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JA Sterling
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Presently writing fictional series, I have a lecture series on youtube for worldbuilding, and I am an admin at Fraudulent Archaeology Wall of Shame. Educated in anthropology from MSU, MT. Worked in refugee documentation in early 2000's.
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slowly fixing the first part of the prologue that deals with the birth of Attarh and his rise to power Whew ..... have another 70 pages to go....

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December 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Starting the Christmas decorations.... yikes

so in the meantime enjoy this frosty poem

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December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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A simple little winter poem… please enjoy

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December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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it is 9th and I am STILL WAY behind for December..... WAY WAY behind.....

Thus to further procrastinate I HOPE to do some on the WorldBuilding videos ....

did some new slides a while back here is one from the video series ......
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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variation one ..... this one I tried different backgrounds ... still not satisfied

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December 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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brrr weather ... last of the frost haikus with one having two separate backgrounds

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December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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with all the Christmas baking going on, ever wonder what happens when cookies are left alone???

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December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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two more fun chilly haikus

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December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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a drabble for the day

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December 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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it is a day to fill the air with crisp peppermint scents..... and haikus.... enjoy

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December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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winter poem with old cover art and embedded poem in image.....

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December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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two more Christmas haikus... enjoy

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December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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and guess what I found in the winter poem folder....

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December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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It is 64 degrees here.... brrrrr time for winter poetry .... wheeee

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December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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last of the Thanksgiving Haikus ... wheeee accomplished one small, yet irritating, item .....

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December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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the 30 days of Thanksgiving haikus is coming to a close, here are days 25-28

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December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Almost done with these turkey day haikus, not bad only a week over the holiday, lol .....

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December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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haikus days 17-20 ... only 10 left now what to do with all these haikus ...maybe a personal book

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December 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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on today's to do list is 4 more turkey day haikus and 2 pages of the prologue book....

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November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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..... these haikus are bad ... so why are they bad, well they just seem lifeless and dull

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November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Four more of the horrible thanksgiving haikus attempts….

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November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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And two more for good measure

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November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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I found the Thanksgiving Haikus I did like 25 years ago… oh my word 25 years… sigh

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November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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from a short series I did using synonyms of emotion driven words.... just for pure fun...enjoy

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November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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another fun venture into a drabble from my book series... little thoughts or emotional draw

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November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM