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[[deleted user]]

What do you do that is immature, Ryan? If you want to reveal. :)

[Ryan]

It'd probably be quicker if I listed the few times I act my age...

[[deleted user]]

You act your age on WSS. Actually, I do not know your age, so that may not be true. You should post your shenanigans on the truth & lie page. Ha~

[[deleted user]]

That is neat - you all having children. They will probably get on Goodreads one day to see what you have written, and are up to.

[Ryan]

I'm not sure if that excites me or scares me, Cat!

[Nicky]

Cat Grimalkin wrote: "So cute. That would make a fine painting: A little girl in a garden dancing in her ballet slippers. At least take some pictures! What kind of flowers are in your garden, Nicky? I have heard yo..."

Sorry it took me so long to answer this question; I was thinking about how to describe it and ended up gardening instead!

It's nothing special really - just your average suburban garden with dilapidated shed but we had such a small plot of land at our old place that I was just craving outside space for me, as well as the kids. This Garden has some beautiful old established plants that have been left a little unloved. At the moment there are some beautiful rhododendrons(you have no idea how tricky that was to figure out when you're dyslexic!!) One is such a pale pink that it's nearly white with big multiple flowers on each bloom. One is a really deep magenta and it's hidden behind another tree so you only come across it as you turn the corner of the path, there's a small one with lots a little deep scarlet flowers and small, rich, dark green leaves and a big blousy one with large floppy white flowers that are just starting to drop. We have a row of Hydrangeas across the back fence which when they bloom are a pale lilac'y blue and I've been trying to encourage the Honeysuckle to go 'up' the clothes pole as at the moment it's coiled around the bottom in a large straggly green pile. There was a 1950's style veggie plot that someone had rather clumsily paved over which we are trying to return to being a veggie plot. A lovely big slab of lawn for footballing, skipping, chasey and a million other games and an area to one side where the previous owners kindly left the swingset which the kids love. So although it's pretty average really, I completely love it and I'm determined to bring it back to life!

[[deleted user]]

The red dwarf of gardens. Sounds like a sun-of-a-garden waiting to happen! A steak tartare of a garden! Sunny side up. I found Magenta to be a place in Italy. I do not know where the lazzarone are. Well, I know you will redress the balances in your garden. James Joyce mentions the rhododendron in Ulysses. Azalea is my birthday flower, so you can think of me often. Thank you for the inspiration:)~

[[deleted user]]

Not to be a nudkik, the lazzarone are in Naples. What a beautiful description in your telling. I planted herbs this springs in pots that line my windows. All are doing well. Moon flowers have bloomed, too.
My pigeon carrier almost make it to you~, Cat

[Garrison]

Does anybody here know anything about the internet article website Elephant Journal? My sister-in-law Susan submitted an article to them and I’m thinking of doing the same. If my articles are accepted by the editors, I just might make Elephant Journal another one of my creative outlets. My current creative outlets are Deviant Art, Blogger.com, Face Book, Smash Words, and of course, right here on Good Reads. If Elephant Journal turns out to be a successful venture, that means I’ll have six different outlets going on at the same time. The thought of it makes my spine tingle with delight. Hehe!

[[deleted user]]

Thank you for letting me know about this. I sent a prayer yesterday for a little message on angel wings and today I opened the dictionary to ELEPHANT. No kidding. Have a good day!

[Guy]

Cat, that is a delightful event. I have coined the phrase Fushigi for this kind of happenstance. These bring a smile to me face.

[Guy]

my*

[Guy]

Life is fulled with odd humour. My wife wants me to see a therapist, after years of scorning them. I have chosen to go to yoga instead. Today a therapist joined my yoga class.

[Ryan]

Hah! A fushigi with a twist of irony :)

[Ajay]

I agree!

[Guy]

Hello Ryan and Away! It's been too long. All well in your worlds?

[Ryan]

Hello, Guy. I agree - Away has been Ajay for far too long.

[Guy]

Lol! Damn auto correct on 'smart' phone. Ajay*, of course.

[[deleted user]]

Guy wrote: "Cat, that is a delightful event. I have coined the phrase Fushigi for this kind of happenstance. These bring a smile to me face."

How did you coin that phrase? Please declassify. :)~

[Kymela]

Funny how stupid smart phones are, huh?

[Caitlan]

XD

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Guy wrote: "Life is fulled with odd humour. My wife wants me to see a therapist, after years of scorning them. I have chosen to go to yoga instead. Today a therapist joined my yoga class."

That's an awesome story Guy. Hahaha!

[Edward]

Hey, I would just like to let everyone know that I've started a new group for literary role playing (role playing games that revolve around writing like you would a story). Follow this link to join:

https://www.goodreads.com/group/invit...

[Kymela]

ROFLMAO Has anyone seen this floating around Facebook? I didn't actually watch it until it came to writing.com.
http://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Haha. I loved your addition in the collective Word Association Ryan. "Gone With the Window." I'd love to see that movie sometime! :P

[Ryan]

Haha - cheers, CJ. I thought that one had slipped through unnoticed. :)

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

If it had the clown face helped draw attention to it anyway...
:O)

[inactive account]

Hello!

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Hi, Thegotenza!

[inactive account]

Please please call me goten

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Oh. Sorry, hi goten!

[inactive account]

It's fine!
How are you this... I'm not sure because times zones are confusing.

[Kymela]

Okay, so, I have a kingdom that is under a spell and is tearing itself apart through subtle paranoia and distrust. I only need to focus on one small village to show this, even though this particular village is so small, the warlock who cast the spell overlooked it.

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for how to do this or an example I can find to help with this?
Edward gave me an idea that the blacksmith just stands there with a sword, but I think it'd be creepier if the tailor stands there with a needle and thread in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other. Sounds like Joker material to me. lol

[Ryan]

Hi, Saira. I think dialogue is a great way to 'show' rather than tell. If you fill your conversations with the feeling of distrust and paranoia that is infecting everything, you will really convey the sense of it to your readers...

[Kymela]

That's not what I meant. I don't really know what paranoia looks like. I'm usually really good with dialogue (except in my zombie book, apparently). Edward suggested reading Strangers by Dean Koontz, but so far, there doesn't seem to be much interaction between the characters.

[Angie]

Well paranoia has to do with excessive/irrational fears, right? So I suppose that one way to start going about it is to think about what kinds of things your villagers would be scared of. Then you could consider what would be reasonable responses to those reasonable fears, and multiply those reactions times ten.

I'm not sure if that helps, or if it even makes sense.

[[deleted user]]

Edward's idea is an excellent example, but if you want you can add other actions like, darting eye movements as he was holding the sword, jumping at every sound / muscles that are tense or seeing danger symbols in everything. Paranoia may escalate to fear and/or desperation [just in case things in the village get worse].

[Kymela]

Oh yes, they get worse. Everyone turns on each other and there are very few who are immune to it all.

[Kymela]

Now that Camp NaNo is over, I can focus more on short stories!

[Garrison]

I just realized something...

If Katniss and Peeta from The Hunger Games were Hollywood celebrities, their super couple nickname would either be Kat-Pee or Pee-Niss.

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

"E. T. Announcer": Well looks like Kat-Pee is out again! This time they are in Paris...

[Garrison]

TMZ wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to get an interview with them. Hehe!

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Wow, I was checking out the topics I have posted for over the years and realized how intermittent they have become over time. I wonder if I should just write stories out I didn't have the gumption to do at the time in case just for fun-of-writing's sake (I do hope to post new ones too).

It will be an interesting and challenging goal but what do you guys think?

[Garrison]

If we haven't seen them before, they're new to us. :)

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Thanks, Garrison. I appreciate the feedback.

[Garrison]

Anything for a fellow writer, CJ. :)

[Garrison]

Hey, everybody! I've got a joke with enough cheese to make a Domino's Pizza. It goes like this:

Q: If the Mario Brothers were in a rock band, what would they be called?
A: Mario Speed Wagon.

(Drum solo)

[Ryan]

Hah! Nice one, Garrison ;)

[Garrison]

Thanks, Ryan! :)

[Guy]

ha ha ha. :-)