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RE: WE-Write! Partner Up! - 10 SBI in Prizes
@zeldacroft has been sick and needs to take a little break; for now, the We-Write leader is @mariannewest - who has also been sick and is always in need of more time to herself. Thank you for taking on the We-Write, Marianne, and I'm wondering if you want to put Weekly Friday Favorites on hold, given that the post announcing the winners (drawings for SBI) take so much of your time. I'd offer to take that on as well but I'd have to learn how you do those drawings and then post the results.... egads! how do you DO it all...??
I'm not even keeping up with hashtags: what's new with #theluvbug, #innerblocks, #cc, #freewrites... daily dozens, hundreds.... HOW does everyone else keep up??
It's impossible. It's like paperwork building up in piles on my desk. I can not get to it all, even though I sit here for hours of every day. I have no idea how our leaders manage to do all they do and post everyday too! Add to that that we make nearly nothing for our efforts. I figure I'm now earning about 50 cents an hour in a good week. We are crazy!
If you average 50 cents an hour, you're out-earning me by a landslide. :)
A whale, I may never be, but I'm afloat.
And crazy - what else? :)
Yeah this is recent. I've finally got a curator or two visiting regularly, and now I feel I have to produce to keep them interested. It's a trap.
Whatever it takes to keep you producing prose and more words of any genre!
If nobody takes you up on the we-write, I might take another stab at it, despite my reservations about being up to the task.
Oh no, first Deirdy and now you with the "if no one else I'll do it" thing. blech. You in or out?
Do a five minute freewrite! That one was awesome about the refugee murderess. We could just use that one if you prefer.
I'm a sponsor and I vote "yes". @marianne?
All opposed?
LOL! Use the murderous refugee mom--I'd love to see you deal with that, with your wit and humor, when everyone asks where what's-her-name went, and the mom blinks innocently. Or not. Originally I envisioned a happy ending with her husband awaiting her and lifting the weight of their baby boy from her, but the timer went off, and suddenly, murder and mayhem ensued.
Ok. I will do a freewrite/we-write with you -- emphatically yes -- so as to keep from sounding wimpy! (Thank you!)
Ok then. marianne voted yes and no one else showed up for the vote, so it's officially a thing. I've already started thinking about it and I believe I've got some good stuff. No happy ending though! Sorry!
Thanks for letting me "finish" your story.
Ohhhhh no, no happy ending!
My fault. I took it there.
I'm eager to see where you take it!!!
Yes!!
Some "traps" can be safe havens. Like marriage. LOL! The ol' ball and chain is not the prison some make it out to be... but I digress, as always. :)
At least you're not like the "kept woman," the mistress of the married man. Now I'm thinking of ants and aphids, but it's your fault: YOU used the word "trap," in jest, and I trust you always know I'm jesting too!
I sent you an email.
I don't know how anyone keeps up with anything. If you want to put the Friday post on hold, go for it. I don't want you to burn out. And if you want to do something else - run another contest or do a different kind of post, that would be great as well.
We all can only do what we can do and right now, I have so many other priorities that my online time is very short every day.
I am doing my best to keep the prompt going and the Freewrite House somewhat. But there is only so much time in the day. You know that. And you are awesome!! Thank you so much for being you!!
❤️ Marianne
I can put up the Tuesday call for nominations... but I don't/won't/could have all your news flashes and updates. I love the idea of trying again to host a contest, or some such, all previous lack-of-responses aside!
The Tuesday post is fairly easy for me - the winner one not so much. But I need to rethink it and make it easy on myself. This year has been intense in many ways for me and I am determined to have a more focused year next year. Let's see where it takes us...
You're the most productive, accomplished, generous, and helpful of souls - anything "awesome" I might do is a result of trying to follow your example! (Now King Louis of The Jungle Book comes to mind: "I wanna be like you")
hahaha - you are fantastic as is 😄