Author: Malcolm Peralty
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Fourth Challenge in Writing Course
Our latest prompt is the first line of dialog below. We had to continue the scene from there. I found this the hardest so far.
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Protected: Creative Darkness Premise
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Eating Healthy: Frustration and Reaction
So as many of you might have noticed, I’ve stopped my one pound per week project. I hope to get back into losing weight, but I’m super frustrated with the idea of eating healthy. It looks like everything I enjoy is bad for me. Every diet/no-sugar/low-fat product comes with its…
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Warhammer with Barry, Jo and Friends
So recently, Barry had a Warhammer 40k tournament at his place, and I was in attendance. I, unfortunately, had to play Space Marines, as it was an Imperium vs Chaos game. I am more comfortable with Tyranids. It was a great event though, with three large tables set up and…
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Bought a New Computer
So recently, my brother came to Brockville. I had been considering upgrading some of the parts in my computer, but the requirements of the parts were such that I`d need to replace many parts. And so, my nearly three year old computer was getting to the point where upgrading it…
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Third Challenge in Writing Course
The third prompt was given to the entire class. The previous prompts were randomly selected and were unique to each of us. It was interesting to see us all deal with the same prompt and the different stories and writing styles we’d come up with. The prompt was: fired from…
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Second Challenge in Writing Course
My second prompt is the first bit of dialog in the story below. No other prompts to help me write.
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First Challenge in Writing Course
So we were given random papers today to write a quick story based on a prompt. Mine was “write about a noise or a silence that won’t go away.” Here’s what I came up with…
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Growing a Beard
So for a little over a month, I grew a beard. It had its ups and downs. The major upside being that I didn’t have to shave every day, but to make it look decent, there was still a fair bit of grooming involved. The main two reasons I decided…
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My L Lens: 24-105
So one of the things I did right before taking a leave of absence from this blog is buy my first L series lens. I had been thinking about it for quite some time, and finally took the plunge and purchased one. Nearly two grand later, I had it in…