Author: ateerablackwood
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Furtive
Adj. Definition: taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret Ex. The couple shared furtive glances throughout the business meeting. Adj. Definition: sly; shifty: Ex. Mr. Surei was a furtive man who was always trying to get one over somebody
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Subtle Names Based on Anime Characters Part 1
Here are some character name ideas based on anime characters. These are names that I think are subtle enough that they can be used on non-Japanese characters without a reader realizing that they’re named after an anime character. Some are western names, and others are Japanese but wouldn’t raise too many eyebrows outside of Japanese…
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You Remind me of European Fanta in 2016
You remind me of European Fanta in 2016 So real when all I’ve had up to now was cheap imitations Imitations of love, imitations of good soda To think I had to travel so far to find you
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Story Scrap: Dragon Love
After violently rejecting a rude suitor, a princess is sent away by her father to a castle guarded by a dragon. She is to stay in the castle until one of two things happens: her father finds a husband for her and calls her home or someone defeats the dragon and claims her hand. She…
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Calabash
Noun Definition: a tropical American tree, Crescentia cujete, of the bignonia family, bearing large, gourdlike fruit Ex. My mother warned me not to sit underneath the calabash tree in case one of its gourds fell. Noun Definition: a bottle, kettle, ladle, etc., made from such a shell Ex. My uncle gifted my mother a few…
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What I Learned: Easy Beauty A Memoir
What I Learned from reading Easy Beauty A Memoir by Chloe Cooper Jones
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Story Scrap: Winter Sickness
Two farm animals are pit against each other two or three times. One is foolish and is being goaded into it despite holding no malice toward the other. One instance is about sharing food with his brother so he can steal the other’s food. While these instances are happening, the family that owns them faces…
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Cover Idea: One Suitor to Rule Them All
Here is my cover idea for my fantasy reverse harem story scrap I shared previously. As much as I like the background image, I’m worried the text may be too hard to see on it. I would change the text color but I think the gold works very well for the story’s subject matter. If…
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Curlicue
Noun Definition: an ornamental, fancy curl or twist, as in a signature Ex. The graphologist could tell the signature was fraudulent by its lack of curlicue.
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Story Scrap: Animal Companions
A young man lives alone in a villa on the outskirts of a small country town. He lives in almost complete seclusion. He’s a boy of sixteen, left in his parents’ vacation home after a breakdown from extreme bullying. He has developed a fear of people and rarely leaves the property. The only people in…
The Writing Coconut 