Breathing Life into Your Characters, Round Robin, 4-22-23

Breathing Life into Your CharactersA Round Robin Blog, 4-22-23 Lila poked at the sword. Nearly the length of her legs, it was impressive, but why would Jen think this was a good birthday gift? She raised an eyebrow at her best friend. Jen grinned, her brown eyes...

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Finding your writing mojo-January 21, 2023, Round Robin

Finding your writing mojoIt's a new year with possibilities to start anew--although I've never really subscribed to this thought process. Every day is a new beginning with the potential to start over, change directions, etc. Even with that mentality, I have been...

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1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Sunday, 2-20-22

Bill likes to push a some. This was a push. After the warmup, a swimmer in the lane next to me said, "If only we could do this entire workout as 25s." I laughed and said, "Yeah, but you know Bill would make that hurt." He laughed and agreed. It's not a bad thing at...

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2-19-22 – Flawed characters-Round Robin

Flawed CharactersDescribe a flawed character you might use in a story. How did they become so flawed? What part will they play in the story and what will happen to them? All of my characters are flawed. A perfect character would be boring. There would be no character...

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1 hour swim workout, SCAQ Thursday, 2-10-22

I came expecting Coach Rada and a stroke (IM) workout. Obviously, she wasn't, but Coach Steve was. The fun thing about having different coaches is the variety of workouts we get. Each coach has a different style. Although Thursdays are usually stroke day, this was...

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1 hour swim workout, Saturday with friends, 2-5-22

1 hour swim workout, Saturday with friendsMichael Chang/Diane 600 warmup (~8:30 min) Warmup set (650 yds, 14:10 min) 2 x 50 kick on 1:05 2 x 50 drill on 1:00 2 x 50 swim on :55 2 x 50 drill on 1:00 2 x 50 kick on 1:05 1:00 rest 3 x 50 on 1:00–count strokes Main set...

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