| The Silicon Pens - A Writers' Group |
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Edited the opening channel to include a link to the Silicon Page, our new Discord channel.
Founder of the Church of the South Pacific [Forum Thread] [Discord], a safe place to discuss spirituality for people of all faiths and none (currently looking for those interested in prayer and/or "home" groups);
And The Silicon Pens [Discord], a writer's group for the South Pacific and beyond! Yahweo usenneo ir varleo, ihraneo jurlaweo hraseu seu, ir jiweveo arladi. Salma 145:8
I like to write, when I've got time, which hasn't been as often recently.
I'm mostly into scifi or historical. Though I love reading mystery, my attempts at writing them have been disastrous
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(02-19-2017, 09:30 PM)Sam111 Wrote: I like to write, when I've got time, which hasn't been as often recently. Well, you're welcome to join us with as much or as little involvement as you like. (02-20-2017, 03:25 AM)Ausstan Wrote: I'm mostly into scifi or historical. Though I love reading mystery, my attempts at writing them have been disastrous Sounds good to me. Hopefully, we'll be able to help you improve! You probably have a fair idea what I write, since I promote it all about the place, but I mainly write 'speculative fiction', being fantasy, sci-fi and horror, although I've been known to dabble in other genres and also poetry. To get us started, I suggest a very short writing challenge: [Image: U6KRx5b.jpg] Write no more than 500 words inspired by the above photo.
I'll join but idk if I really have any time to write atm
I am Zadiner/Zak. Part of Assembly, some other stuff, Founder of some other region.
Hey, I have a bunch of issues. You don't need to care. Emoji of the week: :dodgy: (02-20-2017, 05:36 AM)Zak6858 Wrote: I'll join but idk if I really have any time to write atmThat's okay. This is definitely a no-pressure group. Be as involved as you want to be or have time for. I'll add you to the list in the OP. Founder of the Church of the South Pacific [Forum Thread] [Discord], a safe place to discuss spirituality for people of all faiths and none (currently looking for those interested in prayer and/or "home" groups);
And The Silicon Pens [Discord], a writer's group for the South Pacific and beyond! Yahweo usenneo ir varleo, ihraneo jurlaweo hraseu seu, ir jiweveo arladi. Salma 145:8
And for my first piece I'll go translate a piece I did in Filipino a few years back so expect it to be kinda cringy
(02-20-2017, 06:06 AM)Spenty Wrote: And for my first piece I'll go translate a piece I did in Filipino a few years back so expect it to be kinda cringyI look forward to it. I, meanwhile, will try to write something for that challenge sometime today. Founder of the Church of the South Pacific [Forum Thread] [Discord], a safe place to discuss spirituality for people of all faiths and none (currently looking for those interested in prayer and/or "home" groups);
And The Silicon Pens [Discord], a writer's group for the South Pacific and beyond! Yahweo usenneo ir varleo, ihraneo jurlaweo hraseu seu, ir jiweveo arladi. Salma 145:8
My writing challenge offering. It's 365 words long and is called:
The Octopus in the Room
I hear him coming before anything else, with that slow, sinuous slither and the soft hiss and pluck of his suckers: unmistakable. I close my eyes and imagine the great bulk of his mantle lifting off the ground as his tentacles curl up into leg-like stumps, the soft thud as he sits back down and lets his many arms pull him like the currents of a rising tide.
I sink down into the armchair, hoping he won’t see me. The TV flashes bright cartoon colours before me, the sound turned off. I wish it still, dark and dead, that the room were pitch black and the only light rippling across the ceiling was the abyssal glow of his phosphorescence. Then, maybe, I could truly hide; watch the lights fade away as he moved on. No hope of that now. Yet still, I try. I pull my arms in even as his spiral around the curtain pole, twist and writhe up the sides of my seat, stretch across the floor before me to twitch in the primary hues of superhero glory. I watch as one reaches for the buttons on the television, slides across the surface to gently press and turn all to the darkness I had longed for moments before. Somewhere behind me another must have been fumbling for the light switch because the eclipse lasts mere seconds before the main lights turn on. The armchair begins to turn with a glacial, deliberate pace and I try to make myself as small as I possibly can, holding my breath and pulling everything in so that I become little more than a quivering ball of fear. The chair stops turning and then those great eyes are glaring at me, filled to overflowing with ancient rage. I let out a tiny, pathetic sound and he huffs air out through his mantle in response. I feel it, cold and damp on my face as I squeeze my eyes tight. He speaks. “I thought I told you to be in bed before I got home, young lady, not staying up late watching cartoons!? Now, get upstairs, brush your beak and go to sleep at once!” It’s useless to disobey. Founder of the Church of the South Pacific [Forum Thread] [Discord], a safe place to discuss spirituality for people of all faiths and none (currently looking for those interested in prayer and/or "home" groups);
And The Silicon Pens [Discord], a writer's group for the South Pacific and beyond! Yahweo usenneo ir varleo, ihraneo jurlaweo hraseu seu, ir jiweveo arladi. Salma 145:8
Nice twist at the end!
(I will try to write something later today for it) Escade ~ Positions Held in TSP ~ Delegate | Vice Delegate Minister of Regional Affairs, | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Minister of Military Affairs ~ The Sparkly One ~ My Pinterest |
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