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Writing Challenge #14: Special (46th) Birthday Edition...

by dmfalk

Well, I'm a day late (my birthday was yesterday, October 10), and before I get to this month's Writing Challenge, I'd like to thank

LupineAssassin

and

Winterimage

for the shouts,

andybunny

for the PM, and

CyberCornEntropic

,

DOtter

, and @kedfernandez for their responses in my last journal, as well as @kedfernandez 's gift pic, here: [smallthumb]155570[/smallthumb] Thanks, all of you. :)

(While I'm at it, I'd like to thank

kamperkiller

for the following two pics:

Thanks! :) )

Now, on to the 14th Writing Challenge I've posted since January. This time, things are a little different-- Instead of the usual three keywords where I suggest one species, with two other keywords (at least one being an object), I'm offering a choice of five species, along with two other keywords.

5 species? Why yes- My five favourite species: SQUIRREL, MOUSE, BUNNY, SKUNK and LEPTICTIDIUM. :) You can use ONE OR MORE, even ALL FIVE species, if you like!

The other keywords?
BIRTHDAY (yes, again- This time for my birthday...)
BRIDGE (because I have an annual tradition of walking the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California on or near my birthday (see link))

As usual, stories may be short or long, tame/clean or very naughty, any genre, whatever-- Just as long as you have fun writing the story, with only one caveat: I don't expect the obvious-- Surprise me!

I have no expiry date on these Challenges, so if you want, you can always go back to previous Challenges, if the current Challenge is not to your liking.

For those experiencing my Writing Challenge for the first time, I do this primarily to encourage creative writing and foster a writing community on Inkbunny as IB continues to grow, and to give something back to IB as a writer, myself.

Below is a list of past and current Challenges, with links to all submissions for each.

#1: no theme
SQUIRREL
PANTIES
RADIO

#2: Chinese Lunar New Year-- Year of the Rabbit
BUNNY
MOON
TRAVEL

Moon Rabbit - Part 1 by CyberCornEntropic

#3: Valentine's Day
CAT
HEART
LOVE

Moon Rabbit - Part 2 by CyberCornEntropic

#4: Mardi Gras
OTTER
BEADS
JAZZ

Moon Rabbit - Part 3 by CyberCornEntropic

#5: St. Patrick's Day
FOX
GOLD
LUCK
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Moon Rabbit - Part 4 by CyberCornEntropic

#6: Tribute to Japan
No keywords, but had to either take place in Japan or have something Japanese-related.

Why the Ground Quakes by CyberCornEntropic

#7: April Fool's Day
PLUSHIE
LONELINESS
DRESS

Moon Rabbit - Part 5 by CyberCornEntropic

#8: Easter
BILBY
RAIN
FLOWER

How Deidrei Saved Easter by CyberCornEntropic

#9 (#9, #9, #9, #9....): SF Golden Gate Bridge, ruptured Rapture, Memorial Day
FIREFOX (lesser/red panda, sankam, nin wah)
SERVICE
FUTURE

Moon Rabbit - Part 6 by CyberCornEntropic

#10: Father's Day
DAD
WEEKEND
PICNIC

Moon Rabbit - Part 7 by CyberCornEntropic

#11: National & personal birthdays
DOG
BEANS
BIRTHDAY
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#12: Apollo 11 anniversary/Space Shuttle is grounded
EAGLE
SUN
SEA

Moon Rabbit - Part 9 by CyberCornEntropic

#13: Dog Days of Summer
DOG
CAMPING
STARS

#14: Special 46th Birthday Edition
SQUIRREL, MOUSE, BUNNY, SKUNK and/or LEPTICTIDIUM (any one or more or all)
BIRTHDAY
BRIDGE

(species chosen: BUNNY, SKUNK)

#15: The War of the Worlds broadcast of 1938...
RADIO
PANIC
ALIENS

#16: Thanksgiving
TURKEY
PILGRIM
STUFFING
THANKSGIVING

The Toughest Turkey That Ever Were by CyberCornEntropic

#17: Holiday Season
DEER
GIFTS
HOLIDAYS

Moon Rabbit - Part 8 by CyberCornEntropic

#18: New Year's Resolutions
MOUSE
YEAR
RESOLUTION

Moon Rabbit - Part 10 by CyberCornEntropic

Happy writing!

d.m.f.

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Tigresse

12 years, 6 months ago

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Edited 12 years, 6 months ago by Owner

Well, it has been a long while since I've written any stories...so I thought I'd give this a go... I'm sorry if it is a bit long. -_-; https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=161290

dmfalk

12 years, 6 months ago

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@ Tigresse

First off, welcome to my Writing Challenges! :) As for length, I've said in previous Challenges (and still holds true), it can be short enough to fit on a flea's back (and no, I don't mean Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers! *laughs!* :D ) or long enough to make War and Peace look like a pamphlet-- The most important rule is to simply have fun with it. :)

(To date, "Elanie and the Thing"

is the longest submission to my Writing Challenges.)

I'll be reading your entry shortly-- Gotta convert it to ePub so I can read it on my iPod touch... Inkbunny has yet to support ePub as a text format. :P

d.m.f.

Tigresse

12 years, 6 months ago

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@ dmfalk

Lol! Not sure I have ever gotten to the point of making War and Peace look like a pamphlet on any of my writings, though I love Tolstoy, I never read it either. ^^;;; Thanks for the reply and link - my curiosity may get the better of me and I'll take the filter off to see a little of the story. ^^;

~Tig

dmfalk

12 years, 5 months ago

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@ Tigresse

My tastes tend towards science fiction and slice-of-life, with more than a pinch of humour, so some heavy reads (like Tolstoy) aren't usually my fare, but War and Peace is the standard bearer for a "big book". :P

I hope you like the story above- I'm about to reread it while on-trip, since I enjoyed it the first time around. :)

d.m.f.

CyberCornEntropic

12 years, 5 months ago

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Skunk, bunny, squirrel, mouse, and leptictidium... Wonky, but not undoable, I think. But first things first.

dmfalk

12 years, 5 months ago

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@ CyberCornEntropic

The results should be interesting... :)

d.m.f.

CyberCornEntropic

12 years, 5 months ago

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@ dmfalk

Isn't that what Nobel said before inventing dynamite? :o

Winterimage

10 years, 11 months ago

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Another Challenge faced and conquered! My species-of-choice is the leptictidium, and with some help from an expert in the field I have come up with this tale of a young girl's journey into adulthood. I realise that it comes in between birthdays for you, but see it as a belated gift in advance. *grins*

And there will be another Challenge story coming shortly...

Winterimage

10 years, 11 months ago

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@ Winterimage

Forgot the link: