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Merlin's Quote of the Day
"Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dear Reader,
We just finished FrightReads Book Festival which was held at the Howard County Fairgrounds. I was great to meet new people and share my exclusive mini Game Bundle with people looking for a solo Roll to Read Journaling Game. Be sure to check it out in the Digital Bookstore.
I am currently working on Poppy Hallow. This fuller version will be published in 2027, hopefully by Spring. It is a Solo Roll to Read Journaling Game that begins in a quaint cottage-core world. You'll be able to pick from characters like the heroic mouse, a magical crow, a sneaky pine martin, and a charismatic squirrel, along with eight others.
This age inclusive experience will offer adventures into other worlds like Wonderland, Grimm's Forrest, and The Labyrinth. Upon your return, you'll have to defeat the giant praying mantis in order to return to your cozy cottage home, just in time for dreamland.
Stay Tuned.
Never Stop Reading,
Carolyn R. Stiles
Word Play
A word a day keeps the brain rot away. Use the example Word Play Map ------->
to dissect a word. Here are this month's words:
Octopus
Scribe
Correspondent
Pigment
Smudge
Tattoo
Newsie
Cuttlefish
Ink
Quill
Journal Prompts
- I feel most relaxed when I am doing...
- If I had to create a pallet to describe me, I would use ... , ... , and ... and call it...
- Set a timer for 1 min. Keep your eyes closed and take 3 breaths, then write down the first 5 things that come to your mind.
- This or That: Coffee or Tea & Iced or Hot (be sure to elaborate)
- If I had 3 wishes from a genie, they would be...
- I miss...
- If I had $50 extra dollars right now, I would...
- You are having a dinner party, who are you inviting (guests can be dead or alive)?
- Excluding people and pets, if you had time to save 5 things from a fire, what would they be?
- If you could transform into an animal for 1 day, what would you be, why, and what would you do?
This Month's Short Story
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This $35 lifetime membership grants you exclusive access to all of Carolyn R. Stiles works.
- The Collection of Thirteen
- A Witch's Sorrow
- Kings and Queens
- Election, Set, Match
- Murder After Bedtime
- Angel of Mercy
- The One We Called Mother
- The Women's Web
- Out Of Spite
- To Feel Numb
...and so much more on the way!
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