April 2021 Blog Battle
Our word this month is:
Owl
You can start writing at any time, but make sure you post your story by the
16th of April
to have a link shared here and on social media.
Once you’ve posted your story to your blog, put a link to it in the comments section, and we’ll add your story to the Battle Stories Line-up post that goes live the 3rd Friday of the month (the same as the post-by date).
Make sure to check back and read some of the stories of your fellow battlers. Leave comments to encourage these writers. And go a step further in supporting one another by sharing each other’s stories on your own blog or social media, whatever you’re most comfortable with!
Basic Rules:
The Prompt Word will be given the First FRIDAY of every month.
Post your story by the 3rd Friday of the same month (this is the same date as the Stories post goes live).
RULES
- up to 2000 words max (give or take a few)
- fictional tale (or true if you really want)
- Any genre that fits within PG-13 (or less)-type Content – let’s keep this family friendly!
- Your story must contain the randomly chosen word(s) and/or be centered around the word meaning in a way that shows it is clearly related.
- Go for the entertainment value!
- Put a link back to your #BlogBattle Short Story in the comments section
- Please tweet and otherwise share your battler buddies’ stories across social media.
- Use the hashtag #BlogBattle when tweeting all the stories so we can cross-share.
- Have fun!
BlogBattle 
Sorry very late here, life is very stressful right now..
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that was an accident sorry!!! I’m not sure why its posted the story rather then just the link…..
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Oh how odd! I am noticing that WP is doing something different with comments. Some WP links are showing “snippets,” but it seems to have given yours a very LONG snippet! 😀
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Oh, I’m sorry to hear things are stressful! I wish I could help in some way, but I hope you are hanging in there and see some light at the end of the stress-tunnel.
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Hi Rachael, thankyou! My dad died last November and my head is still racing. We are now fundraising and walking. In about 70 days I’ve covered nearly 410 miles and the children over 176 miles.. ,my feet really hurt and I’m tired. I’m not keeping up with my writing, hopefully as time goes by my head will get clearer. Hopefully next month I will get my post in on time!
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I’m so sorry you lost your dad in November, Marian. That’s neat that you’re all walking to raise money. Is it in his memory for a specific cause? That’s a LOT of miles in 70 days! Wow. ❤ No worries on the post on time. We're staying pretty flexible on that for the time being. It's been a big adjustment for everyone, I think, but a good one overall.
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Thankyou! We are walking for pancreatic cancer UK. It’s hard staying motivated but we have to be,
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You’re obviously commited and doing a great job. ❤
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Thankyou Rachael!
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Welcome to the battle! 😀
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Nothing like pushing it to the last minute, but I really had trouble with this prompt. Anyway, here it is: https://cathleentownsend.com/2021/04/16/night-owl/.
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I’ll get this added ASAP!
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Thanks so much, Rachael. : )
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Yeah!
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When I first saw the prompt, I wonder what I would do with that. But, a split second later, I knew how to implement it. Nice one!
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Nice! I still need to actually sit down and make the writing effort through the fog of my tired brain. 🙂 I am looking forward to your next chapter!
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Oh, no. Having the idea does not mean that I actually wrote it. Long way to go but should be done by tomorrow 🙂
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haha I am waiting patiently for the link. 😉 I haven’t even “idea-ed” yet. We’ll see if I make it in time.
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Here it is at last, a tenuous connection, hanging by a thread…
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Ahhh! I am looking forward to seeing how tenuous this is. 😀
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This made a change from poetry…
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Interesting! How do you feel about that switchup this month?
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Floating as we all are, in this sea of tinkerings and changes, yours was definitely an improvement, Rachael. More streamlined and easy to work with!
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oh, that’s great to hear! 😀 ❤
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OK, that link came out really weird. What’s WP doing now?
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It worked, so I think we’re good.
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Here’s mine for the month:
Got to say, this one made me have to think for a while. Finally cobbled together something that involves an owl … kind of … sort of….
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Yeah! Another brave participant! 🙂 I must hobble to my creative brain and cobble my own now!
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Here’s my story for this month. https://sixcrookedhighwaysblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/owld-lang-syne/
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Very good, Doug! Now looking forward to reading. 🙂 Thanks!
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I often have a bit of a mental blank when I first read the prompt, but this goes beyond the merely blank and out into featureless void.
I may be lost for some time.
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Good luck, brave adventurer. I look forward to seeing what you bring back from the void, cradled in your arms.
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Oddly enough, I had an idea last night, with a staggeringly tenuous connection to the prompt. Whether I can write it is another matter.
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Oh, Mark, I’m right with you. I’ve been off in the void of too much creative client work and not enough left over for my own projects. It’s not an easy place to be!
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This is a chapter from my Camp NaNo project — I worked the word ‘owl’ into it, as opposed to starting witht the prompt and taking the story from there. I hope that’s okay!
https://joshuainsole.com/short-stories/this-place-is-dead-1-daughter/
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That works! Balancing NaNo and BB is great!
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Owl I deal with that one? lol
This month…. I think this month…
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Me too, Simon! haha
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I’ve started!
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