July 2024 Blog Battle
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Our word this month is:
Exquisite
You can start writing at any time, but make sure you post your story by the
5th of July
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, but see rule 8 first).
- Any genre that fits within PG-13 (or less). Please keep this family friendly.
- Your story must contain the randomly chosen word(s) and/or be centred around the word meaning in a way that shows it is clearly related.
- Go for the entertainment value and have fun.
- 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 #BlogBattle when using the platform formally know as Twitter so that we can cross-share. and otherwise share your battler buddies’ stories across social media.
- Avoid opinionizing your piece or associating it with a real person. i.e. if you have strong religious or political views then do not use them as a storyline to avoid indirectly insulting anyone or creating an argument.
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Meh, thought the deadline was this Friday, but it’s the 4th Friday of the month… might post mine tomorrow/ Friday anyway. We shall see…
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Sheesh, I forgot all about this prompt. Tempus fugit strikes again. Sorted now Sam, but I think the miss was because I forgot to post mine and the next prompt was up before realising.
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Hehehe. No worries. I was late to the party, but still wanted to share my take on the prompt. Thank you for providing us with awesome words. I’m working on this month’s but probably won’t be done until next month…
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No problem. Numbers seem to be getting less which is a concern. The words are deliberate to make us think haha
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Yes, I noticed that, too.
Life ebbs and flows for all, I guess…
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So it seems, Sam. It is making me ponder what to do about next year as it happens even though I have the word list ready.
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Selfishly, I would encourage you to carry it on – the BB prompt is my go-to when I want to write (more). However, I understand if the effort and maintenance on your end are too much for such limited engagement. We need to figure out how to promote this more…
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The hard part is actually setting the prompts up as it needs serious image thinking. Not to mention spurious date insertions by WP. I’m in two minds still though. Summer can be a lull due to holidays. Promotion helps by sharing stories to some extent and I’ve been slack there myself. I used to throw it at Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. Facebook isn’t linked yet but I rarely look there anymore.
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Yes, the unlinking of Twitter just adds another step…
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By luck, cussedness and intuiation I have managed to gain access to (sarcasm turned up tp 11) WP’s sacred halls and will attempt to submitt a post by 18th of this month (19th is my wife’s birthday, 20th is mine- so our own personal public holidays)
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I will send premature birthday wishes then, Roger. I take it the problem was a tad simpler than first anticipated. Like I said in the e-mail,, I knew your posts were there.
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Yes Gary the problem was simpler:
Stupid WP + Stupid Micosoft/ Windows + Stupid Internet Browsers.
Solution. Go for broke and download WP app.
So far, so good🤞
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If in doubt, delete, reload. Tech is great, until it isn’t. Its a bit like the Life Without Humans series. Apparently Nature would really like that!
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Nature has managed quite well before and at some stage will do again.
We are just passing through.
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