March 2022 Blog Battle
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Our word this month is:
Gloom
You can start writing at any time, but make sure you post your story by the
18th of March
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 
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Late it may be…3 prompt words from the ones I missed so far and total loss of confidence…. In part that’s WP has changed loads since I was last here 😂
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Yay! So glad you got it in and I even have the opportunity to head over there and read right away. 🙂
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I have left two comments on your blog too Abe. Have you seen them or did they disappear into the spam folder? Last time I commented it didn’t ask me for name, blog and email. This time it did and didn’t pull my avatar across. Not sure why
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Hmm … yes, I have your comments from Feb and March and had replied to them, and just confirmed they’re showing on those pages. I do remember I had to approve your comment in Feb, which seemed odd because we know that wasn’t the first time you commented on my site. I did notice the change in gravatar, too. Maybe those WP changes are screwing things up…. 😦 But if you go to those pages on my site, all the comments should be there.
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Very strange. I wonder if the app update screwed it up. It’s occurred on other blogs too. Maybe I’ll try by logging in through a browser. I’ll pop over a try again that way
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https://writingwritingandmorewritinginspiteofcomputers.home.blog/2022/03/17/those-varying-borderlands-of-gloom-and-light/
This was a journey I didn’t expect.
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Here’s mine for this month:
A word this gloomy is bound to stir up some great stories!
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Nice one Abe. I see you added it too. I’ve missed two even though I did write some attempt for January. So far it’s now got all the prompt words in if I can muster courage to post it 😳
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Been missing your work, Gary, so you’d be doing us a favor by posting it! 🙂
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Haha, it’s all in as a draft post but I’m stuck as the layouts are all different to what I remember. Hopefully I’ll resolve it at the weekend 😳
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Oooh, I like this one! Look forward to reading all of the submissions next month!
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Haha. I figured this might be a good prompt Sam. I’m behind once again and must try to get one done this month! Should be some interesting takes methinks
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