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#WordWeavers Do your protagonists deserve a happily-ever-after? Why/why not? Will they get one?

I almost always write happy endings. I hate stories that don't have a happy ending. Life is enough of a downer without having to read or write depressing stories.

She expertly whipped them. He stared at her chest which jiggled as she beat the eggs.
She drew the whisk out and showed him.
"Stiff peaks," she said. "That's how you know the meringue is done."
"Okay," he said. He was thinking of other stiff peaks. And it made something else stiff too. (2/2) #wss366

"C'mon," Wendy said. "You have to whip them harder!"
His babysitter always baked stuff when she came over. Today it was brownies, which used egg yolks. He'd asked about the whites.
He tried whisking harder.
"Tsk." She clicked her tongue. "Let me."
He handed the bowl and whisk to her. (1/2) #wss366

#WritersCoffeeClub Have you ever based a character on yourself? If not, would you?

All of my characters are me, but just with a twist, like, "What if I was interesting?" or "What if I was fun?" or "What if I was attractive?" or "What if people liked me?" or "What if I was a non-human biological android that looked like a bear?"

#ScribesAndMakers What creative activities are you hoping to work on this month?

I finished *Bearly Believable* yesterday, so I'm between projects. I'm not sure what writing project I want to work on next.

My fall class starts in an hour, so I will devote a lot of my creative effort to that. But it's my only class, thanks to my phased retirement. I'll only teach this class once more before I fully retire after the spring.

I also have a secret project. More about that as it develops.