Fiction and Copy Decoded

So they worked fast, and I certainly needed the help.

I didn't know if I'd ever reach this milestone, but I did, and I'm happy you're a part of it.

So a bit of a momentous occasion here, but I wouldn't figure out the full extent until later on.

This still happens to me today, but to a lesser extent.

It was a little more than nose to the grindstone, but not much...

A bit of a recap of my February 2024 and some fun about fireworks, a little or a lot early.

That time I bought something I likely shouldn't have.

Mud in the basement, just soil and water, added up to big problems.

A lot of things we can come up with, using such a small start.

How motivation, discipline, and consistency work together to help you achieve things in life.

Thank you!

It wasn't lightning, but it did strike twice in a short while...

That time I went down to the basement, only to find something I didn't expect...

So I decided to do it, but if I mention this again, I'll have to do it differently, for reasons I explain here.

What if our initial reaction is the right one?

So yeah, I had to go into a store and got my shoes and socks super wet...

Ever witnessed an awkward scene in a restaurant?

So, power outages happen, and sometimes they don't.

This is what happens when I think about cats...

This is one of those points I realized I was pushing too hard, but also realized whose fault it really was.

This was in the past, so it's mostly fixed now.

Mostly.

This difference was brought front and center for me when I coincidentally had gotten sick previously.

So having grilled food and learning about a 100 year old guy led to this.

I learned about an old dude way back, and talked about him today. He was pretty interesting, Pulitzer and everything.

A thank you I posted for Memorial Day way back when. Also, if you're over age 80 or you know someone who is, go ahead and listen to this episode.

With all the plumbing repairs that same week, I had to make a prompt about plumbing sometime...

So, a lot of pipe needed to be replaced...

This about the third of the three weddings I went to in 2015. Had lots of fun and was interesting as weddings go...especially because of the livestock.

So my throat thing inspired a prompt. Not that I wanted to think about it anymore...

And can be a difficult thing to struggle with if it happens in real life, depending on when it happens.

This one's about the time I couldn't get out of a restaurant and didn't know why, right away.

So I woke up one morning and wasn't able to do this very well...

With all the family and friends I was seeing way back, that gave me inspiration for a prompt.

It was interesting comparing two weddings so close together, since I'd never gotten to do that before.

So I got a writing prompt out of the idea of a wedding ceremony, but this couldn't be any old wedding. No indeed...

There's lessons in preparedness, even though I was never a Scout.

I went to a wedding where I actually knew a lot of people. Sort of a rarity.

Another story about computer repair, a good shop, and a thorny problem I partially solved with a few bucks.

It's not my thing, truthfully, but it does lead to some handy plot devices and funny promotional ideas, if you take advantage of it.

I didn't know how much a simple thing as moving furniture affected my mental state, until I tried it. And then out came this prompt as a result.

Unpredictability comes in many forms and can be used for many things.

I was cleaning a carpet when I thought of this prompt. Different memories can get different reactions from people, and that interests me.

It was interesting seeing the contrast between the 24 show's seasons 8 and 1, and here are things I learned.

I once wrote a prompt about mud, here it is. It's always interesting what creativity can do with only a little, and that's what fascinates me about it.

Sometimes you don't know your limit on a line of work or a piece until you hit it. And that's painful sometimes.

Sometimes you get mud, but things don't turn out as badly as you thought they might.

Exploring different ideas for writing about fictional cats.

It's interesting how my mind works starting from scratch versus starting with something from someone else.

This is about the time I overheard a cool conversation in Target.

This prompt is about the chaos generated if we forget a letter (or maybe change it to another one by accident).

This episode is about one time an unexpected package showed up.

A bit of an idea that helped me if I had trouble getting started on a project.