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Yes - what she said!
I have to admit, my first thought on seeing @deeanndmathews as a Daily Prompt was "Is this a typo? A techno glitch?" - and when I hear that super-competent, accomplished people do suffer the occasional error or techno-challenge, I feel a little better about myself. I'm not a total loss! I'm not alone!
That said, @deeanndmathews is indeed an inspiring Prompt of the Day, and I enjoyed all the freewrites, and would have written one of my own, but I've been hit and miss all month with prompts. I never did do Part 3 of the weekend freewrite. And after having "this is clearly based on true events" come up in the comments box, I'm pretty sure I'll drop it cold. (It's what Tominski would do! He knows! Mindy is the late bloomer, the one who hasn't learned to detach and let go.)
Fiction is my outlet, my therapy, my escape. If some people get on social media and hunt down my "Friends" list looking for who inspired the latest villainy, go ahead, have fun, but don't imagine feeding screenshots to the "villain" is a healthy pastime.

On the one hand, it's a sign I should censor myself. On the other hand, there was one Lesson Learned, and that was to offer NOTHING in the comment box about a story being inspired by someone who hassled me in real life.

Movin on!

Thank you Marianne for all your positive, proactive, constructive work -- in creating this community and sustaining it and growing it.
My apologies if I weary everyone with the same-old, same-old, but the good news is, nobody is obligated to read or comment on what I write.

Life is good!

Ignore what you must and invest time in what you wish to reap positive results from.
And that rose stone is indeed awesome!!! I was searching for an image like that one for my Lenna story, but "desert rose" (not the same rock) is all that came up. (Gotta learn to get better at googling.)
Thanks again Marianne and all who share their time and talent at #Freewritehouse!

We love to read your stuff!! And if real life people want to see themselves in your characters - let them.

I am deeply flattered that you think I have any kind of competence when it comes to tech stuff 😂 😘

If you like to use this image - go for it.

Thanks Marianne!
You do come across as totally competent and up-to-snuff with podcasting and cyber wallets and such.
How often does anyone come forward to say "Hey, that villain is based on ME?" LOL - more likely, they would deny any resemblance or association. :)

I love reading your stuff
I too in the hurry burry of trying to get my words out against the clock have characters similar to the ones in the real world 😅

Thank you!! You are my inspiration as well :)