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Squirrels at War: Rescue
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** I watched the sun rise on the viewscreen. Soon it was a bright morning, but no attendant showed up with breakfast. I tried opening the door, but it was im…

Squirrels at War: The Cavalry Arrives
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Squirrels at War: The Nightmare
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration An installment in the ongoing story. I am collecting the posts as they become available on this page. *** “Let’s try this again.” “Do I have to, Henry? It’s not easy.” “You are making progress. Think …

Squirrels at War: New Clothes
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration A new scene in the ongoing story. Scroll to the end for links more scenes. *** The attendant brought more porridge and vegetables. When I had finished, I had another visitor, a tailor. I had been wearin…

Here's a #PlotBunny for the #thriller #WritingCommunity.

Kentucky Woman Receives a Package of Human Body Parts, Coroner Says
She was expecting time-sensitive medication, but opened the box to find two arms and four fingers meant to be used in surgical training, the coroner said.

A friend from way back just got in touch. We used to work on comic books together back in the day. It was nice hearing from him. That's his blog. Great to hear he's still writing. "Hyperboreans is published by Beul Aithris and is about an astral pub crawl through Cork city in the 90s. " I had to buy this one. Pure Cork like 😁 #writingcommunity

Squirrels at War: Interrogation
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration The beginning of the story can be found here. *** I had left the viewscreen tuned to the outdoor view so I saw the sun come up. Thus I was awake and rested when the interrogator arrived, this one high…

Oh, yeah. #AmWritingMystery #WritingCommunity

Squirrels at War: An Ongoing Space Opera
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration This story began as a response to an image provided by Visual Inspiration on Mastodon. The story seemed bigger than a couple of Mastodon posts, so I decided to continue it on this WordPress b…

This one hit hard #writingcommunity

Always, always, ALWAYS check out the "source" of any promotional offers you get. Don't click links in the message. Go to your favorite search engine, look up the organization, and verify from there.
And if they ask for money? Run. #writingcommunity #writers

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations that make it seem the sender (always with a Gmail address, always presenting as a marketing or PR expert) has really read the book,Read More

Squirrels at War: A Brief Respite
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** We thought about launching some drones into the periphery of the debris field, programmed to attack anything Ilyrian that came near. We decided a…

Squirrels at War: First Kill
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** On the coms I heard “Chit chit chit chit chit! Chit chit chit chit chit!” The translator just said, “Celebratory noises.” The Tweedles were happy. I w…

I'm so glad this has never happened to me.
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Squirrels at War: First Strike
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** Normally with a new ship we would go on a shakedown cruise for several weeks to test systems and fix bugs. We didn’t have the time. We had to hope t…

Squirrels at War: Drone Mother
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** As it turned out, I was put in command of an entirely new type of warship, a drone mother. This was largely due to Zuki’s recommendation, but also b…

Happens more often than you think. #amwriting #Writingcommunity

Squirrels at War: Flight School
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** After the probe was destroyed, the Ilyrian scout ships disappeared. We were sure they would be back, but in what force and for what purpose, no one…

Squirrels at War: Herbicide
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** That night, in my new room, I had a different version of my repeating anxiety dream. Instead of the Iskan ripping a giant hole in the hull of the Magic…

I feel called out. #writingcommunity

Squirrels at War: Sneak Attack
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** The meeting with the military went as I expected. They maintained that they were perfectly capable of defending themselves, but repeatedly stressed …

Squirrels at War: Politics
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** I wanted to stay and watch what happened when Lion’s Tooth got to Arbol, but Mac said we had an appointment. Another scientist took over the workstation…

Squirrels at War: Intrusion
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** The Ilyrians had entered the system beyond the orbit of Blyss, so the signal, traveling at light speed, was 30 minutes old. Mac explained that Oran had…

Squirrels at War: Mission Control
#writingcommunity #visualinspiration Earlier installments can be read from this page. *** Mac and I walked into the Spacers Guild Mission Control Center. A majestic real-time holographic display of the Oran planetary system dominated t…

In my latest Squirrels at War post, I forgot to put in the hashtags. Here they are:
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