve got it.”

About the Author: Michael Nolan is the oft-opinionated but never duplicated writer for Frugal Mania and a dozen other blogs scattered here and there across the ‘net. He is a full-time freelance writer who is working on his first novel. Feel free to visit and leave your love/hate letters anytime…he gets bored and needs something to laugh at from time to time.

Friday Feast

by JM

friday-feast.gifThank goodness it’s Friday! I don’t know what it is lately, but I have been appreciating Friday more and more these past couple of weeks, that’s for sure.

I hope you do, too.

On to the feast!

Appetizer - If you could live on another continent for 1 year, which one would you choose?

That’s a hard one because there are so many places I would like to go. If it was all expenses paid, then… Probably Europe. There is so much to see and do there. North America would come in as a close second because there is a lot there to do and see as well (and I love Canada), but I’ve never set foot in Europe before, so that would come first.

Soup - Which browser do you use to surf the Internet?

Firefox. Firefox treats me a lot better than Internet Explorer ever did, that’s for sure.

Salad - On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you know about the history of your country?

I’d probably be at a two or three with Australia. I know a little bit about how it began, but really not a lot. I know more about the US, but that’s no longer my country, really.

Main Course - Finish this sentence: Love is…

…Rose-coloured glasses, the 75th anniversary, and everything in between.

Dessert - Have you ever been in or near a tornado?

Yep. I actually had two tornadoes go around my house while I was in it. I was… Wow, I can’t remember how old I was at the time, but yes, it was quite scary.

Brought to you by Friday’s Feast

Thirteen Writing Prompts

by JM
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen everyone!

This week’s Thursday Thirteen prompts are going to continue on with prompts, questions, first lines, and other inspiration to help you get writing.

If there is another prompt you think would be helpful, be sure to let me know in the comments or by using the ‘contact me’ button under the site description.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “I can’t do it. I just can’t do it without you.”
2. Write a 100 word story on learning.
3. Write about a character who has an occupation you know nothing about.
4. “Do you really expect me to believe that?”
5. Someone is waiting for you on your doorstep…
6. Write a 100 word story on winning.
7. Write about your first car (or bike, or…)
8. Write a scene involving love at first sight.
9. “Sometimes I can’t help but wonder where you’ve gone, even when you’re sitting here with me.”
10. You’ve been chosen to be part of an off-earth colony…
11. Write a 100 word story on trust.
12. “I know you, you’re…”
13. “Sometimes you’re just like your father.”

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

Check out my other Thursday Thirteens on The Book Stacks and Fiction Scribe

Random Word Bank Wednesday

by JM

cupcake.jpgHello once again everyone!

Welcome to another mid-week random word bank. I rather like random word banks. There is a challenge in them that not only gets your mind working, but you can also end up with a scene that you didn’t know you had it in you to write.

I hope you find these word banks useful. If there is a type of prompt you would prefer to see, please let me know.

Remember, with all the words, you can use any form, any tense of the word. Eg. Laugh can be laugh, laughter, laughs, laughed.

For the first word bank, I don’t want you to write a short story or anything actually. What I want you to do is word association. For every word there, I want you to write the word and then write the first word that comes to your mind after.

For the second word bank, I do want you to write a short story (or something longer if you like) that incorporates this week’s theme. This round goes as usual; just include all of the words in the bank.

For the third word bank, it is something different yet again. I would like you to try your hand at writing a poem incorporating the words provided.

Enjoy!

First Word Bank
Semester
Trial
Jump
Cable
United States
Eon
Carpenter
Notebook
Travel
Meaning

Second Word Bank
Baby
Easy
Write
Lost
Hum
Cook
Confuse
Challenge
Willing
Click

Third Word Bank
Cascade
Iridescent
Horror
Nature
Thought
Mental
Create
Blue
Shake
Wonder

Times of Intuition

by JM

candle.jpgIntuition can be a strange thing. Where does it come from? Is it learned or inherent? How does it work?

Intuition has had to deal with having a bad name (in terms of the psychic/sensitive side of things). Intuition is defined as “direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.” Because of that, people like to go with ‘instinct’, which has a more solid meaning and concept.

But there will always be intuition no matter what kind of label you give it..

How do you know that your mother is calling before you pick up the phone? How can you tell from words on a screen how someone is really feeling (email or otherwise)? How do you answer questions before the questions are asked, knowing that they will be asked?

Hello intuition.

Today I would like you to think about intuition. What you think it is and where you think it comes from. Write about your experiences with intuition.

Have you ever had someone say to you, “It’s like you can read my mind”? Or had someone ask you, “How did you know what I was going to say”? Or, “How did you know what I was feeling”?

When you sit down to write, remember how to help yourself to focus. Take some deep breaths – close your eyes if you need to – and try to clear your mind. Focus on the sound of your breath coming into your lungs and then leaving them. Focus on the world intuition and what it means to you.

Technical Difficulties

by JM

handcuffs.jpgHello everyone!

As you have all probably well and truly noticed by now, 451press blogs have been having a few… problems lately. The sites take a long time to load sometimes and it’s not always easy to comment.

I want to apologize for all the problems and let you know that you aren’t the only ones having difficulties. It’s not just you, not just your computer. Even we bloggers are having difficulties just posting.

Why is it happening? Well, going by the amount of spam comments I have to clean off my sites every day, I think being attacked by one or more spam monsters is driving our servers down into the dumps a bit. Day in and day out of offers to increase the size of your man parts and show you free cartoon porn would do that do anyone, I think.

Hopefully we’ll have everything sorted out very soon and will be back up and running normally soon.

Always remember that you can feel free to contact me using the ‘contact me’ button under the site description. I’m not sure if anything would be so urgent that you would need to let me know, but hey, I’m always up for a casual chat as well.

Please bear with me as all this stuff is happening. It’s not fun for any of us and we certainly don’t like it when our readers are unhappy.

And, just to occupy your time, here is a link to one of my favourite web comics:

Questionable Content

Friday Feast 193

by JM

friday-feast.gifHappy Friday the 13th!

On to the feast!

Appetizer - Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?

Neither. I consider myself to be a realist. Haha. I suppose that means I try not to expect anything happening that wouldn’t logically happen, good or bad.

Soup - What is your favorite color of ink to write with?

Black. That’s probably very boring, but in the end, it is my favourite. Clean, crisp, all that fun stuff. I do like writing with other colours, though. Purple especially.

Salad - How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay for them?

I have gotten two manicures before. Once my friend got me a gift certificate to a place because I’d never had them done before and the other time was my wedding.

I do occasionally take care of my fingernails, but not on the level of a manicure. I don’t think I’d ever go in any time besides a special occasion, though.

Main Course - Have you ever won anything online? If so, what was it?

Won anything… Nothing immediately comes to mind, though I’m sure I’ve won something before… Oh! Yes, I won a hamper full of food and other goodies at the pub on St. Patrick’s Day last year. I also won a bucket full of Vodka Cruiser stuff because I drank a lot of Cruisers that night… Ahem.

Dessert - In which room in your house do you keep your home computer?

Um, in any room I want it to be in. Hehe. I have a laptop, so I move around the house quite a bit.

Brought to you by Friday’s Feast

Thirteen Writing Prompts

by JM
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen everyone!

This week’s Thursday Thirteen prompts are going to continue on with prompts, questions, first lines, and other inspiration to help you get writing.

If there is another prompt you think would be helpful, be sure to let me know in the comments or by using the ‘contact me’ button under the site description.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “You just keep that in mind when I’m not around anymore.”
2. Write a poem about autumn.
3. Pick an environment you’ve never been to before (jungle, desert, arctic) and imagine being there. Write about it.
4. Think of a time in your life when you had to be brave. When was it? Why did you have to be brave?
5. Someone hands you a pill, promising you that your life will improve in all ways if you take it. Do you take it?
6. Someone tells you that they come from the future and knew you in the future. What bit of information do they know that would prove it?
7. You’re relaxing at home with a book and suddenly you hear an explosion.
8. “You can’t honestly expect me to do that. Are you mad?”
9. Create your own political party. What do you stand for? What are you against?
10. Think of something you’ve always wanted. Write about getting it.
11. “I don’t quite understand what you mean. What are you trying to say?”
12. What is your favourite holiday? Why?
13. “No, no. You’re doing it the wrong way.”

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

Check out my other Thursday Thirteens on The Book Stacks and Fiction Scribe

Random Word Bank Wednesday

by JM

books.jpgHello once again everyone!

I like random word banks, so I figured I would continue with them until some other prompts come in.

Welcome to another mid-week random word bank. I rather like random word banks. There is a challenge in them that not only gets your mind working, but you can also end up with a scene that you didn’t know you had it in you to write.

I hope you find these word banks useful. If there is a type of prompt you would prefer to see, please let me know.

Remember, with all the words, you can use any form, any tense of the word. Eg. Laugh can be laugh, laughter, laughs, laughed.

For the first word bank, I don’t want you to write a short story or anything actually. What I want you to do is word association. For every word there, I want you to write the word and then write the first word that comes to your mind after.

For the second word bank, I do want you to write a short story (or something longer if you like) that incorporates this week’s theme. This round goes as usual; just include all of the words in the bank.

For the third word bank, it is something different yet again. I would like you to try your hand at writing a poem incorporating the words provided.

Enjoy!

Word Bank One
Education
Conspiracy
McDonalds
Crash
Alarm
Style
Celebrity
Australia
Video
Funeral

Word Bank Two
Wash
Brand
Shine
Collect
Result
All
Diamond
Take
Promise
Show

Word Bank Three
Grateful
Tough
Sell
Company
Work
Mess
Glory
Day
Family
View

Favourite Author Tag

by JM

books.jpgI’m in a tag kind of mood today, so I am putting up this author tag I found at Reading is My Superpower. Answer in the comments section or put a link there to the answers on your blog if you’d like to play along.

* Answer the questions as you see fit. Although they’re all phrased to ask about a singular author, feel free to respond with multiples, or even a list.
* Where possible & convenient (you don’t have to go as crazy as I did!), include a link here or there to an author’s website, your review of one of their books, or a review that inspired you to try the author(s), so your readers can get more information on anyone that sounds interesting.
* Tag five people and drop by their blogs to let them know you tagged them, or open-tag your readers.
* It would be nice if you included a link back to your tagger.

1. Who’s your all-time favorite author, and why?

I don’t have an ‘all-time’ favourite author, I don’t think. I have a few I grew up reading and have enjoyed. I suppose I leave the distinction to Robin McKinley, though. Her book, The Blue Sword, gave me the confidence to write my own books. Plus, even now, I can pick up that book any time and still enjoy it. I have read it dozens of times.

2. Who was your first favorite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favorites?

My first favourite author would have to be Anne McCaffrey. She caught me up in the world of Pern at a very young age and I still enjoy reading her books. She is definitely still one of my favourites.

3. Who’s the most recent addition to your list of favorite authors, and why?

I’m reading Eon by Greg Bear and I have a feeling he will go on the list of my favourites. But for the most recent author well and truly on my favourites list? Orson Scott Card wrote the last book I got truly excited about.

4. If someone asked you who your favorite authors were right now, which authors would first pop out of your mouth? Are there any you’d add on a moment of further reflection?

Orson Scott Card, Sandi Kahn Shelton, Robin McKinley, Sara Douglass, Tamora Pierce, Caridad Pineiro, Catherin Coultier, David (and Leigh) Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, Piers Anthony…

Need any more?

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