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September Recap (opens the original)
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Trees are speckled with more color, and capture sunlight with false warmth. I tuck away from brisk winds with a warm coffee mug, sighing with each leaf that falls in content wandering wonderings. This month has been nothing short of busy! This month began my 2 month booked-out schedule when every weekend is practically full of plans. Not a bad thing, but I hope that I am still able to slow down enough to enjoy my favorite season to its absolute fullest. Anyways, here’s last month’s recap.Total B
I’d Like to Reintroduce My Project... (opens the original)
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Revived and revamped, my manuscript has undergone a few changes. Please welcome the newest title and version of….The Forgotten Prophecy of Alúnthia: Book 1 of the Elementani Saga.What’s changed?Most notably a few character names and the world name. After my rant about how names should be fitting to the character’s own setting, I realized the connection was lost within my story. Additionally, I’ve been focusing on bringing out character snd setting personalities more, and making sure that the plo
An Excerpt from the World of Project Elementani (opens the original)
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In the beginning hours of the night, when only a sliver of the moon rose into the mountainous heights of the sky, Malchi the Great Prophet breathed his last. Analiarryn carefully set down her quill on the bedside table. Just moments before, she had been scribing for him as she often did these days. In his old age, his penmanship fleeded, though to her it seemed only yesterday that she was teaching him to write. The years of the mortal life seemed to be quickly dwindling, for she had not known to
Love Letter to Autumnal Affairs (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe spiderweb glistens, its adorned jewel Dew drops capturing the morning light, Though the weaver sleeps late through the frosted Breath of dawn. Trees shiver in the sighing Gales passing through until one appendage Rattles off and drifts away, away. I snatch it from its journey down and pet It gently in my palm. Tinged with death and Rusted down to shriveled veins, the leaf curls Like the sagged skin of a month old prune,
Surprise Party (opens the original)
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I still haven’t heard from him… Melody spun a spoon around in her coffee lazily, the foam of her vanilla cappuccino fizzling away. Though usually her favorite, the flavors fell flat today. The slice of cake she ordered sat untouched. It was raining, nothing but a light drizzle, and the sky was a dingy yellow-gray, evident that the sun wanted to shine but didn’t have the strength to.Melody checked her phone again, realizing now that she’d sat there waiting forty minutes. This is not the happy day
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