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The Apothecary Diaries 15
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marycatelliThe Apothecary Diaries 15 by Nekokurage
Spoiler warnings ahead for the earlier books.
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Spoiler warnings ahead for the earlier books.
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vignettes
Mar. 29th, 2026 12:09 pmmarycatelliThis week's prompt is:
cute 🧸
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
cute 🧸
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
circle around, circle around
Mar. 29th, 2026 12:03 ammarycatelliI finish the first draft! I know what needs to be fixed!
Within days I circle back, and start to revise. It can cool off later --
Within minutes I find two major howlers in the first scene. sigh
Within days I circle back, and start to revise. It can cool off later --
Within minutes I find two major howlers in the first scene. sigh
draft's done
Mar. 25th, 2026 11:47 pmmarycatelliSo to speak.
I think the denouement is not quite what it should be, and sticking the ending is vital.
But I think that will be the work of another revision
I think the denouement is not quite what it should be, and sticking the ending is vital.
But I think that will be the work of another revision
Assignment in Brittany
Mar. 25th, 2026 11:47 pmmarycatelliAssignment in Brittany by Helen MacInnes
A thriller about an British undercover agent in Brittany, in 1940. The work was published in 1942.
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A thriller about an British undercover agent in Brittany, in 1940. The work was published in 1942.
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Riding through the Hills
Mar. 24th, 2026 03:20 pmcrown_of_antlersA preview of the next installment of Flowers on the Plains, which will be featuring the Jackle-Thorn and the Silver Songbird. ;)
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vignettes
Mar. 22nd, 2026 10:54 ammarycatelliThis week's prompt is:
bell 🔔
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
bell 🔔
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
down with denouement
Mar. 21st, 2026 06:49 pmmarycatelliDenouement is dumb.
I know exactly what has to be revealed. It's not even that much, and only one character can do it.
But I didn't work where. Or with what other events happening about it to give the story shape.
Denouement is dumb.
I know exactly what has to be revealed. It's not even that much, and only one character can do it.
But I didn't work where. Or with what other events happening about it to give the story shape.
Denouement is dumb.
Monitor Update
Mar. 21st, 2026 01:33 pmcrown_of_antlersAs of yesterday I no longer have to work and game on a small and somewhat dark monitor. Not only did the second 4k monitor my husband ordered arrive, but the first one he ordered from Amazon arrived through the mail. Since it was so big we had to pick it up at the post office rather than the mail carrier delivering it. It was undamaged after being lost for a few days.
My husband had cooled off enough that he has not automatically sent the Amazon one back. Instead he's thinking of setting it up with my computer. If there are issues and my current video card can't handle it (and I'm not so sure that it can), then my computer will get a new video card similar to the one in my husband's computer.
For now I'm using his old monitor which is a little bigger than the one I had that recently died. It's good to no longer feel like I need to lean close to the screen to see what's going on.
On another note, I found a mod that adds Decorative Lightshafts. They work sort of like paintings, allowing their height to be adjusted. They come in two levels of strength. Here's a screenie with one of them in the loft studio of Gloria's home.
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My husband had cooled off enough that he has not automatically sent the Amazon one back. Instead he's thinking of setting it up with my computer. If there are issues and my current video card can't handle it (and I'm not so sure that it can), then my computer will get a new video card similar to the one in my husband's computer.
For now I'm using his old monitor which is a little bigger than the one I had that recently died. It's good to no longer feel like I need to lean close to the screen to see what's going on.
On another note, I found a mod that adds Decorative Lightshafts. They work sort of like paintings, allowing their height to be adjusted. They come in two levels of strength. Here's a screenie with one of them in the loft studio of Gloria's home.
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orchestrating the talk
Mar. 19th, 2026 11:27 pmmarycatelliAh those scenes. Half a dozen things have to be done, by people whose intentions include none of them. Particularly not info-dumping.
But things like the heroine's dropping some knowledge in the middle so that they revise their plans to shove off the problem customer on the newbie.
Or the heroine's brother is talking with the king when she arrives with the prince, thus letting it be known what plans the king is making, when no detail is needed.
And they require careful and subtle orchestrating of what is said when, so as to give everyone motives.
sigh
But things like the heroine's dropping some knowledge in the middle so that they revise their plans to shove off the problem customer on the newbie.
Or the heroine's brother is talking with the king when she arrives with the prince, thus letting it be known what plans the king is making, when no detail is needed.
And they require careful and subtle orchestrating of what is said when, so as to give everyone motives.
sigh
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 14
Mar. 19th, 2026 12:56 pmmarycatelliWitch Hat Atelier, Vol. 14 by Kamome Shirahama
The tale continues! Serious spoilers ahead for the earlier works.
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The tale continues! Serious spoilers ahead for the earlier works.
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