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One of the things I enjoy about #wss366 is searching through my fiction to see how I've used a particular word in the past. Here are some examples for today's word:

"Thank you!" she said. "You're such a dear! And so helpful during the #trip!" *Docklands*

"She… Uh… She's not with us on this #trip," Cecelia said. *Lady Cecelia's Trial*

"Ssh. You really need to be quiet for a few minutes, because if you wake anyone up, this is going to be the shortest #trip in history." *Something Else to Do*

#WritersCoffeeClub How do you keep track of dates and events in a WIP?

It depends. Usually I have a text document with notes to keep events in order. But in the *Revin's Heart* series, I created a CSV file because there are so many characters and events.

In my forthcoming book, *A Familiar Problem*, there is a countdown because the demon that captures Rory as her familiar has 100 tralongs (sorta like a day) to train him before the tournament, so each chapter has the countdown as a subheading.

surprize milda… malgraŭ la kalendaro, oni piknikas / surprisingly mild… despite the calendar, people picnic #hajko #haiku #esperanto #writeout

"Yes, Miss. That's a coin from the Islands. You don't see them much anymore, but it's worth 50 silver."
"I'll take them both," she said. She handed him the coin.
"Would you like me to wrap them up?"
"No," she said, pulling off her old, weather stained cloak. "I'll wear them right now." (6/6) #wss366

"But if you buy them together, I'll let you have them for forty five."
"Is this enough?" she said, pulling out one of the small gold pieces she'd got recently. She'd never seen coins quite this size before and wasn't sure what they were worth.
"Ah!" he said, glancing at it. (5/6) #wss366

Heather's eyes had been so completely captured by the cloak she'd missed the hat altogether. It was a beret of the same fabric that set off the cloak perfectly. Heather stood chewing her lip, tormented. It was a lot of money.
"The #total for both would be fifty," the shopkeeper added. (4/6) #wss366

"How much is the cloak?" she asked the shopkeeper.
"It's forty silver," he answered.
Heather experienced a moment of sticker shock and had to shake her head. She looked at the cloak again, warring with herself.
"There's also a matching hat," the shopkeeper said, pointing. (3/6) #wss366

Her eyes were drawn to a clothing store that had an amazing cloak in the window. It was black, but seemed to shimmer with iridescence and had slashes with inset red details. She stood with her nose against the glass for more than a minute before being irresistibly drawn into the shop. (2/6) #wss366

Heather walked down Mercantile Street looking in shop windows. Deepmooring, being a large seaport, had a fantastic variety of imported goods the like of which she'd never seen before. There was exotic furniture, mouthwatering candies, finely-worked leather goods, and so much more. (1/6) #wss366

Brundhilde counted twice to make sure.
"That's strange," she said. "Lambda only has four toes."
"Lambda is a dog."
"But you kinda look like a dog."
"I beg your pardon!" he said.
"If I fly high enough," Forrest said. "You both look like insects." (2/2) #wss366

"Hey! Hey!" Brunhilde called, running across the grass.
The bear turned and waited until she arrived.
"Yes?" he asked. He waited patiently while she caught her breath.
"How many toes do you have?" she asked.
"Huh?"
"How many toes do you have?"
He held a paw out and let her #count. (1/2) #wss366

After dinner, she wrote for a while in her journal. But she soon fell asleep.
She awoke to find herself being carried to bed.
"Did you see?" she yawned.
"I did!" Kasseh said. "We will have to celebrate tomorrow."
"Tomorrow…" Cecelia echoed, and fell back to sleep in Kasseh's arms. (3/3) #wss366

When she arrived, she peeked into the jewelry shop. She could see at once that Kasseh was in one her manic phases, hyperfocused on whatever it was she was working on. Cecelia sighed and quietly slipped upstairs. She recut the stem, put the rosebud in a vase, and set it on the table. (2/3) #wss366

Lady Cecelia felt like celebrating. One of the unique variety of roses she had rescued from the Queen's rose garden, with much patience and persistence, had finally started to bloom. With her clippers, she cut a single #bud and, wrapping it in paper, carried it home to show Kasseh. (1/3) #wss366

maturaj fruktoj… sed la birdoj atendos, ĝis fermentitaj / ripe fruits… but the birds will wait, until fermented #hajko #haiku #esperanto #writeout

"There are bot flies that lay eggs on people. The maggots burrow into your skin and live in your flesh. They stick a bristle up through your skin to breathe, and…" She suddenly realized that he was horror struck with revulsion.
"That's awesome!" the girl said. "Where can I get one!" (3/3) #wss366

"Ah!" Totemo said. "Good eye! That's a leaf miner. Insect larvae eat a path through the leaf. See how it gets wider as they grow? There are even #stem, twig, and needle miners!"
"I'm glad there's nothing like that in people!" a boy said.
"Actually," Totemo said, warming to the subject. (2/3) #wss366

Totemo Isogashii and Lambda led a crowd of school children on a field trip. Lambda led them while Totemo pointed out features of plants and animals they encountered.
"What's this?" a little girl said, pointing at a leaf. A winding circuitous path was visible through the leaf's surface. (1/3) #wss366

Watching people who use commercial operating systems (or social media services) is like watching frogs in the water as it gets hotter and hotter.

I wonder if @tobadzistsini ever read *On The Road*… https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/10/very-significant-jack-kerouac-story-discovered-after-mafia-boss-auction