Three Ducks in a Trench Coat

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If I remember correctly, John Adams fell down George’s chimney and landed in a boiling pot of oatmeal.

Oh my word, I was laughing out loud when I read this! And this:

but one of them had started a rebellion which had to be put down, and he was sentenced to have his hair dyed with glitter and wash all the palace dishes “except the kni…

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Mateo

Mateo broke his gaze with Celarent to look at his little friend. He contemplated for a moment, then spoke, “Fine, but you,” he pointed at Celarent, “Better choose your words more carefully.”

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Chapter the 13th out now!

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Y’all are so so so helpful!!! I wish I could reply to each individual response, but that would take a while. 🤪

The theme I’m getting from most of the responses though is that MG needs more wholesomeness, or at least that was what you enjoyed the mos…[Read more]

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😂

Marcel

“Hey, hey, hey!” Marcel separated the two with a guarding hand. “We will not kill anybody. And I will not allow unnecessary attacks. Do you both understand?”

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Hugo
The group passed the lobby bar. Hugo stopped to grab Victor and Lois cups of hot chocolate, and to grab a thermos.

They…[Read more]

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Chapter 12 out now!

I was talking to my sister last night about the story, and we decided on a couple of things that would make us both more comfortable reading and writing in the story, which would also make things less awkward for the characters. However, I still will not rewrite…[Read more]

@theducktator

I would say keep any gender issues out of MG. I was reading MG at 7ish, and my parents never told me about any of that stuff until I was a teen. Finding out about it, even from a Biblical perspective, would have traumatized tiny me.

That’s a valid point! What I meant is illustrated anyway in a decent book. Have your characters behave…[Read more]

@theducktator

Yeah for real. My group of middle school girls ironically happens to be mostly homeschooled, but one of the other leaders has a group that is mostly public schoolers, and you can clearly see the difference. Quite often, I’ll come away from our small group time encouraged by the fact that my girls were sharing testimonies of things…[Read more]

@theducktator

Agh yes I am lol

I’ve missed being on here :/

I’ve been so busy between school and work! (I recently got a job at a coffee shop which is good because I get money! But hard because I don’t have as much free time anymore!)

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I wrote some new chapters!

They’re really, REALLY rough but hopefully you guys enjoy them

(It gives me motivation to be able to share what I wrote with people, so thank you for supporting me 😊💜)

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Same kinda situation for us! Glad you’re all okay!!

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Darn midwestern tornado season.

Tell me about it 😵‍💫😂

Did y’all stay safe??

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Praying!! Is it over?

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Mateo

Mateo suddenly stopped playing. “How about I end yours?” His voice became lower, his eyes pierced Celarent’s, striking fear into him in Mateo’s unnatural way.

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Hallie NO. I spent that whole scene with that sinking feeling that a character was about to do something stupid and she did. *sigh*

👀🫢

🤭

My dad is only 5’8” and he’s still 10 times the man that your Patrick is, Hallie. *glares*

Lemme just say, if there’s ever a sequel, Patrick’s coming back…

And you’ll prolly see what I mean by…[Read more]

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Some days we kinda forget,

Some WIPS will never go on.

Gotta get the rest of it done,

All the way to the Silver Star.

(Far away, through writer’s block so bold.)

*cough cough*

Although it’s been neglected, it has not been abandoned. We have another chapter!

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Chapter the 11th is out. I’m not too happy with this. I’m not sure I got Martha right in here and this kind of feels like a filler event. (Though it still moves the story forward.) I will press on.

@theducktator

Like the others said, that depends on your characters. (They had some great advice.)

I think it would also depend on how expected/tragic the death was. While doesn’t necessarily lessen grief, it makes a lot of difference in how one processes it. (I think. Not an expert.) In some ways it would be worse, especially if they were…[Read more]

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No worries! Thanks for responding!