So I could have handled this a bit better, or should have if I wanted to help them out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This one's about a script... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This was a hard piece of advice to take, but it doesn't make it less true. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Another fiction prompt gem that I hope will give you a laugh. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

One time I got stuck on implementation--has this ever happened to you? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A lot of pasta in this one... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Much of the creator's inspiration and other turns of events come from this one thing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Another prompt based on a couple crossword clues (and birds!) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

It's less direct than "don't call us, we'll call you," but I did learn quite a bit from it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Here's another one about crossword clues, one is a mode of transportation for small life forms. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Not always contempt, at least, not at the beginning... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

The episode about one of the times I bought an editing book... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Some more riffing with crossword clues. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

More comments on my departure from the Dark Ages (at least as far as internet was concerned). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So they worked fast, and I certainly needed the help. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I didn't know if I'd ever reach this milestone, but I did, and I'm happy you're a part of it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So a bit of a momentous occasion here, but I wouldn't figure out the full extent until later on. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This still happens to me today, but to a lesser extent. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

It was a little more than nose to the grindstone, but not much... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A bit of a recap of my February 2024 and some fun about fireworks, a little or a lot early. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

That time I bought something I likely shouldn't have. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Mud in the basement, just soil and water, added up to big problems. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A lot of things we can come up with, using such a small start. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

How motivation, discipline, and consistency work together to help you achieve things in life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

It wasn't lightning, but it did strike twice in a short while... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

That time I went down to the basement, only to find something I didn't expect... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So I decided to do it, but if I mention this again, I'll have to do it differently, for reasons I explain here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

What if our initial reaction is the right one? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So yeah, I had to go into a store and got my shoes and socks super wet... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Ever witnessed an awkward scene in a restaurant? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So, power outages happen, and sometimes they don't. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This is what happens when I think about cats... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This is one of those points I realized I was pushing too hard, but also realized whose fault it really was. This was in the past, so it's mostly fixed now. Mostly. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This difference was brought front and center for me when I coincidentally had gotten sick previously. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So having grilled food and learning about a 100 year old guy led to this. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I learned about an old dude way back, and talked about him today. He was pretty interesting, Pulitzer and everything. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A thank you I posted for Memorial Day way back when. Also, if you're over age 80 or you know someone who is, go ahead and listen to this episode. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

With all the plumbing repairs that same week, I had to make a prompt about plumbing sometime... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So, a lot of pipe needed to be replaced... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This about the third of the three weddings I went to in 2015. Had lots of fun and was interesting as weddings go...especially because of the livestock. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So my throat thing inspired a prompt. Not that I wanted to think about it anymore... And can be a difficult thing to struggle with if it happens in real life, depending on when it happens. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This one's about the time I couldn't get out of a restaurant and didn't know why, right away. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So I woke up one morning and wasn't able to do this very well... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

With all the family and friends I was seeing way back, that gave me inspiration for a prompt. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

It was interesting comparing two weddings so close together, since I'd never gotten to do that before. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So I got a writing prompt out of the idea of a wedding ceremony, but this couldn't be any old wedding. No indeed... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

There's lessons in preparedness, even though I was never a Scout. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I went to a wedding where I actually knew a lot of people. Sort of a rarity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Another story about computer repair, a good shop, and a thorny problem I partially solved with a few bucks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support