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All Aglow
So me and Alex won’t be fighting much it seems. In the rewrite of what was the Last Phoenix and is now called the Call of the Dragon (cause AJ wants to actually use that title for a later book — it makes more sense really). Anyway, we are rewriting because the book was romance…
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Arrrrrrgggggghhhh!
Sorry. AJ had to get something off her chest. It’s been one of those mornings, pre 6am and getting chewed out by a customer for poorly chosen words. It’s like come on AJ you are a writer, you should know better than to say the same thing back to the person requesting help. *le sigh*…
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Food Food
Seems The Daily Spur really wants to talk about food. Today is all about feast. While we can also do different kinds of feasts. Though it calls out to food to me. Alex is sending some very different vibes right now lol. But I don’t really have much to say about it. I’m sorry. AJ’s…
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Some Kinda Disaster
I think this will be my usual Sunday thing. Here is another of my favorite songs (or one AJ feels fits me well)
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End of Prologue
The pull towards kindred souls was stronger now that the Third Ascendant’s birth was near. The umbra forced them together — mentor to student. Poet could no longer ignore it. His anger grew stronger. Why was he being replaced? Poet had no answer to his question. Vengeance was his only thought. He would end this…
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Out Of Town
AJ is out of town. So my streak doesn’t slip AJ is preposting today, tomorrow, and Sunday. Not that she doesn’t already do that on the weekends. But today is special. And we got to use yesterday’s word to pull in Fandango’s word challenge so that’s always fun. There will be writing of that I…
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Heavy
Today’s word is heavy. And all AJ can hear is Michael J Fox saying “Heavy.” in Back to the Future back in the 60s and Doc Brown goes on about gravity and all that being heavier in the future. It’s such a silly moment. But it stuck with AJ through the years. Today’s been a…
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Peanut Butter and Jelly
If you’ve been following me (or read my stories) you know that in almost every version of myself I am a foodie. Things like Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches are not a thing I’ll eat. Except maybe when I’m that homeless kid or when Alex decides its his turn to cook. I already hear him…
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Master Chef
One of my favorite things to do is to feed my friends and family. I learned from a three star Michelin chef who owns his own restaurant in New York City. Marco features in many of my stories and is often one of my fathers in nearly ever other AU AJ has ever written. He…
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Ugh
Today’s word is not very fun at all. I have nothing to write on that. Today AJ has off. Friday they are taking a trip up North for a kid thing. So it’s three days of working. I don’t really have much today. We got through a scene we didn’t think we’d keep but we…
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Probably shared already
But one of my favorites.
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The Call of the DRagon Prologue
The buzz of magic played along Poet’s tanned, bare arms. The warm, westerly breeze from early in the month plagued his thoughts. “Why are you replacing me?” He asked the aether. Poet sat at his favorite spot in Central Park. The sun made little rainbows on the concrete chess board through the crystal chess pieces,…
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Oops
Totally forgot to post today!
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Upheaval
If ya’ll get tired of me talking about the changes in the book, let me know. AJ’s not sure what we should write, but this keeps you informed. I get to spew my feelings about the changes, and you get to see some behind the scene footage of changes as they happen. I think the…
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Revisions
It looks like the story from here on out has some pretty drastic changes. I hope you have no real attachment to the old story. I’m sure AJ can still use some of the story scenes remaining, but the story of Alex and me has changed drastically. I don’t want to spoil things. But this…
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The Sanctity of Marriage
Growing up I only knew one married couple — the Vegas. Dorian’s parents were the only people I knew who were married. Which is uncommon in the Venatori. At least as what a human considers marriage, the proposal, the engagement, the wedding, the honeymoon, and then so-called bliss and then end in divorce or death.…
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Nepenthe
So over the course of my evolution AJ’s had to create a drug in my world that would get a supernatural high. As most supernaturals have higher metabolic rates and thus most drugs don’t work. We’ve talked about nepenthe before. And today we aren’t really talking about it. AJ’s at a point in my story…
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So Called LIfe
One of AJ’s latest obsessions. (cause I don’t know what to post for today!)
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Call of the Dragon Snippet
The mission was critical, Ilsa reminded herself as she walked through the hospital halls. Her father’s words echoed in her head, “The Venatori must never have a strong nether born or they might wipe out the dragons and the rest of the supernatural beings.” It was her first mission as a member of the Purge.…
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My Thoughts
So as we pass through this editing you are getting my views on the revision AJ is making. It’s a bridge or an arc, (or is it arch?) to what is going on in the story. We don’t know when we’ll be done. Aiming for end of Feb to finish the revision. And then work…
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Hard Work
Today AJ wrote almost 2.5K words — a product of hard work but mostly me actually telling AJ what’s going on. It’s kind of weird going back this far in the story. While it’s the same story it’s not the same. Things have changed, the way AJ’s telling it has changed. And when we go…
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