April 2023 Blog Battle
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Our word this month is:
Jury
You can start writing at any time, but make sure you post your story by the
21st 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!
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Here we go:
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Added and commented already Roger 😊
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Here’s mine for this month:
Looking forward to getting to the others!
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I like that title! 😀
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Thank you! It did seem appropriate for this month…. 🙂
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Great read Abe. I’ll comment and add tomorrow
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Three out of four months isn’t bad, considering I thought I wouldn’t manage it this year!
Here’s mine: https://joshuainsole.com/short-stories/the-devil-didnt-make-me-do-it/
I can’t wait to read what you all come up with. 🙂
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Great to see you Joshua, I was wondering when your next appearance might be. Kind of miss our debates 😂
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Those are awesome odds! I’m glad you’re here!
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OK. Oops. I probably ought to start with an apology. Sorry.
I saw the prompt, thought something that might be translated to “oh, deary me, what can I write”, and came up with this…
https://markhuntleyjames.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/lemon-sent/
And then I thought, “Seriously? Another punfest? Can’t you do better than that?”
So I wrote this…
https://markhuntleyjames.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/end-of-the-world/
If BlogBattle can’t cope with a word-happy lunatic writing two stories, please go with the second one. Which also has some puns in it. Sorry, I seem to have a chronic pun infection at the moment. I blame recent euphoria as my current WIP has hit first-draft status and my partner is reading it.
I’ll just go and take two grimdark and lie in a cold grave for a while, which might just be a trench for planting trees, because we have another hundred or so arriving this week.
🙂
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Since its you I’ve stuck them both in Mark. Shame to waste your enthusiasm this early haha
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I don’t think I will be making a habit of it. 🙂
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Yay! Congrats on 1st draft status! And all the punning around is welcome as far as I’m concerned. Love me some good puns! 😀
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Thanks. 🙂
For some reason my head naturally produces puns.
(All I have to do now is write the final book of the series, edit them all, yada, yada, yada…)
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My daughter is a rhyme machine. My son is the master of the dad joke. I do not have these skills. I can laugh at myself, though, so that’s a good skill. Please always share your puns! 🙂 Yay! to having a final book in a series to write. That’s awesome! yada yada away. 😉
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It was only supposed to be one book. Maybe about 120k, but absolutely and definitely ONE book.
So, now that part 4 is at first draft… about 13 years after I started…
That’s a lot of yada to deal with. 🙂
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lol and one more to go…maybe two. 😉 That’s pretty awesome!
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oooo, a challenge I think I’ll add to my Miscellanarian tale. I think there can be a judge and jury involved in this plot! 🙂
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Good thinking haha. Do you look at the scheduled prompts in advance Rachael? Or leave it as a surprise?
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I did peek at them once, but I have forgotten what I saw. SOOOOO, yes, it’s a surprise! 😀 How about you? Do you remember all the words you assigned? Is it a semi-surprise for you?
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Haha, best way. I’ve actually got documents saved with this years and next years lists on. My early submissions are usually done in advance in case time hits with curve balls 😂
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That’s pretty smart! 😀
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Here’s mine with yet another added dimension… and Roger, started the WIP. Its called “Dragon Stone,” being written alongside “Prison of Ice” alongside “Letters of the Amanuensis” alongside “Release of the Crow”
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I won’t read it until mine is done but wanted to say your comment made me chuckle with the ‘alongside’s’. I could never have that many balls up in the air. Kudos!
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Lol no worries. Glad you like the along-sides. It’s a bit like buses. Nothing for ages and a rush of blood that’s, well, going better than I thought it would 😳
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Haha, I’m with Goldie on this! That’s a pretty awesome set of alongsides! 🙂
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Lol, a rush of blood. Mind you one is almost finished and I’m at 30k on the others. That and submitting 8 pieces to competitions including sending first chapter to another 😳
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Holy wow, Gary! Keep it up, my friend!
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Not forgetting the dubious one I sent over to you 😳
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The challenge for me being not to crib great chunks out of ‘Twelve Angry Men’ (love that film)
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I hope that doesn’t become the equivalent of an ear worm Roger 😂
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It’s ok Gary, Since then I’ve gone off on a tangent🤣
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Is that a tangent off a circle that might end up back where it started? A kind of gravitational bending 😂
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Once the characters have explained it all too me I’ll be in a better position to let you know🤔
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