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TARA: Oh ... that clock's completely wrong. Here.

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Prompt #13

Mar. 2nd, 2026 01:17 am
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Everyday of "Lent", I will try to post a prompt that deals with winter/spring time everyday until Easter (April 5), but there are no deadlines so if you get inspired for Prompt #1 on like Day 20, feel free to post your work just tag it with "prompt #"! I am in EST timezone so I will try to post the night before for the following day depending on what time I get off work, this might be earlier in the night or closer to midnight.


Prompt # 13 - Daffodil


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Prompt #12

Mar. 2nd, 2026 01:16 am
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Everyday of "Lent", I will try to post a prompt that deals with winter/spring time everyday until Easter (April 5), but there are no deadlines so if you get inspired for Prompt #1 on like Day 20, feel free to post your work just tag it with "prompt #"! I am in EST timezone so I will try to post the night before for the following day depending on what time I get off work, this might be earlier in the night or closer to midnight.


Prompt # 12 - Mars


Prompts are suggestions, and you could use them as loosely as you prefer.

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#185 - Beneficent

Mar. 2nd, 2026 12:34 am
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This week's word is

Beneficent


be·​nef·​i·​cent bə-ˈne-fə-sənt


adjective

Doing or producing good, performing acts of kindness and charity.

"A beneficent policy."

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Hey, everyone! I'm sorry for the past two Sundays. >_<;; This (basically Monday) Lonely Prompts post is open for any fills and requests that you may have from the last two weeks of February. ^_^ If this is your first time at [community profile] comment_fic on a Sunday, you can either request previous prompts to be filled or share your recent fills for prompts. (Or do both, of course!) ✎

How to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^

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[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
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Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."

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Writerly Ways

Mar. 1st, 2026 11:28 pm
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I'm beginning to wonder what is wrong with me. I thought my Overlook story was formatted. It wasn't. I thought This Little Piggy story had a good ending (a story I have sent out in the past) and it literally trails off. I thought my test for tuesday was done and I just needed to clean it up. I was wrong. Is this part of worsening ADHD? Is this part of the depression? Me being overworked? I am falling further and further behind and I don't like any part of it.

But let's set that aside for now. I wanted to talk about writing monsters. I want to take my story Sharp Little Teeth and expand it into a novella. I think there is something in i t worth saving. It's a bit long for most open calls and at the end of the day, the ending is rushed just to fit it under 8k. There is enough to it to develop to three times its size. A gay mobster in 1947, his lavender marriage to a lady doctor, their forced exile from Boston to Las Vegas, some monster killing people building the new casino experiment.

I need to do more research into Vegas (collecting books now) but that's not my issue. I have used folklore to create the monster. I didn't find any colonizer monsters that fit what I needed, just some big foot knock offs. there is something in Paiute lore that does work and that's what I went for at the time (with only weeks to do this)

I did have the Native American character come up with how to get rid of them but still it feels like it's toeing the line of white savior and mystic native tokenism. I don't want either of those things obviously. So I was thinking I can use the thing from legend but it's not that. It's not the crybaby water things either. While they're working it out, more die.

But that means I have to make a monster. I know I want to keep the small child-like stature of them and of course the titular sharp little teeth but where do I go from there? I don't know yet but I need to think abou that. Might be time look at desert animals and go from there.


Open Calls




Vacations From Hell
Short horror stories about vacations


Hawthorn & Ash 2026 Window 100 and 500 word fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror stories

Sley House Times March 2026 Window

Untitled Folk Horror Anthology Folk horror of all types, preferring a twist on a known folk or fairy tale, but not required


From Around the World

How to Become a Professional Writer With Joanna Penn

How to Make Your Dark Event Pay Off

Should You Tie Up Loose Ends in Your Story—or Leave Them Open?

What Is Cozy Horror?


From Betty


How to Fix a Boring Sex Scene (honestly I think most sex scenes are boring)


Seven Tricks to Improve Your Minions

Must Romance Always Include a Breakup?

Narrative Distance

Using Contradictions to Create Masterful Microtension – Part 3

10 Editing Mistakes First-Time Authors Make (That Could Cost You Readers)

WITS Team Showcase - Jenny Hansen

How to Write Great Taglines in Seven Steps

Self-Editing Pop Quiz Redux

Why Readers Read

Mistakes Were Made

What Does a Character’s Fear of Change Look Like

8 Tips for Writing an Unreliable Narrator

Why Identity Is the Key to Character Development: How True vs. False Identity Shapes Every Story

The Complete Guide to Self-Editing for Writers, Part 4: Final Revisions and Beta Reader Feedback

7 Writing Mistakes That Hurt Your Story (and How to Avoid “Literary Leftovers”)



Who Are You? Part Two

Common Mistakes New Writers Make and How to Fix Them



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Title: Evening
Fandom: Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe
Characters/Pairings: The Tavern Group
Word Count: 100
Rating: AA
Summary: Time for a drink.
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evening )

Challenge 508: Anticipation

Mar. 1st, 2026 04:31 pm
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Our new challenge is:

ANTICIPATION



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 10th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

Admin: Challenge closed

Mar. 1st, 2026 04:30 pm
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The Amnesty challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Performance Anxiety: For Self Defence: War of the Worlds (1988-90), by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Slice: xxxHoLiC: Fanfic: the landscape my wound reveals, by [personal profile] bluedreaming
Yellow: Stock: Icons: Yellow, by [personal profile] innitmarvelous_og
Double: War of the Worlds (1988-90): Fanfic: Fallen In Battle, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Rain: Hercule Poirot: Fanfic: Well, it is Raining!, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Solitary: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Alone And Lonely, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Paint: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Happy Family, by [personal profile] darkjediqueen
Old Friends: The Professionals: Fanfiction: Watching, by [personal profile] lucy_roman
Games: War of the Worlds (1988-90): Fanfic: Whatever It Takes, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Sock: Jeeves & Wooster: Fanfic: Bertie's New Socks, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Transformation: War of the Worlds (1988-90): Fanfic: Stranger, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Black and White: Original: Poetry: A Child's Rhyme, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Teamwork: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Towards A Common Purpose, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Party and Abandon Challenges: Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: A Way of Her Own, by [personal profile] infinitum_noctem
The End of the World : Marvel 616 : icons : Crushed by a Helicarrier, by [personal profile] highlander_ii
Lost And Found: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Restoring Balance, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Sock: Star Trek Voyager: fic: seams, by [personal profile] lilly_c
Yellow: The Story of Yanxi Palace: poetry: shattered, by [personal profile] teaotter
Warmth: Torchwood: Fanfic: Hot and humid, by [personal profile] m_findlow
Hot Water: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: In Trouble Again, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Murder: Taggart: fic: There’s been a..., by [personal profile] lilly_c
The Morning After: Viola come il mare: Fanfic: Lazy Morning, by [personal profile] veronyxk84
Refusal: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Demanding The Impossible, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Gravity: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Tilt, by [personal profile] veronyxk84


Congratulations to [personal profile] innitmarvelous_og, who earned a name tag!

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Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.

New challenge coming right up!

March's Bingo

Mar. 1st, 2026 07:09 pm
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[community profile] allbingo's craft fest month


Knitting Needles Writing Lacking Storage Colored Pencils Picnic Basket
Calligraphy Ribbon Embroidery Painting Tangles
Warm Knitted Sweater Small Spaces FREE SPACE Patchwork Time
Scrapbooking Tension Rope Drawing Ceramic Mug
Jewelry Yarn Velvet Sewing Laptop

Crafts

Mar. 1st, 2026 05:40 pm
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March is National Crafting Month Bingo over on [community profile] allbingo. Drop by the Meet and Greet to talk about what crafts you love and hate or make new crafty friends.


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Crafts

Mar. 1st, 2026 05:40 pm
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March is National Crafting Month Bingo over on [community profile] allbingo. Drop by the Meet and Greet to talk about what crafts you love and hate or make new crafty friends.


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Crafts

Mar. 1st, 2026 05:36 pm
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March is National Crafting Month Bingo over on [community profile] allbingo. Drop by the Meet and Greet to talk about what crafts you love and hate or make new crafty friends.


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More frog

Mar. 2nd, 2026 07:45 am
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In my last posts I described the start and progression of my tadpole adventures. Here's the next instalment.

As soon as the tadpoles started growing legs they changed rapidly. Within days the kinda dopey goldfish behaviour, like nibbling around the surface of the water, disappeared, they became very elusive and shy. Almost like as soon as they started thinking about being predators they realised they were also prey. It was a bit sad, because I really enjoyed watching them, but also necessary for them to become wild frogs. I was glad that I hadn't spoiled them for life on their own.
Read more... )

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Mar. 1st, 2026 03:37 pm
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Sunday

We are still seeing much activity after the blizzard. An American Robin has been by a lot lately along with the deer and turkeys.

Today has been cloudy and cool with a quick line of snow showers


Birdfeeding

Mar. 1st, 2026 02:25 pm
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Today is cloudy and chilly.  It rained yesterday afternoon and evening.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 3/1/26 -- I pulled dead stems from some containers in the old picnic table garden and the new picnic table garden.

EDIT 3/1/26 -- We hauled the 5 new rocks to the purple-and-white garden.  We hauled the huge bag of potting mix into the foyer.

EDIT 3/1/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen a large flock of sparrows, a male cardinal, and a starling.  I heard a squirrel barking in the trees but didn't see it.

EDIT 3/1/26 -- I dug up some snowdrops from the parking lot and moved them to the log garden and the purple-and-white garden.  There are still a lot left.

I saw a woodpecker drumming high in a tree, probably a downy woodpecker.
 
EDIT 3/1/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
 
I've seen a squirrel in the trees.  
 
I am done for the night. 

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