September 2021 Blog Battle
Our word this month is:
Precious
You can start writing at any time, but make sure you post your story by the
17th of September
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 
Here’s mine: https://cathleentownsend.com/2021/09/17/the-portly-pegasus-inn-the-nix/. Hope everyone here is doing well. : )
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I finally got off my butt and wrote another Grant & Teagan. Thanks for always sending out the prompts and reminders. 😀
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Yes! So happy to see some more Grant & Teagan around here (and the author thereof! 😀 ). Sorry I’m late getting the story link added to the lineup, but it’s going up right now!
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No worries! I turned it in last minute.
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I’m so glad you did! 🙂 How have you been?
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Mostly busy with a full time and a part time job. I keep meaning to make time and get back into writing, but it has been a struggle.
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I completely understand. Two jobs is a lot and having a family in the mix. 😉 I haven’t had much time for writing myself, which has been sad on many levels! I’m thankful for the work, but it takes up so much of my creative brain and energy; it doesn’t leave much left for stories in my head. I hope the jobs you are working are at least a little satisfying!
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I had nothing, no idea, and then Oatmeal provided inspiration yesterday…
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haha! Love when inspiration hits like that. Sorry I’m late getting your story added to the lineup, though! It’s there now. 🙂
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Thanks. I was a bit last-minute, which seems to be the way my life is at the moment. A couple of weeks back I realised that a guest blog I was supposed to be writing was due that day and I had no clue what to write, and ended up doing a piece on being late. 🙂
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ha! The motivation of procrastination can be useful at times. 😉
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Just for a change, it’s not procrastination, but weather. Last year it was as if someone flipped a switch on 1st September, rain-mode was engaged and showed no let-up until April. This year, summer has sort of drifted on, so every dry day seems to be spent doing jobs around the farm. The occasional wet day has been spent sitting in a heap, recovering and bracing for yet more dry weather.
Rain is apparently forecast later in the week, so perhaps I’ll do some writing then. 🙂
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well, that’s a much better excuse. 🙂 I hope you get to enjoy a couple of rainy days!
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Eeek! These weeks and months are passing by so fast!
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It’s true! I can’t keep up!
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Here’s mine this month:
Time to confess – when I first saw the word, I thought “I wants to hold the Precious!” I managed to come up with something else, but it should be interesting to see what everybody else comes up with!
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Here’s mine for this month. A little shorter than normal and slightly less serious. https://sixcrookedhighwaysblog.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/karen-finds-salvation/
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Hope everyone’s well! How quickly September is upon us, eh? Here’s mine for this month:https://joshuainsole.com/perditus-tempus/
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