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Heard With New Ears

My first and only attempt at poetry

The Hunt

The V V Inn Series; Book 2. Vampires hunt another of their kind at a remote Alaskan resort

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Intro v4

I finally decided to bite the bullet and start my book. This is my introduction thus far

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Week Four Entry - The Beatles Extravaganza based on "Come Together" song prompt (1881 wds)

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What happens when you treat revision like a dance instead of a chore? Magic.

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You own a kingdom, but the question is what kind of kingdom is it?

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Echoes of the Missing

Anastasia uncovers family secrets and strange clues with friends in a snowy town.

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Sometimes, active listening is the greatest gift you can give.

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Each person lives in the place they can imagine.

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I don't mind you disappearing like a beautiful dream.

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THE BUNYIP (2025 Edit)

A bunyip is killing people in the Glen Hartwell area

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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

Signature for those who are nominated for a Quill Award in 2021

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Sandralynn

about 23 hours ago
In response to "Procrastination"

Now the words of Tomorrow are echoing in my brain.

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Sandralynn

a day ago
In response to "Wishes"

Me too! My favourite reads are mysteries followed by comedies.

1 Like

Beholden

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:28am
In response to "Wishes"

Amethyst SkellyBones Angel

I wrestled with horror for a few years after joining WdC. It's not really my thing but I figured that horror included disgust, so that's what I aimed for. My real breakthrough came when I gave up and wrote comedy horror instead. It's amazingly easy.

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Beholden

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:24am
In response to "Wishes"

🦉 Owl-oween

The trick is to live in the imagined country. Then, if you need to know something about the place, all you have to do is see for yourself. After all, it's your head that the country inhabits and vice versa.

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Amethyst SkellyBones Angel

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:15am
In response to "Wishes"

I don't think I'm really capable of writing horror... Every time I work one out and say "there, that's some scary stuff!" it'll be reviewed like "meh, this isn't really scary, this is more of an adventure drama, etc..." It comes down to whether I want to or not... Maybe someday.

🦉 Owl-oween

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:10am
In response to "Wishes"

I wish I could write Fantasy. I just don't have the patience to create "other" worlds and keep track of all the details.

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Beholden

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:00am
In response to "Wishes"

As would we all, no doubt.

Ned

Oct 8, 2025 at 10:59am
In response to "Wishes"

I would write something that makes me rich and my pseudonym famous. I don't seem to be able to do that.

1 Like

Beholden

Oct 7, 2025 at 8:23pm
In response to "Something for Chewsday to Chew On"

Ah, such familiar feelings...

ᗷαᛠᛠy~ᗷθθҽyҽʐ

Oct 7, 2025 at 7:41pm
In response to "Something for Chewsday to Chew On"

I've sometimes wondered who I was when I wrote some of my poetry. It seems too good for me. haha Today, I struggle with words. It takes forever and a thesaurus to recall what word I want to use. Old brain sand ... kind of like fog but much rougher.

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October 7, 2025 at 10:41am

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Something for Chewsday to Chew On

Something for Chewsday to Chew On

I read somewhere recently that Bob Dylan reads his early lyrics and is amazed that he could write such words. He even admits that he can’t write that sorta stuff anymore. That’s quite an admission, coming from him.

I would say the same thing except that with me, it doesn’t matter since no one reads my old stuff anyway. But it remains true. And I am left wondering whether, on this sampling of precisely two people, it would be true to say that old age cannot say the things that came so easily to youth.

True or not, it makes sense that we should be concerned about different things from the young. If we haven’t learned anything after a lifetime of experience, it would be a sad tale indeed. Kind of negates the whole point of the journey, after all.

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