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Actually yesterday. Climbing nearly half a mile of steep stone steps to reach the "Balanced Rock" at Wisconsin's Devil's Lake. -
Pik replied to the thread What Are You Listening To?.I've been listening to either pop-folk or electro-pop (sometimes indie-pop) in the last few years. Mainstream has its charms when...
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This is a thread that was popular and quite amusing on the old forum a while back. The idea is to type a small part of your WIP (or one...
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Pik replied to the thread Everyday magic.My favorite parts in Harry Potter were the everyday rituals in the Great Hall, a bit of dialogue about nothing and everything.
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Pik replied to the thread The Gaming Thread.I played a bit of Playstation and Sega when I was a kid but that's about it. Crash Bandicoot and Sonic and few other games. Got few...
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Pik replied to the thread Language Learning Thread.When I try to come up with character names, I usually do a bit of research of various mythologies (Greek etc) and then find a similar...
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Pik replied to the thread Holiday Traditions.Before the holidays were big deal in my family with everyone gathering and a lot of cooking etc. In the last few years or so it changed...
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Pik replied to the thread When I was a child, I thought . . ..When I was really young, I learned to speak a language that I later forgot and had a bit of identity crisis. And I thought the...
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Pik replied to the thread Movies, Movies, Movies!.I liked the new Star Wars trilogy (prequel) and didn't watch most of the SW films/series after that. Rings of Power (watching season 2)...
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That sounds great and I would be fascinated to see what it was like. Hell, 1984 is in part about the bastardization of words. And sure...
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Pik replied to the thread What Won't You Write?.I probably didn't make it clear enough that it wasn't my opinion. Part of the problem was that the story limit was few pages and the...
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Pik replied to the thread What Won't You Write?.There was one strict mentor that I had when I first started writing more often. And there was only one story I submitted that they...
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Pik reacted to Mr Mononoke's post in the thread What cultures are you familiar with or inspired by? with
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Your writing sounds very interesting. I write a lot of character focused stories and the social misfits and quirky personalities fit... -
Pik replied to the thread What cultures are you familiar with or inspired by?.Thanks for sharing about the stories you write, didn't know what yokai were until I read the word in your post. I probably watched few...
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Pik replied to the thread Why do you write?.One friend told me that they picture the world and all the characters in detail in their head, a bit like living in the paralel reality...