Lucy Talks

Happy Birthday!

2022-10-22T05:17:33Z

Happy Birthday, Sabrina, my friend. Haven’t heard from you in a while, so I’m hoping your family is doing well.

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Tonight's writing exercises

2021-09-17T00:38:23Z

This was my first time attending bronxafh, and it was more fun than some in person meetings I've been to.

Here you go.

Warmup
Bronx mural with light bulbs

The bad ideas outnumbered the good ones, and it was difficult to maintain a positive attitude. There were some real bad ideas here today.

Bad or worst, cried, give up, bug, smile, thankful use all six

"Bug!" she cried. This was taking her night from bad to worse. It was tempting to give up and just start over again in the morning, but the bug disappeared, and as her eyes followed it, they lit upon a rainbow outside the window. She smiled. There was always something to be thankful for, and she appreciated the timely reminder.

Gator crawling out of sewer, has hold of small girl child. Child standing nearby is looking on as if bored NY subway sculpture

Baldur had caught the girl child right outside the manhole, quicker and easier than normal. Usually children were more savory and tender than adults, especially girls, but this one left him wanting to spit the horrible taste out of his mouth. He wondered if the child standing nearby watching would taste better. And he wondered if spitting out this child would damage his reputation as a Killer Sewer Croc. He hoped not; he didn't want to be kicked out of the KSC club because he caught a bad human and couldn't keep it down. There would be no living that down.

Freedom write a haiku

Blue skies and hot dogs
Never appreciated
Paid for by dying

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personal development stuff

2020-02-04T19:52:21Z

I'm in the middle of three types of classes. Two are strictly learning a new skill, and one is about personal improvement. I'm going to post stuff here about the stuff I learn, and it'll be intimate (not sexual) and potentially uncomfortable.

I do not have a problem sharing this stuff, but I am going to filter it. If you want to be in on the process, maybe ask questions to help me get deeper, please comment here to let me know. If you don't, you can also comment, but don't have to, and my feelings will not be hurt about you setting a boundary for yourself.

Potential tags about my posts are listed on this post.

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plot bunny drop off

2020-01-27T18:47:23Z

This plot bunny has outlived its usefulness for me. No rehoming fee is required.

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Come get your pancakes and take a nap in my boobs. (Texts From Last Night)
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Your favorite boobs are sending you season's greetings. She clicked send on the anonymous text site and waited.

His response was almost immediate and her eyes boggled.

"Amy?"

Who the frak was Amy? "Not Amy."

"Sandra?"

"Sandra? Oh my frakking gods! How many girls have sent you tit pics?! Not frakking Sandra, either."

"Oops."

"Oops? Two wrong guesses and that's what you say?" She waited a moment and sent another message. "Since these are obviously not your favorites, they take back their invitation to take a nap in them."

"No. Wait. Give me another minute!"

Kara didn't answer. She clicked the red X and shut down her computer.

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Snowflake # 1 Introduction

2020-01-25T23:52:06Z

I'm an empty-nester living in Atlanta. I watched Battlestar Galactica (2003) in late 2012, and am frankly stunned by how much the show affected me. I'm having trouble watching anything else because it just doesn't come together quite so perfectly.

Honestly, I have no idea who made my icons. I just uploaded some new ones to reflect BSG, and though I'm pretty sure they came from no_takebacks, I don't know who personally made them. Ooh, but I got a couple of new ones made for a big bang fic by lotrspnfangirl.

I'm always willing to do SPaG beta for just about any fandom, if the work is under 5K. Just send me a PM and ask - chances are good I'll have time for it. If it's a larger work, or a work-in-progress, I'll need more information, such as deadlines and such. I prefer to work in GDocs, but also beta using Word/Track Changes. If you need continuity or characterization, ask me if I'm familiar with your fandom. I don't list all my favorites in the 'interests' tag.

You can also find me on Twitter, and I've written a lot of Amazon/GR reviews. If you're looking for my fiction, I'm on archiveofourown.org, username lanalucy. I'm also on fanfiction dot net, but I post very few of my stories over there.

And my Safe Space Statement: No matter what your problem/question/dilemma is, I am a SAFE person to talk to. I will speak lovingly to you, and there is nothing about you that can possibly turn me away. Always feel free to PM me if you need to talk to someone.

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Writing stuff

2020-01-05T13:59:33Z

Looking at my AO3, I realize it's been three years since I wrote and posted anything on a regular basis. I hate that. I want to write more. I need to write more. I need to finish shit and get it posted more. I work on stuff and it just never sees the light of day. Blech.

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GYWO 2019

2018-12-14T18:30:19Z

[img: notebook and pen on wooden desktop with "GYWO 2019"
printed in large white letters with a black shadow. under that,
"writing decathlon" in handwritten white letters with a black shadow.]
GetYourWordsOut: Year Eleven!
Pledges & Requirements | GYWO.net

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Writing Prompts

2018-04-26T02:27:58Z

Okay, so I want to write, but even though I've been getting some good prompts at Kink every week, I want to try something different. Below the cut is a giant list of keywords/phrases. If you feel so inclined, choose five of these and leave me a comment with those words/phrases. It's likely to be Karafic, possibly K/L fic, and you might get lucky and get something entirely different.

Did I mention please?

( Read more... )

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Kindness

2017-08-02T18:11:01Z

Kindness. It's everywhere, despite the current news cycle.

Sometimes, kindness is so profound, it can never be paid back, and it's difficult to imagine paying it forward to the extent you impact someone else's life the same way.

I do the best I can by gifting kindnesses, in mostly small ways, every day. A smile goes a long way, as does a compliment. I can only hope some of my kindnesses are as profound in someone else's life as others' have been in mine.

Saying Thank You is inadequate, but I'll put it out there anyway. I am most grateful for the gifts in my life. Thank you.

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My GYWO Bingo card

2017-02-14T23:04:24Z

GYWO Bingo Card Coding

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Interesting article about feeling overwhelmed when things are going well

2017-01-24T22:19:59Z

When Things Go Too Right

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Mental Light Bulbs Ahoy!

2017-01-24T04:31:29Z

Check-in Ladies, you've already seen this, so you can skip it!

I believe humans, people, society, function better when we have villages. I don't mean literal villages where people live near each other in tiny towns, but social villages, where people support each other in myriad ways. I realized today I had taken to heart the idea "Be the change you want to see in the world," and I'm living it. It was an eye-opening moment for me to connect the little things I do every day to my view of how the world would work better.

Tonight's example is our Applebee's waitress. I was cranky about her, and asked Landlady for a reality check: was it just me? She agreed the woman was providing service, but without much enthusiasm. I talked it out with Landlady, brainstorming something positive I could say or do when I was coming up blank. In the end, when the woman came back to the table to check on us, I simply asked how her night was going. We chatted for a few minutes, and I found out she was back at work while she was still recovering from a respiratory infection. She was glad to have a job to support her babies, but she'd rather still be at home getting better. She told me that just me asking how her night was made her entire shift better, because it felt good to know someone cared.

In the end, even though nothing really changed (i.e. her service didn't improve a lot, though it did improve), I felt better about the whole thing, and she had more of a spring in her step as she went about her shift.

So, not big things at all, but a momentous shift in my psyche to recognize personal progress and welcome it. Not looking for kudos or anything, more just sharing a lightning-bolt moment in my life today.

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Decree

2017-01-17T23:04:29Z

Let it hereby be known 2016 was the year I flaked on every-frakking-body. Mea maxima culpa.

2017 is the year I make it up to y'all, and I've already started.

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Officially done importing

2017-01-17T05:47:35Z

I've finished importing both my personal journal and my lucywritesfic journal from lj to dw. All the things!

Tralala.

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lanalucy @ 2015-12-29T18:03:00

2015-12-30T00:03:27Z

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