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Miss Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245580913844186039noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423918729345307749.post-3165304603838962402020-02-04T16:06:00.000-05:002020-02-04T16:06:40.012-05:00IWSG for February 2020 - Art, Anyone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">NOSEY: *puff, puff, puff*</span></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b><span style="font-size: large;">Greetings, cypernuts! <b>*bursts into room and pants*</b> This is - I.B. Nosey, your - <b>*swallows*</b> your official unofficial reporter! <b>*slumps against wall*</b> Whew! Being a Pukelitzer award winning journalist-celebrity keeps a guy athletic, uh huh. Fans are after me, Alex. Whoa, I barely got here in time to answer this month's question.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>*Turns around to stare up at cinema-sized blog*</b> Oh, yeah, there it is! A photo, huh? Hm, it maybe wasn't a work of art, but it sure inspired Miss Mae. Yep. <i><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2018/09/10/hurrican-hugo-south-carolina/799689002/" target="_blank">Click link</a></b>.</span></i> See, in 1989 when Hurricane Hugo whacked the funny bones of folks in South Carolina, Miss Mae watched what was going on at her residence in Savannah. So she saw photos, news clips, bunches and bunches and bunches of stuff. Yeah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>*Shudders*</b> That event left an impression, all right. Inspired her to write a mystery set in her own made-up island in South Carolina during a cat 4 hurricane. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the fantastic audio -complete with scary a-and real-like if you're there in the middle of it all...<b>*gives wary glance around*</b> produced by <i><a href="https://pulpradio.net/Catch_Me_If_You_Can.html" target="_blank"><b>Roger Rittner</b></a></i> -well, um- you guys can get a free listen to the first two chapters at <i><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-692286747" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></span>.</b></i> Ya know, it starts off with thunder and lightning and creepy music and--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B.Nosey, the official unofficial reporter! It's a new month and a new Insecure Writer question - and I have absolutely no idea what Miss Mae - she's my author, ya know, heh heh - and as I was about to say... <b>*hesitates*</b> Er, um, hmm... <b>*brightens*</b> Oh yeah! I wonder what her answer might be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>*And just like that, dear reader, Nosey's cell buzzed. Now, don't you wonder who it might be calling?*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MISS MAE:</b> Oh, Nosey, it's me. Hello.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Miss Mae? Yeah? Funny, I was just talking about you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MISS MAE:</b> Of course you were, Nosey. I have a million things to do so let me answer this month's IWSG's question and--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY</b>: Hey, that's cool 'cause, like, I was just in the middle of hosting that because <i>Feeling Nosey?</i> is my blog and--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MISS MAE:</b> Yes, we all know! Now, hush for a minute, will ya?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MISS MAE:</b> Let me answer the question, Nosey. To all of the ISWG folks out there, let me say that I grew up on the Nancy Drew mysteries so if a certain series, etc., inspired me to try my hand at writing, blame it on Nancy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> If Nancy drew - what? Miss Mae? Miss Mae! Hello - you there?</span><br />
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Miss Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245580913844186039noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423918729345307749.post-33315170242541509882019-11-05T18:30:00.000-05:002019-11-05T18:30:01.081-05:00Calling ISWG for November 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter! This month for all you insecure writers participating in the blog hop is the question of...er, oops, got a text alert here and it says... <b>*looks at phone*</b> Wow. It's from my author, Miss Mae, and she writes: '<i>Nosey, apologies to Alex but due to hectic doctors' appointments for the beloved Mr. Mae, I am unable to schedule a time to be your voice for this posting.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *scratches head*</b> Uh, so guess that means I gotta say 'hope to see ya next month, Alex!' <b>*whispers*</b> But can the literary world survive without me for one whole month?</span></div>
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Miss Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245580913844186039noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423918729345307749.post-40677896618179000162019-10-01T18:00:00.000-04:002019-10-01T18:00:02.235-04:00Feeling Nosey About Feeling Insecure? You're at the Right Place - ISWG October 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>INSECURE WRITER GUEST:</b> We have questions. Lots of questions. Ya think we have only one? What are ya? Brain dead? Let me tell ya, we have lots of questions. Lots!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Er, uh. Sure. Sure. So... You think you can answer the Oct. 2nd question?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>INSECURE WRITER GUEST:</b> I could. If I wanted to. <b>*sticks out tongue*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *back away*</b> <i>Allll</i> right. Let me ask the next guest. What about you? <b>*points*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WRITER GUEST 2:</b> Me? <b>*blushes*</b> Gosh. Uh huh. I write. Yep. See my wittle sign? I wrote it. With me wittle finger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Let's see what it says. <b>*squints*</b> <i>'Pre-owned--</i>' <b>*jumps away*</b> Hey, fella! Don't ya know that anything pre-owned is always free?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WRITER GUEST 2:</b> But for just a dollah you can have your wery own twried and twrue Hollah Pop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *turns away*</b> Nuthin' doin'. Hm. <b>*looks around*</b> Who can be my next guest and answer Alex's question. Listen, you guys! <b>*shouts into audience*</b> Mr. Ninja Captain is waiting. He's got other blogs to travel to, you know. So, who can -- ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WRITER GUEST 3: *waves hand*</b> Oh, pick me! Pick me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *frowns*</b> So you're Smokey's replacement? Weird, 'cause unlike what your sign says I gotta tell ya, fella... <b>*chuckles*</b> you don't look anything like Brad Pitt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WRITER GUEST 3:</b> That's supposed to be Fad Britt. Licky wrote my sign with his fat wittle finger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FAD BRITT:</b> Um, what was the question again?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> <b>*groans*</b> Sheesh. It's <i>'Can you expect other people to want your writing if you don't enjoy reading?'</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FAD BRITT: *brightens*</b> Oh. That question. Well, sure, I enjoy reading. I want people to read my sign. Can you read my sign? It's a nice little sign. Isn't it nice? All the words have letters in 'em. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GUEST 1: *yells*</b> Will you people shut up and let me concentrate? I'm trying to write up here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FAD BRITT: *yells back*</b> What d'ya think you're gonna write? In case you haven't noticed, your muse bulb is broken! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>LICKY:</b> Uh huh. Bad bwroken bulbs are boo-boo's. Wanna a licky and feel better? <b>*offers one*</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BROKEN BULB GUEST:</b> Don't talk to me about my bulb, Mr. Diddly Go-Wrong! Yeah, that's your real name. Wanna know how I know? <b>*screams louder*</b> '<i>Cause my bulb burns brighter than yours</i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FAD BRITT (A.K.A. DIDDLY GO-WRONG) *gasps*</b> Burns? You've got a fire up there? Quick! Quick! Grab a hose, grab a - grab a - Oh! Oh! Where's Smokey? Smokey, I need water, tears of a clown, anything wet!<b> *runs in agitated circles*</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>LICKY:</b> And for just a dollah--</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *shouts into receiver* </b>Miss Mae, what's going on with these insecure writers? Everything's out of control! You gotta--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MM:</b> Hm. Yes, I see it on my screen. Don't worry, Nosey. Here's my response to Ninja Captain's question: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>In my humble opinion, writers must read. Not necessarily only books, but newspapers, scientific and medical journals - articles that are informative and contain facts that aid us in our own works. But also, for our own pleasure, we must read. Who doesn't enjoy Garfield, Dagwood, or The Lord of the Rings? Reading is a gift. We should treat it as such.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There, Nosey. Problem solved. <b>*hangs up*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> B - but -- What'd ya do? What'd ya do? <b>*slowly glances around*</b> Holy Salesman Look-a-like. Guess you just gotta mention an author's name and the whole room clears out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">C'mon. If you're Feeling Nosey, you're</span> <a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html" target="_blank"><i>Feeling Insecure</i> </a><span style="color: red;">too, right? Hey, you are Not. Alone. Whoa.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: </b>Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter! I'll be your host today for the IWSG question and post, 'cause, like, ya know - this is my site and I'm the host anyway. Heh heh. So, for today's answer...hm, how about you? <b>*points to guest*</b> Where do you sit and write?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>THORNY:</b> Wherever I want, dude. Doubt me? <b>*gives wicked grin*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *edges away*</b> Eh, no, fella. I believe ya. Yeah, well, okay. Next writer, step up, please.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Cool! And what is it that you write?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ANT COP:</b> My platoon spells these out: <i>G.M.O</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *frowns*</b> Er...okay. Yeah, let's see - that means <i>Gee Me</i> - no, wait. Uh, how's about <i>Gim Me Oreos</i>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> For real? <b>*shakes head*</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">I dunno. This is <b><i><span style="color: lime;">Insecure </span><a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Writers Support</span></a></i></b><span style="color: lime;">,</span> not a restaurant, pal. I kinda don't think that's what Alex is looking for. <b>*bends down to whisper*</b> He's the captain of a ninja, ya know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ANT COP:</b> <b>*strokes chin in thought*</b> Ah. The Ninja Captain. I know where he eats lunch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Uhhh.... <b>*scoots away*</b> Maybe I have time to ask one more insecure writer guest. Hey! You! <b>*points again - yes, <i>again</i>, dear readers*</b> What's your space to write in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>HORSE: </b><i>Whee neigh, whee neigh</i>, Mistar Norsey. Hare ye be. <b>*hooves over item*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>HORSE:</b> <i>Whee neigh, snort</i>. Hit's ah fertoon kookie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B.Nosey, your official unofficial reporter! And today is officially unofficially Insecure - uh, wait. It's <i>probably</i> officially IWSG day because...<b>*checks</b> <b>calendar*</b>...yeah, it's the first Wednesday of the month. </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">*scratches </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">head in confusion - mutters*</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">...Does that matter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY FANS:</b> Whee, it's I.B. Nosey! Gladys...<b>*pokes friend with</b> <b>elbow*</b>...do you think he's insecure?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GLADYS:</b> I dunno, Mabel. With a nose like that, how can he be secure?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: </b>Wait a minute! What kind of fans are ya gals? I've got a job to do and you - hey, what're ya drinking there?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MABEL:</b> Apple juice. <b>*hiccups*</b> With a dose of Gum Drop Island Choco-Hoffee. <b>*bats lashes*</b> You believe us, don't ya?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GLADYS:</b> Well, Miss Mae is giving away free drinks today to, uh - um, er - <i>entice</i> folks to stop by and listen to your... <b>*waves airy hand*</b>...whatever it is you're doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> I'm doing a <i>Feeling Insecure</i> blog. <b>*slaps forehead*</b> Sheesh, can't anyone read these days?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MABEL: </b>Well, then, get on with it. What are you feeling insecure about, Nosey?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Me? I'm not insecure. <b>*whispers*</b> Uh - is that what Miss Mae told ya?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GLADYS: *clears throat*</b> We'll tell you what she <i>did</i> say. She said for us to give you this note...<b>*passes slip of paper*</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> For real? Hm. Let's see...<b>*reads aloud*</b> <i>To answer this month's question as to if your writing has ever taken you by surprise - I must answer, yes. Before I became published I attended an online course for aspiring authors. One lesson was to write a little something using the five senses. I wrote a scene, and others on the course stated it hyped their curiosity and they wanted to read more. Imagine my surprise! Because I had no 'more', but...that inspired me to produce, and a couple of months later, lo and behold, my first book "See No Evil, My Pretty Lady" became a reality.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GLADYS: *stares at Nosey*</b> I dunno. I'm kinda thinking this reporter is getting real interesting. Mmm. He's even cute - in an uncute sort of way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GLADYS: *stumbles to feet*</b> Oh, c'mon. A guy like you? You're just the host of this crazy <i><b>Feeling Nosey? </b></i>blog. <b>*snorts with</b> <b>laughter* </b>Aw, everybody knows that blog hosts are lonely and--</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *snaps fingers*</b> Blog host, eh? Hey, have I got a fella in mind for you! Yeah, his name is Alex and he's got a blog. <b>*nods head like crazy*</b> Uh huh. Uh huh. Alex has this blog, <b><i>Insecure Writers</i></b>, see. Just <a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">click the little link</span></a> and - zap! You're right there with him! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> It sure is, Mabel, except for what I gotta say to Alex - <b>*yells*</b> - Alex, <i>they're all yours!!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter! And if it's the first Wednesday of the month, then it's IWSG Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah. You might be wondering what IWSG means, what it is, what it does, what - what - what - er, um, where was I? Heh. Heh. Lemme check my notes. <b>*flips through notepad*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, yeah! I'm a Pukelitzer Award winning journalist and I always report the news newer than any newbie, so here ya go, cyber-readers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And big Nosey thanks to<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Alex J. Cavanaugh</span></a> </span>for the heavy work of his light-bulb moment to get this group rolling. Whoa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So on my little slip of paper that Miss Mae has shared of her answer, it says: <i>I write my heroines, certainly, to reflect aspects of my own character such as they are most likely 'nobodies', meaning they aren't celebrities of any sort - sports/career/what-have-you. They are ordinary bake cookies/crochet doilies type of gals who (because I do have a sneaky imagination) are thrown into extraordinary events. And in such circumstances how can a Betty Crocker personality overcome and conquer? </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *screams*</b> Ai, ai! Miss Mae! Gimme a band-aid, quick, my famous nose that's autographed by Bob Hope has got a splinter! Ooh, ouch, <i>heeelllpppp!</i> </span><br />
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Miss Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245580913844186039noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423918729345307749.post-42357095214998044242019-06-10T08:12:00.000-04:002019-06-10T08:12:51.223-04:00Nosey Newsletter Interview with J.Q. Rose - Post Your Comments Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Set your time and calendars to Monday, June 10, 2019, cybernut fans! Behold, a new I.B. Nosey newsletter cometh your way! With a guest star interviewee, heh heh. Of course, guest stars enjoy speaking into my microphone - it's just so - uh, great! Yeah, great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter. Today I have an important announcement from Miss Mae. She can't make it to my Nosey Pukelitzer News office because she's like, sitting at her desk and doing something important like -- oh, I dunno -- daydreaming. Sheesh, she claims that's what writers do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here I am, doing my job, which is...um, er, wait a sec... <b>*checks</b> <b>notes*</b> Oh, yeah. Heh heh. <b>*clears throat*</b> Let's see, she wants to offer her mini-read, <i>The Timekeeper</i>, as a gift to Feeling Nosey? readers for <b>FREE</b>! You heard my hunky Nosey voice right, you nosiest-of-em-all-folks -- <b>FREE</b>. That's F - R -E...<i>free</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep, it's yours to grab for the whole month of April. Uh huh. Except -- well, there is one itty bitty teensy weesy little catch, heh heh. What is it? Just an important detail -- She wants ya to leave a review!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How hard can that be, right? Especially as some cool people already have this to say:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> No! No! Wait a minute! W-what's going on with my blog? This is <i>my </i>blog, <b>Feeling Nosey</b> blog, yeah, and....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, insecure cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter, and it is <i>definitely</i> March's time for the <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">INSECURE </a>question of:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Heh heh, <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">Alex J. Cavanaugh</a>, hope this answers this month's question!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! It's another month for...<b>*checks calendar*</b>...holy Cockroach Day, it's February already!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>COCKROACH:</b> You called?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *jumps*</b> Aiii, what're ya doing here?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>COCKROACH:</b> Did you mean to say 'GroundHog Day'? Cause, like, honker dude, <i>Chuckee G. Hog</i>, is sleeping in today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Yeah? He's taking a day off?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>COCKROACH:</b> Well...he's feeling kinda insecure, ya know. <b>*looks gloomy*</b> I know the feeling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Aw, listen, roachie fella, you don't gotta feel so insecure around me, 'cause I <i>like </i>roaches! Yeah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>COCKROACH: *brightens*</b> You don't say?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *reconsiders*</b> Er, well, um....<b>*clears throat*</b> Maybe we can discuss this a little later, pal? I was kinda busy with introducing <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Alex J. Cavanaugh's Insecure Writer's Support Group blog post</span></a>, ya know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C. R. (short for Cockroach, dear readers): *grinds roachy teeth - yep, they've got 'em, all right*</b> That Alex J. Cavanugh guy. D'ya know he ran my whole family outta one of his spaceship tales?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Is that right? <b>*gives nervous laugh*</b> Well...hm, that is...<b>*inhales* </b>As I was saying, Alex's purpose for the ISWG is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *glances at C.R., and tries to speak again*</b> Yeah, as I was saying, the purpose is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R. *cleans antennae*</b> I've crawled all over his computer screen, ya know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Whose?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.:</b> Cavanaugh's. He always asks a question of the month too, don't he?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Don't horn in, roachy. I was getting to that...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.:</b> So what's the question?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Uhhh...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.: </b>I have it right here, Mr. Inept Reporter. <b>*withdraws phone from cockroach vest pocket*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Watch it. <b>*snarls* </b>Nobody can call me inept. Call me when I'm in hot water, maybe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.: *glances up from where he's scrolling through phone*</b> That don't make no kind of sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *blinks* </b>Isn't that what I just said?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.:</b> Nosey, I -- oh, hey! Here it is: That ol' Alex who ran screaming off the ship when he saw me on the starboard control lever asks this month's question of '<i><span style="color: blue;">What do you love about the genre you write in most often?'</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *scratches head in puzzlement*</b> Yeah, that's a -- I mean, um, Miss Mae, she -- well, she's writing all kinds of stuff in her <span style="color: red;">'<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/22234" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Ahoy, Mischaps</span></a>!</span>' series lately, so....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">1)<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ahoy-Gum-Drop-Mischaps/dp/1536999539/ref=sr_1_3_twi_pap_2?" target="_blank"> Ahoy, Gum Drop!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">3) <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ahoy-Mummy-Mia-Mischaps/dp/1545075972/ref=sr_1_1" target="_blank">Ahoy, Mummy Mia!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.:</b> So? Ain't she loving it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Of course she's loving it. <i>I'm</i> in the stories!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.:</b> You are? Why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Why? Cause I make the stories <i>fun,</i> el roachie-o. Yeah, 'cause Sir O. Yuri Wiseguy-eh, The Narrator, Heathcliff the Private Detective Possum, Dr. Ag O. Nee the 'Mad Scientist Extraordinaire', Spit the Stuttering Snake, Moose--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.: *interrupts*</b> Okay, okay, shut your wide-of-mouth already. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: </b> But I'm not finished, see. Miss Mae is enjoying writing the silliness of our tales because they're <i>imaginative</i>, <i>creative</i>, and <i>original</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.: *eyes Nosey's attire*</b> Like your tweedy-weedy blazer, huh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *puffs out chest*</b> One of a kind, my little crawling insect friend. Heh heh. What'd ya think of that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.:</b> I think it's missing one thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> What'd ya mean? This blazer ain't missin' nuthin'! <b>*hesitates*</b> Uh, what's it need?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>C.R.:</b> <i>Me!</i> <b>*leaps onto Nosey and his hairy, creepy, unshaved legs runs and zigs and zags and scurries and hurries...*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Ack, ack! <b>*whacks at C.R.*</b> Don't tickle, don't tickle! Ooh, ooh, oh oh oh ohhhhhh.....<b>*releases whoops of Nosey guffaws*</b> Help! Help! Alex! Get this crazy bug off'n me! Aiiii....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alex: *hiding in corner, whispers*</b> Huh uh, Nosey. Not me! <b>*<a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">runs, trips, runs, trips and speeds over to next blog</span></a>....* </b></span></div>
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is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter and today I’m coming to you
from…er, um<b>…*stares at dark and</b> <b>creepy looking building before him*</b>
Whoa. This isn’t my Nosey kind of interviewing place, so I think I’ll just—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Is that you, Nosey? What’s you doing standing there gulping like a
big-mouthed bass? Get on in here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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HATT:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> He
went to where a rhyming cat always goes. <b>*beckons towards scratching post*</b> C’mon. Let’s get this
interview moving, man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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HATT: *grins and gestures around room, indicating wall niches filled with dark
and creepy looking figures*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> My library, of course. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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HATT:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Mine
does. These represent the characters written inside the pages of my 118
published books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Watch. He knows which one he wants to choose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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clicks on computer screen. One large wall -as wide as a football field, no
less- displays visuals of Pat Hatt’s 118 books. Er, well…Maybe not quite as
wide as a football field. On second thought, maybe not as wide as a basketball
court. On third thought ‒ maybe as wide as a TV screen?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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HATT:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> All
right. The cat has chosen. <b>*picks up remote and clicks</b> <b>toward visual
book*</b> See the blurb there, Nosey? Wanna read it to your adoring audience?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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HATT:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Okay,
then I’ll do the honor. ‘<b>A Not So Perfect World</b>’: </span><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">After
Chutar, and finally figuring out where and when they were, Jack and </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="background: white;">Emily hoped their troubles were over. But little
did they know Chutar was </span><span style="background: white;">just the beginning. With Mason by their side,
the three continue to </span><span style="background: white;">struggle to find their way back home.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">With everything from dragons and Critlen to
booby traps and armies </span><span style="background: white;">standing in their way, the three remain
determined to make it. Until they </span><span style="background: white;">come up against what they thought to be
impossible, gods of myth.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Now with hope dwindling thanks to a few choice
gods, a prophecy involving </span><span style="background: white;">aliens, and an over involved Prophet, the newly
dubbed Death Defying Three will have to do just that, if they ever hope to make
it home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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That is one confusing blurb, fella.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shouldn’t tell the cat that the blurb is confusing, Nosey. Remember, he chose
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right. Er, so okay. <b>*takes deep breath* </b>First question ‒ What, um, <i>who/what</i>
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Glad you asked. Chutar is the next best tasting gum. It has infinite chew and
tastes like tar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it has infinite chew? Swallowing isn’t advised. It hasn’t been tested that far
down. Or it could be—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sure you do. He’s a Gopter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A what? A gopher?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gopter, Nosey, Gopter. One that they picked up along the way. Gopter would be,
oh ‒ Doctor in our Time Fraction. He likes to go by Doc, though. They pretty
much destroyed his time fraction, even leaving the bomb there that eventually
blew it up, so they took pity on him and let him come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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twenty-something year olds count as kiddies? <b>*ponders for
a moment*</b> Well. In any case, they have to get home because places with
dragons, dinosaurs, critlen, the germy middle ages, and such just won’t allow
them to relax and enjoy themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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knows that. But where is home, dude? <i>Home</i>? You know, h - o - m, home?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Want me to explain what a time fraction is?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time fraction is. ‘Course I do. Who do ya think you’re talking to? I’m a
professional, you know. I <i>know</i> how to do my job. <b>*backs into wall,
starts, and screams. Falls to floor.*</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feet and brushes down blazer*</b> I ask the questions. Get it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hm mm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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uh, Critlen you mentioned. They related to this weird cat?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What weird cat?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Critlen – They’re the failed creation of Drazin, aka Hades, and the name
was given to them by Jack and it kinda stuck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> You don’t say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fact, I do say. See, Jack thought them the demented love child of a Critter and
a Gremlin—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Uh huh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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right, ‘cause he went to the dark side and crammed the names together like
those crazy TV show shippers. Ah well. I guess we all have our off moments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anything else you’d like to know?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hand on hip and looks around*</b> Just a kinda crazy place you have here,
fella. What are those in that corner? <b>*waves at</b> <b>statues*</b> Some of
the impossible ‘gods of myth’ you mentioned?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Let’s just say they’re Zeus, Drazin, Hera, and a bunch of others who are quite
fine staying on Olympus’ Time Fraction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now wonder why I didn’t know that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nosey, not those three. Drazin and Hera just want to take over Earth’s time
fraction, Zeus wants to go—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Time fraction. Time
fraction! <b>*slaps forehead* </b>Sheesh, is nothing else going on except for
these guys splitting up time, like… <b>*shrugs*</b> every fifteen minutes or
so?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That’s not exactly how a time fraction works.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That’s how my time works, pal. So…how about that prophecy you said involves
aliens? <b>*snarls at cat*</b> Bet he’s an alien.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one’s definition of an alien, you know. <b>*winks at cat*</b> After all, what’s
alien to one may not be alien to another. Does a human think a human is an
alien? Could the dragons be aliens? Could the prophecy be baloney? Could
Prophet Rahe not be able to see past her rather large figure? <b>*raises arms
and shouts to unseen audience*</b> Answer me, Nosey cybernuts! Could Zeus be
Sants Claus? Or maybe there are no aliens at all. Or maybe everyone is an
alien. Did you think of that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Who you talking to, dude?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Aren’t aliens confusing? No wonder they blow off steam and tip cows over. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nervous laugh*</b> I got me a live wire today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nosey, one thing you’ve not asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’ve asked everything I wanna know, man. <b>*sidles to stage right ‒which, if
you don’t know, reading cybernuts‒ leads to door marked ‘<i>Out</i>’ * <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Nosey! You’re the official unofficial Pukelitzer award winning journalist,
aren’t you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> And you’re a
professional and know how to do your job, right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Uhhh… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> So what you
need to ask is about the Death Defying Three.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Uhhh…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How’s about I tell you anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Nothing doing. Nobody
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> As I was
saying ‒ The people of Prophet Rahe’s time fraction were so enamored by Jack,
Emily, and Mason’s tales when told them by Prophet Rahe—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> But—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> …who still may
or may not be a prophet, that they gave them that moniker. They even made a
song up about them. One that made the trio cringe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> But—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> They have to
survive Drazin getting in the way, Hera trying to have her way with Jack,
collars that control all, dragons, sea monsters, a giant flying saucer thingy,
Zeus’s cryptic messages (as he doesn’t like to give spoilers)—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> But—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> …and fix the
time fraction machine so they can hop to the next one and get home. Oh, and
there may be another explosion or three that they have to avoid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There’s an explosion right now! <b>*points*</b> That spacey space alien you’re
standing beside ‒ it’s moving!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Curious. Something must be really bothering him to come to life like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Don’t like the looks of a tweedy-weedy blazer. Disrupts the time fraction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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De - stroy. Oh, boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Hey, nobody touches
these one-of-a-kind threads. Back, back… <b>*waves atomic microphone*</b> Zap,
zap, and begone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You heard the cat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> You spacey aliens got
no fashion sense. My blazer is perfect. <i>Perfect</i>, I tell ya! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You’re in our time fraction now, nosy reporter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What’s that mean? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;"> It means…<b>*grins*…</b>tweedy-weedy
blazers don’t belong in ‘<i>A Not So Perfect World’. <o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt;">RHYMING CAT:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;"> Nosey should've moseyed but heavy pocketful of posies make him not so cozy. Me<i>owwww</i>. <b>*gives spacey alien, and a not so perfect, purrrrrrrr* </b></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>NOSEY: </b>B-b-but...Aw, forget it</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">!</span><b style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> *breaks through '<i>exit</i>' door, feet doing their stuff as he streaks down sidewalk. Cat and Gopter follow in hot pursuit*</b></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;"><b style="font-size: 18.6667px;"></b><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;">PAT HATT:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b>*calls* </b>Nosey, run faster! I sharpened the cat's claws this morning and...</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18.6667px;">NOSEY: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18.6667px;">Scat, cat! <b>*</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>voice fades in distance*</b> I'm not a scratching post! Aiiiii!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter reporting from 2018. Holy clockwork, where did the time go, right? And are you telling me that there are <i>still </i>insecure writers in the world? Why aren't they--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MM:</b> Yes, writers are still insecure. That's why we need a support group like <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Alex J. Cavanaugh's</span></a> because, as his site says:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MM:</b> Okay, I see that you're still busy, Nosey, so I'll answer. <b>*clears throat*</b> Dear Nosey fan cybernuts, as far as planning and scheduling for my writing - well, in <i>my</i> particular case freeing up my marketing time has allowed greater motivation, inspiration, and flexibility. At the risk of sounding a promo trumpet here, I would like to take this opportunity to shout out about a tool that has benefited me. And that would be the site of a hard working, affordable team over at <b><a href="http://carternovels.com/indie-author-promotions.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><i>Indie Author Promotions</i></span></a></b>. No, you don't <i>need</i> to be an indie author as they market for indies and authors pubbed at small presses. But since the time from when I've signed up with them, I've written three new works. <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unleashed-Miss-Mae-ebook/dp/B0785KHMQH/ref=la_B003RZZPZ0_1_11" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Unleashed</span>,</a></i> <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Timekeeper-Miss-Mae-ebook/dp/B077XMSTHM/ref=la_B003RZZPZ0_1_2" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">The Timekeeper</span></a></i>, and <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Swamp-Madam-Miss-Mae-ebook/dp/B078KRSRTX/ref=la_B003RZZPZ0_1_1" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Swamp Madam</span></a></i>.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MM: *presses finger to cheek*</b> Nosey, whatever makes you think that I could possibly want to steal the limelight of your Feeling Nosey blog? Little ol' me? An award winning author desiring to speak before your adoring fans about this month's insecure writer's meeting? Tsk, tsk, Nosey. Frankly...I'm shocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter reporting this month's posting about the <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Insecure Writer's Support Group. </span></a>I know you're asking -and since I've got my nose to the news before anyone else can even scent a whiff and am, naturally, the journalist who can answer all your 'wanna knows', heh heh --</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Who you demanding to get a move on? <b>*grinds teeth*</b> Listen, girlies. You're horning in on my Nosey posting and I want you <b><i>OUT</i></b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WOMEN:</b> We're insecure writers, and we're not leaving until we hear Alex Cavanaugh's question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> A genius? <b>*scoffs*</b> Alex? Hey, I <a href="http://feelingnosey.blogspot.com/2017/05/alex-j-cavanaugh-takes-flight-with-ib.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">interviewed him</span></a> and he couldn't even fly a spaceship across a galaxy without dumping out his cargo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BLOND: *giggles*</b> Did you ever think that maybe he tipped that ship <i>on purpose</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BRUNETTE:</b> Never mind, Barsha. I know how to get Alex's question. <b>*reaches over and grabs paper from Nosey's tweedy-weedy blazer pocket*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Hey, no stealing from the official unofficial reporter, gals. <b>*hesitates*</b> Wait a minute. Barsha and Ban. <b>*narrows gaze*</b> Who are you, <i>really</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BAN: *tosses head*</b> We're the girls who need to steer this post along. As in... <b>*reads from card*</b> Yes, it's right here. First, Alex states the purpose of the ISWG blog, which is--</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BARSHA: *interrupts*</b> Oh, I know that by heart. It's '<i>To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It's a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!'</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BAN:</b> Barsha, Barsha, Barsha, you're so right on. And here is this month's question for our readers/authors: '<i>As you look back on 2017, with all its successes/failures, if you could backtrack, what would you do differently?'</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BARSHA:</b> And, how clever! Miss Mae has her answers clipped to this card! <b>*winks at Nosey*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BARSHA:</b> But what Miss Mae <i>does</i> say is: '<i>Yes, I do. For instance, I wrote a freebie thriller/mystery, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/755626" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Unleashed</span></a>. I should've stuck with my instincts and waited a few days before uploading. After I completed some later, better edits, I then put up the corrected version. A week later I downloaded and tested the Kindle/Mobi format and, darn it, that first edition is what I got. It's current on the online reader at the site, but I'm cringing with embarrassment for those who read my first write-up.'</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BAN:</b> Ugh. <b>*wrinkles nose*</b> What kind of author makes an error like that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BARSHA:</b> An <i>insecure</i> one, I'd say. <b>*clucks tongue*</b> C'mon, Ban. Let's hop over to <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Alex's blog</span></a> and check out what the other authors have to say this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BAN:</b> Good idea. <b>*strolls beside Barsha stage left, and then whispers in aside*</b> Did you get a load of that blazer the fella's wearing? Who threw up on him?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter coming to you this November to announce - Yes, once again! - it's time for another Insecure Writer Support meeting. <b>*looks around*</b> Everyone, sit in your seat and grab a Gum Drop Island chocolate bar while we hip, hop, boogey 'roung the blogs to '<i>be nosy</i>' and see what everyone else has to say. Heh heh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MM: *calls off stage*</b> Nosey, are you asking me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">MM: Of course you haven't. So I'll take it from here. <b>*grabs Nosey's microphone*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *gasps*</b> What? You <i>didn't</i> finish? My creator <i>quit</i>? You quit a project?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Yeah? <b>*puffs out chest*</b> Well, in that case you've given cyberspace the ultimate prize, heh heh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MM:</b> I thought you'd see it that way. <b>*turns to address audience* </b>Everyone, the blog is active so keep on clicking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Gimme that. <b>*snatches microphone away from MM*</b> Just because I'm a prize don't mean you can steal my Feeling Nosey? spotlight. <b>*clears throat*</b> Until next month, this is Pukelitzer Prize award winning I.B. Nosey signing off!</span></div>
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Miss Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245580913844186039noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423918729345307749.post-63730069133867686762017-10-04T06:30:00.000-04:002017-10-04T06:30:13.717-04:00IWSG Photo Taken with I.B. Nosey - Know You're Jealous, People, But...<span style="font-size: large;">Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter reporting to you today in participation with that Insecure Writer's Support Group '<a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2017/08/the-insecure-writers-support-group-and.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Take a Photo with a Swag</span></a>'. (Who, me? The swag? Uhhh...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: </b>Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter with this month's -which happens to be October, in case you haven't been keeping up with me (and shamey if you aren't!)- IWSG's posting.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Yes, once again, you'll have your new monthly answer. But first, 'cause I know you're wondering this, what is the <i>purpose</i> of the ISWG? Glad you asked, 'cause, like, ya know, I can handle that. Heh heh. Sure I can 'cause I have what I'm supposed to say right here on my cheat sheet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *flips open paper and reads*</b> : <i><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Purpose:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Hey, that's a great purpose, right? Miss Mae, who happens to be my author, thinks so and she's eager to answer this question for you --</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>*Feminine voice interrupts*</b> Excuse me, hello! I'll answer for Miss Mae.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: </b>Huh?<b> *twirls around*</b> Who said that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MQ:</b> It's me, Ms. Quotes. Gosh, you haven't forgotten me, have you, Nosey? <b>*looks all innocent*</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: *grinds teeth*</b> I haven't forgot how you horned in on my last posting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MQ:</b> Goody, you <i>do</i> remember. Right, and so I'm here to--</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Oh no, you don't, girlie. Can't ya read? This blog ain't named '<i>Feeling Blond</i>?' It's '<i><b>Feeling Nosey?</b></i>' which means it's <i>my</i> blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Nope. Nothing doing. Shoo, scram, kiddo. You're bugging me. <b>*pushes her behind stage-left's curtain*</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MISS MAE: </b>Thank you, my official unofficial reporter. Well, how do I answer this month's question? <b>*brow puckers in thought*</b> Let's see. I guess I could start by saying that though it might not be <i>information</i> exactly, I think I've unwittingly slipped somewhat of a window into revealing bits of <i>my</i> <i>own</i> <i>personality</i>. By that, I mean if anyone reads my romantic mysteries, you'll find it challenging to deduce the answers. That's because <b><i>I</i></b> love puzzles - puzzling puzzles with twisty, unforeseen, intricate plots. However, when it comes to my characters I.B. Nosey, Ms. Quotes, Sir O. Yuri Wiseguy-eh, The Narrator, Heathcliff the private detective possum and the other 'mischaps' from my Gum Drop Island series of children's/kid-at-heart/humorous adventure tales, readers learn that I'm quirky, have a dry wit, adore puns, and enjoy a side of slapstick. And...uhhh.... <b>*gives inquiring glance at Nosey*</b> Think that's enough?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MISS MAE: *sighs with relief*</b> Good! You know how I hate speaking in public. <b>*hands over microphone, pecks Nosey's cheek, straightens his tie, fluffs his hair, and then rushes to back office where she keeps her Acer laptop with the dusty keyboard*</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY: </b>And there, cybernuts, you have your answer straight from Miss Mae's own - er, um - fingertips. Heh heh. So, until next month - oh, wait! <b>*starts with remembrance*</b> Yeah. Okay. Can't forget this. Huh uh, nope. Too important. And what is it? Why, just that you'll be happy to know I'm participating in <span style="color: red;">ISWG's 'Show Us Your Writer's Insecurity'</span> photo swag contest. Yeah, that's right. Cool, Pukelitzer Award winning journalist, me! You don't wanna miss that photo, Nosey fans. It's sure to be a collector's item!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOSEY:</b> Huh? <b>*blinks*</b> Who are you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MQ:</b> I'm Ms. Quotes. I'm taking over for Miss Mae today, so I'll answer the question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MQ: *clears throat*</b> Hi, everyone. This is Ms. Quotes. And a special 'hello' to you, Alex J. Cavanaugh. <b>*flutters lashes*</b> As I was saying, here is this month's ISWG question:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And Miss Mae says:</b> "I sure have! I am truly a romantic mystery author, emphasis on mystery with a sprinkle of romance. All my books are award winners. (Yay!) But especially with 'It's Elementary, My Dear Winifred', I was peppered with urges from readers to make that into a series. Um, a series? No, thanks. I'm not a series sort of writer. I mean, my stories are complete in themselves. However, after time, with five of these romantic mystery books under my belt, when I was a little burned out with the complexities of such plots, I dabbled in something I never thought I would - a children's humor/fantasy story. Not so sure this would be accepted, I even used not Miss Mae, but M.M., and I kept it short - just in case, you know, it was a complete flop. Imagine my shock when readers actually <i>liked</i> it! And grumbled because it was <i>too</i> short! And, once again, I was pressed to "continue the story."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well. So rather I was a series kind of writer or not, here was something I needed to consider. Could I do it? Could I <i>actually</i> do it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, much to my surprise, I did. As a matter-of-fact, the third book in the series '<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ahoy%2C+mischaps" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Ahoy, Mischaps</span></a>!</span>' (with I.B. Nosey included, of course) is for sale. Wow. Major accomplishment. How many books will there be? At this point, I'm not sure. But I took the plunge and I've even changed the M.M. to Miss Mae. Ha! How about that?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heh heh heh, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter reporting to you that it's that time again. What time? The fun time! Of<span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">IWSG blog hop</span></a></span> with the official unofficial:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greetings, cyber-nuts. This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter reporting to you from my official unofficial post with <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span> </a>blog hop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How do you start? Simple. Visit that above link, and you'll discover that author Alex J. Cavanaugh put together his swell blog in an effort to help authors succeed in their writing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Greetings, cyber-nuts. This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter reporting to you from my official unofficial post with <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span> </a>blog hop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, it's that time again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Again, for what?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Well, allow me to officially unofficially explain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">See, if you visit the above link, you'll discover that author Alex J. Cavanaugh (who I got to recently interview, by the way) put together his swell blog in an effort to help authors succeed in their writing. And the list of authors that've signed up demonstrate how much they appreciate his effort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">And I, the only Pukelitzer award winning reporter ever to zoom across the unlimited boundaries of cyperspace, have borrowed the question from Alex's site because, you know, I'm just naturally cool that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">June's question is: <i>Did you ever say "I quit"? If so, what happened to make you come back to writing?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">No, can't say that I have. Sometimes I've had to draw back because of a life event, or sometimes I might take a "recess". But I'm still here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">But, you know -- writing is hard. And if you're Indie, marketing is harder. And if you're not selling, or if you're going unnoticed...discouragement edges around the corner. That can put a lot of writers off, and understandably so.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Unless one gets so bored, or frustrated, or worried that it leads them into losing their love of writing -- I suggest to not give up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">When it comes right down to it - don't write for others, because you sure can't please everyone, but you can please yourself - and I think that's <i>why</i> we write. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Greetings,
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <b>*hears
noise, throws open door*</b> Nosey! <b>*shakes head*</b> Well, I’ve heard that
you always make an entrance, but... <b>*reaches up to pull Nosey –face first—
out of side of door*</b> Oh, man, Nosey. Your nose is really stuck. Wait a sec…
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <b>*voice
muffled*</b> C’mon, fella! Pull! This door isn’t made out of Nosey-ish material
and I—I— <b>*with a loud whoosh, he pops out from steel door*<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *drags
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Hey, it’s not
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Without a—? <b>*mouth
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> *<b>looks
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> My spaceship,
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Of course I do.
You’re speaking to the only Pukelitzer award winning cyberspace reporter. I’m a
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> And this
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report, dude. Yeah, nobody reports like me. I’m the one and only, and I’m here
to report about <i>you</i>, Mr…er, um. Who are you, anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Alex J.
Cavanaugh. You’re to interview me about my book, <i>CassaDawn</i>. *<b>slaps
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Oh, yeah. That’s right. Uh, wait a minute. <b>*checks notebook*<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Are you
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Ah ha! <b>*brightens</b>
Yeah, something called <i>CassaDawn</i> by Alex J. Cavanaugh. See? <b>*smirks*</b>
Told you I’m a professional.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *grunts</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>*</b> All right. So
let’s get started, ‘cause… <b>*walks to console* </b>I’ve got lots of work to
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> No problem,
pal. I’ll just nosy around while we talk and check here, and look there— whoa! <b>*opens
closet door and jumps</b> <b>away*</b> Holy Creepy Buggers! What’re these?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Oh, don’t mind
them. That’s Quazy and Qootsie. They’re my pets. I got them at the planet ‘Upon
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picked ‘em up at ‘Chlorophyll Café’ while I refilled my energy tanks in the <i>Z.P.D.
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY: *gulps*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> They’ve got
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on computer screen with fancy-dancy, personalized <i>Alex J. Cavanaugh</i>
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at collar and edges away as pair of ‘holy creepy buggers’ creep up in an unholy creepy buggy kind of way*</b> Maybe this would be a good time to read the blurb
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> That’s Alex J.
Cavanaugh, and that’s a great idea, Nosey. <b>*touches computer key and image
of book pops up*<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Here we go: <i>‘CassaDawn’ The prequel to the
Amazon best-selling Cassa series! A pilot in training… Fighting the odds, Byron
is determined to complete Cosbolt training. Poised at the top of his class,
only one situation holds him back—his inability to work with anyone in the
cockpit. Byron’s excellent piloting skills won’t be enough without a good
navigator… <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">*Sounds of Nosey
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Don’t touch the
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *glances
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Who? Me? <b>*wipes
sweat off brow*</b> Er, no. No. Heh heh. Your pets, they’re… <b>*grimaces* </b>Snuggling
too close. Yeech! <b>*shies</b> <b>away as ‘holy creepy buggers’ flutter
eyelashes*</b> Can’t ya call ‘em off?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Why? They love
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Ya think so,
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Ah, sure they do. <i>CassaDawn</i> is the
free short story that leads into the full-length science fiction trilogy. <b>*grins*</b>
Hopefully, your readers won’t say it’s a series of unfortunate events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *sighs*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> C’mon, Nosey.
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Oh. <i>That </i>Byron.
<b>*edges away from ‘holy creepy </b>—<b>well,</b> <b>those same green buggers
as before*</b> Yeah. So who’re those odds he’s fighting?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> You know. You
said Byron’s fighting the Odds. <b>*jerks</b> <b>thumb at buggers*</b> They any
relation to these fellas?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Hm. Well, they <i>are</i>
green skinned with big eyes…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I knew it! <b>*skirts
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *laughs*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Byron’s ‘odds’
is his rebellion. It’s kept him on a very tight leash most of his life, his
personal world invaded on every level. He’s not expected to succeed, you see,
surely not as a top-level fighter pilot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Uh huh. And you
said he can’t work with anyone in a cockpit.
You -ah- <b>*searches beneath table, behind chair, behind</b> <b>Alex’s
back*</b> got a cockpit stashed away in here?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Well, it’s like
this, Nosey. Cassans can communicate telepathically, something that’s demanded
of a Cosbolt pilot and navigator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> It means Byron
doesn’t like that connection. It all goes back to feeling invaded, you know.
And, to answer your question about a cockpit — That’s where a pilot and
navigator sit. And, um<b>…*gives</b> <b>mock cough*</b> not to be confused with
where roosters fight. Or anything to do with—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY: *screams*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Get away from
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> That’s curious.
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Listen, Mac. <b>*runs
to other side of room to escape from green buggers flexing their itchy fingers
in the depths of his bulging</b> <b>tweedy-weedied blazer pockets*</b> <i>I’m </i>the
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *shrugs*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> You do know that
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Actually,
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY: *gasps*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I am?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cosbolt’s got nothing to do with Gum Drop Island chocolate, does it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Nope. And it’s
got nothing to do with elves, either - Keebler’s or Santa’s ‘cause the Cosbolt
is the elite space fighter ship. Those who fly her require several years of
training. <i>CassaDawn</i> features the simulator-training phase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> No way. <b>*winks*</b>
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didn’t do me any favors, bro. <b>*bares teeth as green buggy pets jeeber and
jeep and twitter and tweep and close in around Nosey*<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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They’re not making you feel insecure, are they?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Me? <b>*puffs
out chest*</b> Hey, I’m the official unofficial reporter, and insecure is my
middle name. <b>*pauses*</b> Uh, wait a minute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Uhhh… <b>*thinks,
and then thinks again*</b> Okay. What I meant was is that you have an insecure
group, right, that you’re a leader of?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> That doesn’t
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The fact is
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Yeah. You offer
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Well, an
insecure writer is pretty much every writer. We have concerns, worries, fears,
issues - it’s a lot of fun. Want to join us?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Yeah, I— huh?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *snaps fingers*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Oh, that’s
right. You’re an interviewer, not a writer. So guess you don’t need our support
that’s more like Lego blocks and less like—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX: *takes
command of steering wheel. Yes, steering wheel because every spaceship has one.
Right, Alex?*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Time to end the interview, Nosey. The space air marshal is hot
on my tail. I’ve gotta outrun him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> What? Why? <b>*spins
in agitated circle*</b> You a space bad guy? What’d ya do? Steal a couple
thousand of Milky Way Bars?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Ha! That jerk’s
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> B-b-but I
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> So you stole
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Huh uh. I
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">*Ship streaks
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Whoa! Can’t you
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> You gotta exit,
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOSEY:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Huh? Whadda
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<b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALEX:</span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14pt;"> Nosey! Watch out for— <b>*winces*</b>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sue pecked pickled seashells down by the peppered seashore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greetings, cyber-nuts. This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter reporting to you from my official unofficial post with <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></a>blog hop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't know what IWSG is? Well, visit the above link and you'll discover that author Alex J. Cavanaugh put together his swell blog in an effort to help authors succeed in their writing. And the list of authors that've signed up demonstrate how much they appreciate his effort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I, as I.B. Nosey, have borrowed the question from Alex's site which my author, Miss Mae, will be only too happy (heh heh) to answer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Miss Mae:</b> Okay, for my books I seek to stay in my safe zones, meaning I don't get too technical or create a setting that I don't know a little bit of something about. However, in my romantic mystery, "Catch Me If You Can", there are some references to "computer geek talk"...as in pixels, hiding code, encryption. Also, I have a "person of interest" who works in a "place of interest".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gulp. For a stay-at-home Georgia housewife, these points became a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, just when I needed it, I was contacted by someone who wished for me to interview him. That was <a href="http://mikeangley.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Mike Angley</span>,</a> Special Agent OSI (USAF ret.) And, with his knowledge and background, he supplied the information I needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So now, it's a hasty retreat back to my snug, safe, 'only-imagination' zone. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, the IWSG site states: "<i><b>Purpose:</b> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I appreciate that statement because this month I'd like to inquire how writers build a newsletter list of subscribers. Though I downloaded and have attempted to follow through on Nick Stephenson's ebook, ummm...not working for me as Nick promised!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nick advises giving away a free book. I'm giving away <i>three</i>, with that handy link to sign up at my newsletter included...but no takers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, if you've found a successful way to entice subscribers, care to share? :) Thanks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">Until next month, this is I.B. Nosey signing off. Be sure to visit the </span><a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: black; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">IWSG link</a><span style="text-align: center;"> and hop over to participating blogs. Also, follow on Twitter @TheIWSG with the hashtag #IWSG.</span></span></div>
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