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Maryn

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Mine's pretty boring, which is okay because the character's bored.

I fix the lining of my coat, harder than I expected.

Hm, how about coat?
 

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I had to search a bit to find a use of nose acceptable for this board and its regulars:

“Are you breathing all right, Cheri?”

“Yes.” Air in, air out, via mouth. I don’t really have a nose, just a mushy dripping thing above my lip.

Let's find air.
 

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I needed to absorb everything, but instead of spitting it back up on a test later, I had to keep it.

test
 

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Swapped WIPs. The previous one was a novel that had been published then the publisher folded. I had thought to revive it and shop it around, but the folks here pointed out I would have a better chance leading with a new unpublished WIP and the previously published one could be discussed later.

He stayed on his side of the bed, as he had every night since Mary Beth had stopped creeping over the center line to test the waters of his receptivity, and as he had every night since she had moved out of the bedroom to the guest room in those awful months before she left completely and for good.

Creep (or variant)
 

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Mora, well, I might have to spare my Halloween stash on that little creep.

Candy
 

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A chill wind coming off the mountains—and a decided lack of blankets—necessitated a small fire set at the bottom of the deepest pit Gev could dig with his bare hands.

mountain(s)
 

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I kicked cold, grey dirt onto the gravestone which Lewis had made using skills he had learned from his time in the mountains.

core
 

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“It’s..it’s you know...lerat!” Billie was glad he had turned off his body heat, or else he would be blushing hardcore right now.

(I know that isn't exactly the word and I'm bending the rules a little. Sorry.)

New Word: Glad
 

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“A compulsion, I swear. I am glad for her ineptitude in this instance, however. You are far more valuable this way.”

compulsion
 

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I was going to tell him something but promptly forgot as he grabbed my wrists and swung me at him.

queen
 

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From A DEADLY SPILL OF SCARLET

“Ma’am—”
“It’s Queen Watson.”
“Mrs. Watson—”
“Queen.”
“Queen, have you seen black American bulldog?”

Dog
 

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Just as I’d expected, there were certain cliques amongst the seven or eight people at the bar, and, as usual, at least one rude woman—this one scowling at me with her over-processed, fried, blonde hair and fake orange tan.

Butterfly
 

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At the time she hadn’t wanted to admit it (to Jeganna or herself) but there was something about Billie that put butterflies in her stomach and a beat in her heart.

Skip
 

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Standing and sitting around on the cold tile floors were all the cool, class-skipping, rough-around-the-edges girls, smoking.

Paws
 

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How sad: "Search key not found."

Still on "paws," then.
 

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“I told you last time. I was miserable and needed help. Roger was my best friend. Wouldn’t you run to your best friend if you were in distress?”

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Ten minutes later, a total of 7 of us were loaded up in a tiny car, squished like sardines in a can—with Sherry driving, a friend of Jane’s—zipping around Cabo in the dark.

International
 

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Man, another "search key not found." I just don't use the right words, eh?

Still international.
 
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