Mary Catelli's Erraticly Updated and Exceedingly Ill-Organized Journal

the downside of the backburner

Thu, 28 May 2026 04:24:59 GMT

After revising -- realizing what you meant to do in the first place, and how you eliminated the necessary support structure.

sigh

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Sinister Syndicate of Space

Wed, 27 May 2026 20:34:11 GMT

Sinister Syndicate of Space by John C. Wright

Book 8 of Starquest.

Plots thicken -- and converge. Spoilers ahead for the earlier works.

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for Memorial Day

Mon, 25 May 2026 04:20:01 GMT

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God bless America

Mon, 25 May 2026 04:13:52 GMT

God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home.

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transition

Mon, 25 May 2026 03:08:34 GMT

transition, transition, transition. From one bit to the next.

This first draft is not smooth at all.

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Kill the Villainess

Mon, 25 May 2026 02:41:35 GMT

Kill the Villainess, Vol. 6 by Haegi and Your Your April

Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.

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vignettes

Sun, 24 May 2026 15:26:55 GMT

This week's prompt is:
observe 🤔

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.

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Love divine, all loves excelling

Sun, 24 May 2026 15:24:54 GMT

Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
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A glorious Pentecost!

Sun, 24 May 2026 15:19:52 GMT

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Pirate King of Star Patrol

Sat, 23 May 2026 02:47:36 GMT

Pirate King of Star Patrol by John C. Wright

Starquest book seven. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes

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Graham has searched seven barrels so far and found very little fun and even fewer monkeys.

Wed, 20 May 2026 02:50:12 GMT

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Spaceman In The Iron Mask

Tue, 19 May 2026 20:40:52 GMT

Spaceman In The Iron Mask by John C. Wright

Starquest Book 6. Spoilers ahead for the earlier books

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vignettes

Sun, 17 May 2026 15:35:57 GMT

This week's prompt is:
muddled 😕

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.

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A blessed seventh Sunday of Easter!

Sun, 17 May 2026 15:26:52 GMT

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Crown him with many crowns

Sun, 17 May 2026 15:25:53 GMT

Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne.
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Nadine’s Botanical Tête-à-Tête

Sun, 17 May 2026 03:28:53 GMT

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What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

Sat, 16 May 2026 17:02:25 GMT

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

A short-story cycle, with delicate threads weaving it together past the main connection, which is that, in every story, someone comes to the library while troubled at heart.

The librarian gives recommendations for books, one of which is off-the-wall, and also a felted object such as a plane. In each story, the character finds this cryptic, but reads the book.

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A blessed Ascension!

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:34:35 GMT

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Alleluia! sing to Jesus!

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:13:39 GMT

Alleluia! sing to Jesus!
His the scepter, his the throne.
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decisions and days

Thu, 14 May 2026 04:29:51 GMT

Realized that the revisions I was putting about the event officially opening meant that the previous scene had to go after it because the heroine hasn't got the motivation yet. Give her some conflict about it that.

Ah, revision

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Right of Vengeance

Thu, 14 May 2026 03:59:54 GMT

Right of Vengeance by Thomas Doscher

Book 7 of The Vixen War Bride Series. Spoilers for the earlier ones ahead.

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Witch's Daughter

Wed, 13 May 2026 19:23:49 GMT

Witch's Daughter by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 2 of Magical Empires, but it does shift to new characters and fill you in the relevant first book knowledge. (Spoilers for the first book, though.)

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difficulties in dialog

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:17:35 GMT

No, no, don't say that, it's stupid. Because it was logical to shift anything of substance back in story time.

But the characters do have to talk about something. Idle and pointless from their viewpoint, perhaps, but obviously needing to be relevant to the tale. The scene has something else that must remain, but I have to give them something to say.

Not that the characters will tell me what.

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vignettes

Sun, 10 May 2026 15:00:26 GMT

This week's prompt is:
magnificent 🦚

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.

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A blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter!

Sun, 10 May 2026 14:53:58 GMT

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