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Fleet Sparrow ([personal profile] fleetsparrow) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-26 08:54 pm
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Check In: Day 26

Happy pre-Thursday, for those of you with me in the last remaining time zones.  And happy actual Thursday for the rest of you!
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What's your favorite of the 5Ws+H to write?

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I won't lie, this evening got away from me once I got home from work.  But, as foreseen, I did actually write today!  One more point for Routine being helpful.

Today's word:

Potation:  (noun)
  1. A usually alcoholic drink or brew
  2. The act or instance of drinking or inhaling; the portion taken in one such act

Per our frenemies at Merriam-Webster, the first known use was in the 15th century.

And for some etymology fun:  Potation came to English from Middle English potacioun, from Anglo-French potation, from Latin potation-->potatio "act of drinking" from potare "to drink"

After that long of a trip, I could do with a potation, too!
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-26 09:02 pm
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Day 1

Day 1 of break was relaxing. Yay!
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-25 07:13 pm
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Whew

Five day weekend. No plans. Nothing that I have to do.

Ok, I just knocked on wood!
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Fleet Sparrow ([personal profile] fleetsparrow) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-25 02:10 pm
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Check In: Day 25

I was going to make a "What a week, huh?" joke here, and then realized it's not even Wednesday yet.  x__x

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What was today's Prime Task?

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Today's word is brought to you by the shipping and transporting industry!  Because nothing says, "Happy Holidays" like the memory of dozens of shipping containers tipping into the harbor.

Stevedore:
  1. (noun)  One who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port
  2. (verb)  To handle (to load or unload) cargo as a stevedore
Per our friends at Merriam-Webster, "stevedore" came to English from the Spanish "estibador" which came from "estibar" meaning "to pack".  The first known use of "stevedore" in English was in 1788.
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-24 08:54 pm
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*yawn*

Mondays are Mondays, even on short weeks...
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Fleet Sparrow ([personal profile] fleetsparrow) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-24 02:55 pm
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Check In: Day 24

Here's to a new week of writing!

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What are you working on today?

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Instead of a discussion topic this week, I thought I'd share some fun words and definitions I've saved.  Today's word, per Merriam-Webster:

Wilder:  (pronounced as in its remaining form "bewilder")
  1.   (transitive verb)  1.  To lead astray;  2.  Bewilder, perplex
  2.   (intransitive verb)  1.  To move at random, to wander

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Fleet Sparrow ([personal profile] fleetsparrow) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-23 09:33 pm
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Check In: Day 23

Hello, all!  I hope your day has been full of writing or resting or at least something fun!

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What *kind* of day, Denny?

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An infinitely more accurate answer than the above foolishness
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Discussion:  Oh boy.  Here we are at another week, huh.  How'd that even happen?  But enough mourning the inexorable passage of time!

This week sees--for those of us in the States--a major holiday which often correlates to major stress; it's not the most conducive to writing!  But there's still a bit of time on either side of the holiday for the possibility of writing.  (And for y'all not in an American Thanksgiving world, it will just be Thursday.)

So, what are your writing plans for the coming week?
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-23 08:01 pm
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Friends!

Amy and her husband are in town, so we went out to dinner. A very nice end to the weekend!
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-22 07:48 pm
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Three!

I got my ears pierced again today. Third lobes. I've been thinking about it pretty much since I got my second holes in January. More sparkle is always good!
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Igenlode Wordsmith ([personal profile] igenlode) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-22 04:59 pm
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WIP CHALLENGE CHECK-IN, Day 22 -- Saturday

It's the weekend! What weekend writing plans do you have? Any snippets to share?

It's distinctly chilly, and I'm thinking about getting up and putting on some fingerless gloves, and maybe a rug round my shoulders until the heating comes on. *checks thermometer*; yes, it's down below fifty degrees again. That's always the point at which it starts to feel Unreasonably Cold For Inside. Down to 50F I can cope with thermal underwear and a silk scarf...
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-21 09:01 pm
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Weekend...

I'm very excited to not set an alarm tonight...
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full_metal_ox ([personal profile] full_metal_ox) wrote in [community profile] metaquotes2025-11-21 02:07 pm

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Igenlode Wordsmith ([personal profile] igenlode) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-21 05:17 pm
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WIP CHALLENGE CHECK-IN, Day 21 - Friday

Welcome to the daily accountability post!
As the sun goes down on my Friday, I haven't written anything yet -- have you?
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-20 05:09 pm
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Thud

Literally. Backpack in aisle=me on the ground. Since today was my prep day, I left after fourth period. I landed right on my hip, scraped my knees and palm, and twisted my shoulder. Ouch. More than that though, I didn't see the fall coming so waa more rattled by it than most falls, which I do see coming.

We were testing today, which meant I could just sit at my desk and not hobble around the room. Of course, that meant I had more time to stew over it. Anyway. Advil and a heating pad and I feel much better.
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ilcuoreardendo (Lins) ([personal profile] raptureofthemoon) wrote2025-11-20 02:28 pm
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Word Play #1

fat lightning slices the night
explores the forest
the shadows where
i drink strange water
from a cask
in the wild earth
it tastes of dark champagne
the only thing that
stills the monster
sleeping beneath my breast
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Igenlode Wordsmith ([personal profile] igenlode) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-20 06:53 pm
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WIP CHALLENGE CHECK-IN, DAY 20 -- Thursday

Happy Thursday!
Good morning to our friends in Alaska and good evening to those in Paris -- how is/was/will have been your writing experience today?
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-19 09:34 pm
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Hail!

It actually hailed today. It started during 6th period and was loud. It was really weird driving home because it was sunny, so the hail and giant raindrops cast bizarre shadows--almost like little bugs flying everywhere.

I love having real weather
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Igenlode Wordsmith ([personal profile] igenlode) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-11-19 04:59 pm
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WIP CHALLENGE CHECK-IN, DAY 19 -- Wednesday

A belated check-in for Week 3: how has writing been going this week so far?
What plans do you have in mind for the rest of today?
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-18 09:31 pm
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Testing...

Tomorrow is math testing at work. Thankfully we don't have a testing schedule. They're just going to take the tests in our two hour English classes. It's an easy day, but we have so much testing!
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Katherine's Journal ([personal profile] koshka_the_cat) wrote2025-11-17 11:24 pm
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Monday

And so it begins...

But Monday is over. So it continues?