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  #Today 29 Good day! There’s pine tree texture, but then there’s this pine tree seemingly becoming a dinosaur foot at its base. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Kind of fitting as we approach October and spooky season, this year coming with extra spooky. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #TextureTuesday

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  #Today 27 #SilentSunday Yeah, it was like that… Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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  #Today 23 Good day! At last, autumn has arrived, but not just any autumn. Be safe out there. I wish it was different. I wish none of this was happening. I wish a lot of things. Wishing doesn’t accomplish anything. It never has. Autumn is here and it’s almost time to vote. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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  #Today 22 Good day! This is my favorite time of year to focus on the forest floor, rather than in the trees. That’s where stuff is happening, including color changes. Not that I’m an expert. More like the opposite. Oh, but curiosity… Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Moss #Lichen #Fungi #TextureTuesday

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  #Today 20 #SilentSunday video: NO music or AI Yesterday, climbing through the forest, I was unaware of events below me. The canyon was filling with clouds. I topped Pengelly Ridge… Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Montana

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  #ScribesAndMakers 12 question for SAM @saposcat@indieauthors.social @willelm@indieauthors.social @gahlearner@sunny.garden Thank you for the time and effort the three of you put into this hashtag. It shows in a positive way. Today's chat is kind of a variation on TTMD, which is a superb vehicle for engagement. As a group, or individually, have you considered ideas, or even made plans, for other variations if you run out of artists who are willing to be the focus? #AmWriting #WritingCo...

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  #Today 02 #SilentSunday Good day, It's so long since we had clouds here. Clouds add drama and variety to the sky. In remembrance of clouds, I'll look back. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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  #WorldOfOntyre 02 I write otherworld historical fantasy, but it helps to touch real history. This was the train station for the Milwaukee Line. It’s still there, and looks no different. A city trail now follows the empty tracks to the right, trees between it and the river. The buildings in the distance on the right are now a park. In the distance on the left is Blue Mtn. I’ve climbed it. Be everwell. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

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  #WritersCoffeeClub 03 are narrators a diegetic part of the world/story I write in Deep 3rd, so each narrator is a POV character character in that particular chapter (if there are multiple POVs). Other characters can see their actions and hear their dialogue, but cannot hear their thoughts. Other characters can also see what they see, but not necessarily as they see it. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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  #ScribesAndMakers 03 communication and comfort Writing, but not entirely for the reasons you might expect. It’s always been my natural means of communication. I think most clearly when writing. If I want to sort my thoughts—I write. Good gosh, I was the freak in college who preferred essay tests. That isn’t to say I detest verbal communication. I’m an introvert, but also an INFJ. I thrive on 1:1 interactions, even if I virtually never have the opportunity. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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  #PhantastikPrompts 03 is dead forever On Ontyre, dead is dead. It’s one of the Laws of Magic: “Magic cannot create life, only alter it.” I knew that if I didn’t do that it’d get out of hand. Some characters would be god-like. Why would anyone ever die? The clincher was that it’d cheapen death. I DO have ghosts. Not everyone becomes one (most don’t), and there are varying types of hauntings that greatly restrict ghost activity. Witches are best able to see them. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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  #Today 03 Good day! Smoke. It arrived during the night. The Index was 56 when I went to bed, and 189 when I woke up. It’s coming from Oregon and Washington, mostly. In Spokane, which is 200 miles straight west of me, 600 homes were destroyed. No rain is in the forecast. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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  #WorldOfOntyre 03 Much of Book-5 of the Kovenlore Chronicles, which will release this autumn, takes place in a region known as the Lost Hills. *Anyone who has read Book-3 might remember a classroom discussion concerning the region. It’s dense forest over large hills that border on mountains where it often rains. Wild rivers flow through it, but the biggest flows slowly on its eastern border. Be everwell. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

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  #WritersCoffeeClub 04 what I am…applying labels I’m a Professor of Fantastical Imagination and the foremost authority on the World of Ontyre. Beneath that odd title are writing, authoring, and other labels for the creative activities I engage in. Labels… I have a host of them that I could apply to myself to varying degrees, but the one that matters most is, Christina Anne Hawthorne. The others? I sincerely doubt I have the room here for them. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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  #ScribesAndMakers 04 trolls You know you’ve been around a while when the primary meaning of a word changes in your mind. As a child, this would’ve been simple. A troll was a hideous creature in folk tales, one having had a run-in with billy goats. Later, they became characters in Tolkien tales. Now, they’re offensive people online. Okay, maybe the meaning really hasn’t changed. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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  #PhantastikPrompts 04 character based on a real person I haven’t done this, and won’t do this. It isn’t because I worry about offending someone, but because I want my characters to be unique. If I based a character on someone else, even their appearance, they’d become that person. Instead, they’re “real.” They’re composites, combinations of many people, my imagination, and a piece of myself. More important, they’re a product of THEIR experiences on Ontyre. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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  #Today 04 Good day! Anyone else think crushed pine cones resemble trilobites? Air quality has dropped to 113, thanks to an anemic wind pushing the worst of it farther south. The side effects, like a low-level headache, persist. Others have suffered worse. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #TextureTuesday

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  #WorldOfOntyre 04 August seems to be the month for new story ideas to try and force their way into my brain. Perhaps it comes from all the years of doing NaNo? Aug (idea), Sept (notes), Oct (plan), Nov (draft)? I suspect it isn’t that simple, but I do wonder if there’s a cycle. Regardless, I no longer have the time to do things that way with my publishing schedule. I may have to adapt. Be everwell. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

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  #Today 04 pt2 Good day! Our air continuing to clear, I went on a short hike this morning, the air cool with an autumn crispness to it. Color has begun to invade the forest. I rescued this wolf lichen in the middle of the trail. In exchange, it took my picture. Not sure how it does that. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #Lichen

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  #Today 31 Good day! I don’t want to leave July without noting that it was 3 years ago this month that I returned to hiking. *See banner picture. I literally almost cried, having spent a decade fighting for my life thanks to a terrible healthcare system. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #FootpathFriday

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  #Today 26 #SilentSunday Venture forth into the wilds, experience nature, and while you explore, watch for the magical places. They're waiting for you. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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  #WritersCoffeeClub 26 other works waiting in the wings? Besides the 4 published Kovenlore novels, there is: • The last 3 Kovenlore novels are in final editing (1 releases this autumn). • 2 anthologies are organized, each with a mix of short stories and novellas. • 5 Pannulus mysteries are drafted, most revised. • 1 Thornwillow novel is also revised. Not counting the multitude of shorter tales, that adds up to 11 novel-length works waiting to be published. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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  #Today 23 Good day! Well, it’s time for my annual, virtually pointless doctor’s appointment. When it’s over, all it means is that my meds will remain available for another year. Why does everything about American healthcare feel like a scam? Because it is. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #BloomScrolling

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  #Today 19 #SilentSunday Good day, A love a great view, a scenic landscape, a vista, and especially one I had to earn. They speak of possibilities. They whisper to my imagination. There’s comfort in knowing humans haven’t spoiled everything. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Mountains #Forest

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  #Today 18 pt 2 Good day! When it’s hot like it is now, Evie Cat likes to run at a ninety degree angle. Fortunately, I was able to grab this image of her moving, obviously, at supersonic speed. Yes, I get complaints about the sonic booms. Be everwell. #Cat #Cats #Caturday #AmWriting #WriterLife #AmEditing

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  #WorldOfOntyre 14 Please don’t buy into the “suffering artist” stereotype that Hollywood has nurtured for decades. Good health fuels creativity, as I demonstrated yesterday on a swift, demanding hike over forested slopes. An energized body is an energized mind. My daily walks work much the same, but there’s nothing like time spent in the wilds and nature. When you feel more alive—you are. Be everwell. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

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  #WorldOfOntyre 11 The original MC in Kovenlore Chronicles was Ergain, but it became apparent that her character (and name) didn’t suit the role. Significantly changing a character, to me, makes them someone else. So, RIP Ergain? Nope. She lived on in my subconscious, resurfacing in Pannulus as Tharlise in Stealing Light, the role she was born to play. I have a unique outlook on characters. Be everwell. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

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  #Today 05 #SilentSunday Good day, Ever notice how a mountain has no need of saying a word? It simply is, and that says everything. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #Mountains #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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  #ScribesAndMakers 04 “sample” A sample? I find myself thinking about compassion today, about how it should stand against cruelty. To do so, I turned to writing since I shared images yesterday. Here’s a sample from Book-1, Trust in the Forgotten, one I’ve never shared. It’s Riparia exploring after she tumbles like Alice in Wonderland into a creepy cavern. From there, she discovers an abandoned underground facility. And that she isn’t alone. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Bookstodon

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  #PhantastikPrompts 04 what inspires me to write Everything? I don’t require motivation to write or edit. If, instead, this is asking what helps jump-start my sessions, that would probably be music. If I sit down to edit a chapter, I often recall the music I was listening to when I drafted it. That makes it easier for me, if needed, to return to the emotional place I was in when I drafted it. I also write in the same location, so familiarity also helps. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity