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I think I've found the shape of "Ties of Iron, Ties of Blood."

And the best part is, I get to reveal the ending in the second chapter, and make the whole book about the journey.

"Baron, do you remember seven months ago, when I said in three seasons you'd turn to me and say, 'what now' and I'd rather be able to say 'give me two days' than 'I'm out of options'?"
"Aura, you're not about to--"
"You haven't got the extra two months, it seems. Fetch Chelin, have him gather riders. Send one to Krolik for Dagos and Inika, another to the capital for a sage. By the time they return, I should be done."

#Writing

I may have just made the best career-limiting move today. I told a recruiter that I could pass a drug test as part of a job offer on the grounds that the company requesting it sign a contract subject to binding arbitration that they won't test after the initial hire.

I love sleeping in the Observatory when I can. In that space, a megameter from Earth, I'm surrounded by stars created by my community.

The only downside is that the beanbags in there go soft and flat top easily, so I usually wake up spiritually refreshed and physically beat.

Purification isn't a process, insofar as it isn't part of the alchemical transformation. It's the recognition that metal is in an impure state, and needs to be refined before it can be transformed. Before we can even calcinate, we must remove that which could spoil the work, wasting time and energy, and resources.

Hey, @Fuego, looks like Mr. Bear found the box. Thanks to the walkers-between for making a connection. Filtration of Mercury, Multiplication of Copper, Distillation of Lead.

Apotheosis as a Service.

Take care of yourself today.
The world can be a scary, frightening, and cruel place. I know that.
If you're scared or hurting, if you're upset or afraid, I see you. Your feelings are real. Your emotions are valid. You matter. You make a difference in the world just by being here, by living, by dreaming, by being in the world. Your presence shapes the world around you, even if you can't always see how.
Always move towards the best and truest you, and trust that others see the work you're doing.

I haven't identified as American since September 11th, 2001. I wrote then that I was more afraid of my government using the attack as an excuse to slouch towards authoritarianism, and of the jingoists defending them in the name of patriotism, than I was of the terrorists.

Very little in the last sixteen years has challenged that emotional shift, and every mass shooting followed by "thoughts and prayers" with no meaningful gun control reform reinforces it.

4473 words on Deal Part 2. Post should go live next Saturday. Progress!

Now I just have to figure out the rest of the damned novel structure. *blush* I know what I want to have happen by the end. I just have to figure out how to get there.

@literorrery Battery terminal was corroded and loose where I couldn't see it. A jump got me to the service station, they fixed it. Yard now has about ninety percent less blackberry vines and I have about a thousand percent more physical injuries.

Digestion leads to distillation. Short-term successes that show the Work is working. https://awoo.space/media/T2trSkh-bPBIiSzhq9c

Car won't start, two hours of sleep 'cause of insomnia, and I have a long list of tasks whomst demand. Lovely start to the day.

Digestion of iron. Filtration of gold. Do the shit you have to do because you have to do it.

Great Work, I have had the worst idea.

A Gay Furry Harlequin Romance imprint. A publisher of furry gay romance stories written under a common imprint. I know there's the Cupcake series, but Sofawolf also puts out things that aren't Cupcakes. I'm talking "a furry gay Harlequin Romance publisher."

Four Seasons of (
Three Months of (
One Commencement Day,
Four Weeks of {
Seven Days
},
One Summation Day
},
One Transition Day
} Should be 364 days.

364 days plus a leap week
Every fourth year,
But not every twelfth,
But every seventy-second,
But not every 864th,
But every 7776th,
But not every 15552nd,
But every 46656th,
But not every 279936th,

Should lose one day from the true sidereal every 461159.18 years.