NaNoWordSprints Prompts for July 2017 – Week 3

I got delayed a bit because I was having internet connectivity issues, but here’s week 3 from the sprints account in July…

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July 15, 2017, 2:00pm-4:00pm (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 7

10 min	some of the meanest tricks
20 min	entertaining debate
30 min	huge implications
10 min	protect and preserve
20 min	recent troubles

July 15, 2017, 5:00pm-7:00pm (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 8

10 min	they’ve had some delays
20 min	free to wander
30 min	unfathomably complex
10 min	a swirling vortex
20 min	forced to endure

 

July 15, 2017, 8:15pm-10:00pm (UTC-8)
Titles from Books Published on October 2015

10 min	forgotten voices
20 min	damage control
30 min	walk through fire
20 min	out to lunch

 

July 15, 2017, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Titles from Books Published on January 2017

10 min	dead run
20 min	the rule maker
30 min	game of lies
10 min	a rustle of silk
20 min	driven to distraction

 

July 16, 2017, 2:00pm-4:00pm (UTC-8)
Titles from Books Published on April 2013

10 min	a nearly perfect copy
20 min	hair raising
30 min	no strings attached
10 min	sinner’s heart
20 min	no stranger to scandal

 

July 16, 2017, 7:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 9

10 min	holding back tears
20 min	repair procedure
30 min	misconceptions and lies
10 min	thoroughly debunked
20 min	safe crossing
30 min	astounding and awkward
15 min	inevitable consequence
10 min	magical and wonderous place
20 min	feeling the pressure
30 min	whatever the truth
15 min	lack of movement
20 min	the unfortunate result

 

July 17, 2017, 8:00am-12:00pm (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 10

30 min	broken on purpose
30 min	getting it wrong
30 min	sense of adventure
30 min	appear abandoned
30 min	no rhyme or reason
30 min	peculiar method
30 min	confront the fact

 

July 17, 2017, 8:30pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Postcards

10 min	making a grand entrance
20 min	surprise hug
30 min	deadly capture
10 min	where dreams come true
20 min	under construction
30 min	sleepy friends
10 min	bizarre visions
20 min	funny expression
30 min	deserved accolades
10 min	haunted
20 min	investigations

 

July 18, 2017, 10:00pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 11

10 min	outside acceptable
20 min	errant stab in the dark
30 min	sooner than expected
10 min	the ugly truth
20 min	told not to flirt with one another
10 min	considerable injury
20 min	power and versatility
15 min	hearts remain pure

 

July 19, 2017, 8:00am-12:00pm (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 12

30 min	alive and well
30 min	running late
30 min	stopped working
30 min	abandoned and derelict
30 min	the big fireworks
30 min	without hesitation or shame
30 min	deep in the dark

 

July 19, 2017, 11:30pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Meow Sprints

10 min	all cats are gray in the dark
20 min	busier than a one-eyed cat watching two mouse holes
30 min	cat got your tongue
15 min	the cat’s out of the bag

 

July 20, 2017, 7:00pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 13

10 min	don’t mess around
20 min	played host
30 min	a common item
10 min	making a point
20 min	saves another life
30 min	looking extraordinarily bad
10 min	double take
10 min	something emerges
20 min	available for the first time
30 min	come to a resolution
10 min	the guy most people think that did it
20 min	exactly what it sounds like
30 min	reserves of composure, ingenuity and stoicism
10 min	into the wild
25 min	earliest fear

 

July 21, 2017, 8:00am-12:00pm (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 14

30 min	fly in any direction
30 min	love wiill tear us apart
30 min	silver lining
30 min	very sharp
30 min	eminently worthy
30 min	precarious survival
30 min	bizarre and insightful

 

July 21, 2017, 6:00pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 15

10 min	money to burn
20 min	learn the hard way
30 min	exclusivity and indifference
10 min	completely beside the point
20 min	bold move
30 min	fall and redemption
10 min	very poor choice
20 min	a strange hissing noise
30 min	bound to happen sooner or later
10 min	it’s gonna cost us
20 min	worth recalling
30 min	his cover is blown
10 min	greatly influenced
20 min	strange bedfellows
30 min	double standards
30 min	at least it can be a little naughty

NaNoWordSprints Prompts for July 2017 – Week 2

Here’s week 2 from the sprints account in July…

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July 8, 2017, 11:00am-2:00pm (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 3

10 min	glaring omission
20 min	he did not believe he could lose
30 min	trying to put it all together
10 min	imperfect and incomplete
20 min	open to interpretation
30 min	lurks in the shadows
20 min	bad romance

 

July 8, 2017, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Two Syllable Rhymes Part 1

10 min	wonder, blunder, plunder, thunder
20 min	follow, wallow, hollow, swallow
30 min	enchant, decant, transplant, eggplant
10 min	hamlet, magnet, casket, ratchet
15 min	snappy, happy, sappy, nappy

 

July 9, 2017, 1:30pm-4:00pm (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 4

10 min	causing a stir
20 min	suddenly made known
30 min	a matter of life and death
10 min	informative letters
15 min	a fascinating archive
30 min	you’re doing it wrong

 

July 9, 2017, 7:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 5

10 min	culinary delights
20 min	out-ranking the homegrown talent
30 min	so annoying
10 min	professional curmudgeon
20 min	explain how it works
30 min	restored to life
10 min	the missing link
20 min	enjoy the process of getting there
30 min	disheartening pessimism
10 min	a significant section
20 min	ferocity is essential
30 min	still a gamble

 

July 10, 2017, 7:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 6

10 min	remembering the beginning
20 min	free running shenanigans
30 min	save you in return
10 min	changing context
20 min	bourgeois respectability
30 min	everything he knows
10 min	one of the most important figures
20 min	high quality
30 min	at the very edge
10 min	boundaries have changed
15 min	honoring and rewarding
30 min	another reason to be careful

 

July 11, 2017, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Titles from Books Published on October 2008

10 min	night secrets
20 min	beautiful liars
30 min	veiled truth
10 min	too close to home
20 min	the chosen sin
30 min	a spoonful of poison
10 min	little divas
20 min	forbidden fruit
15 min	the love of danger
20 min	terms of surrender

 

July 12, 2017, 10:45pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Two Syllable Rhymes Part 2

10 min	adore, galore, ignore, restore
20 min	skylight, birthright, shipwright, airtight
30 min	contort, support, retort, distort
10 min	rooftop, backdrop, workshop, eavesdrop
20 min	bombshell, doorbell, resell, death knell
15 min	shoulder, boulder, smolder, older

 

July 13, 2017, 7:00pm-9:00pm (UTC-8)
Titles from Books Published on October 2009 Part 1

10 min	his secret agenda
20 min	bound to shadows
30 min	voices in the dark
10 min	breaking the rules
20 min	perfect mistake

 

July 13, 2017, 11:00pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Titles from Books Published on October 2009 Part 2

10 min	best enemies
20 min	up close and personal
30 min	the long wait for tomorrow
10 min	persuit of honor
20 min	a change had to come

 

July 14, 2017, 8:00pm-1:00am (UTC-8)
Titles from Books Published on December 2015

10 min	enemy in the dark
20 min	desperate measures
30 min	friends to die for
10 min	target engaged
20 min	brute force
30 min	one tempting proposal
10 min	an evil mind
20 min	the final move
30 min	trusting a stranger
10 min	thrill of the chase
20 min	too close to home
30 min	the cost of the forbidden

NaNoWordSprints Prompts for July 2017 – Week 1

Yep, I’m late again. It always seems like it takes me a while to get these together. But finally here they are: the @NaNoWordSprints prompts that I tweeted out during July.  These are in a slightly different format than before, but hopefully it’s self-explanatory. Have fun if you decide to use them on your own!

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June 30, 2017, 8:00pm-2:00am (UTC-8)
Beginning Tropes

15 min	action prologue
20 min	big first choice
10 min	chilly reception
30 min	dramatic chase opening
20 min	dream intro
10 min	doomed hometown
15 min	it was a dark and stormy night
20 min	once upon a time
30 min	the magic comes back
10 min	starts with their funeral
5 min	when it all began
20 min	a hero is born
30 min	inciting incident
10 min	pride before a fall
10 min	open door
30 min	a twist of fate

 

July 1, 2017, 9:00am-12:00pm (UTC-8)
Postcards sent on April 2017

10 min	a gathering
20 min	device
30 min	map
10 min	cat in the window
20 min	mysterious manuscript
30 min	sea captain
20 min	arrows

 

July 1, 2017, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Idioms from around the world

10 min	There is no cow on the ice
20 min	Pay the duck
30 min	Wear a cat
10 min	not my circus not my monkey
15 min	the demon of midday
30 min	to let a frog out of your mouth
10 min	into the mouth of the wolf
20 min	to ride as a hare
30 min	flat out like a lizard drinking
5 min	to give someone pumpkins

 

July 2, 2017, 9:00am-10:00am (UTC-8)
Coffeeshop Prompts

10 min	scone
15 min	coffee
15 min	trendy

 

July 2, 2017, 2:00pm-4:00pm (UTC-8)
SFMOMA

10 min	seascape
20 min	wings
30 min	please do not touch
10 min	couple
20 min	not supposed to be there

 

July 2, 2017, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Reaction Tropes

10 min	blank stare
20 min	security cling
30 min	stunned silence
10 min	unstoppable rage
15 min	villainous breakdown
30 min	implied answer
10 min	collective groan
20 min	disappointed in you
15 min	dramatic drop
20 min	mock surprise reaction

 

July 3, 2017, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Idioms

10 min	skin of your teeth
20 min	carry your heart on your sleeve
30 min	kick the bucket
10 min	bite the bullet
20 min	it’s raining cats and dogs
30 min	through the eye of a needle
10 min	skeleton in the cupboard
20 min	eat humble pie
15 min	separate the wheat from the chaff
20 min	add insult to injury

 

July 4, 2017, 12:00pm-4:00pm (UTC-8)
Food Idioms

10 min	don’t cry over spilled milk
20 min	not my cup of tea
30 min	egg someone on
10 min	piece of cake
20 min	forbidden fruit
30 min	rotten apple
10 min	sugarcoat
20 min	go bananas
15 min	too many cooks spoil the stew
20 min	whole enchilada

 

July 4, 2017, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 1

10 min	a fruitless hunt
20 min	this stuff is going to be everywhere
30 min	became an obsession
10 min	well versed in the dark arts
20 min	have nothing in common
30 min	chased by the enemy
10 min	change your mind
20 min	remain an enigma
15 min	whether you asked for it or not
20 min	sights and sounds

 

July 6, 2017, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Cat Pics

10 min	a terrible mistake
20 min	miniature
30 min	an unwanted companion
10 min	angst
20 min	floating by

 

July 7, 2017, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC-8)
Common Phrases Part 2

10 min	most embarassing protest
20 min	pretty lights
30 min	a new balance of power
10 min	you don’t want to meet these guys in a dark alley
20 min	masks of agony
30 min	a photographic mystery
10 min	secrets of a true master
20 min	in line with the heart
15 min	somebody’s watching you
20 min	goodness had nothing to do with it

Moo

Other than a couple postcard posts, I admit I haven’t been as on the ball on the blog as I’d like to be. Sometimes you have grand plans to get things done, but then…distractions!

I’m not the sort of person to sit around and do nothing–especially when I’m in a new place that I want to explore the heck out of–but part of the blame can also be put at the paws of my newest roommate, Moo. She follows me around and talks more than I do. The gift of gab is strong with this one.

I got Moo over the Memorial Day Weekend at the local shelter which was overflowing with cats (it was kitten season). There were also lots of potential adopters there, too, but they were only interested in the kittens. I was the only one specifically wanting an adult cat. Moo seemed rather chill and for me, it was quick and painless to bring her home since I didn’t join in the fray to fight over the cute kittens.

The last time I had a pet, I was seven, and it was just a bunch of goldfish. But don’t worry, I’ve been thinking quite a while about getting a cat and I’m well aware of all the responsibility, time, and money it requires for being a pet owner. It’s a long term thing, and I know I’ll have to be there for Moo when she’s old and sick and not just when she’s younger and active.

Anyways, don’t worry about being spammed with a kazillion cat pics from yet another source on the internet. I’m not very good at taking pictures of moving targets and even I know blurry cat photos don’t make for good blog posts.

Postcard #155 – Squamish

I haven’t been to Squamish before, but I’d imagine it would be an interesting place to visit, particularly during the summer. I might be back in Vancouver around Christmas time, so if I decided to go there then, it’ll depend on the weather and the conditions of the roads.

As for getting postcards from Canada via Postcrossing–it’s actually kind of rare. It’s the same with Mexico. I think it’s because there aren’t as many people participating in those two countries as it is in the US.