Magnificent attempt. Emojis are relatively foreign to me, but what I was trying to say: MC's voice breaking across the stars, still reaching for life. I will practice more. :-)

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"She couldn’t see all of it, but she felt the cosmic dance unfolding around her—the chorus of celestial movement resounded in her very bones. ... the air swept up a faint scent of elemental dust. Red inhaled fully—a subtle reminder of connection and all the mysteries that lay beyond her reach."

I'm always touchy-feely for quality and resonance more than numbers and word count. BUT goals provide direction and incentive.

Amanda, thanks for reposting! Jennifer

Does it count as a WIP if I wrote this on the fly?
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"... the collective embraced the name’s connection to older earth, and indeed unanimously adopted it for their new home world--without the trailing ‘a’. But then the name of the new world was not the most important of their considerations."

New here. Don't know what I'm doing ...

So ... on sites like Substack where authors can elect to allow comments on their writing from only paid subscribers ... is it for monetization (nothing wrong with that) OR is it because the author doesn't want unfavorable or contrary comments? Rare but maybe a form of censorship? Just wondering.

Season of the Witch! Yay! Donovan!

Do you ever notice yourself avoiding what you most want to name?

I agree the word has duo meanings, perhaps even as it originated. People at various times in history have feared technology. I recall the fear struck among co-workers when our pay was deposited in our checking accounts, and my grandfather's fear of anything but cash. LOL

Thank you so much. I have fun with it.

Love the imagination here!

Creating a multimodal language developed by my synesthetic sentient aliens!
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