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These diary personal journal entries are in response to Queenie's No Context Challenge. All feedback much appreciated.  Joy, Lynn
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Hack from Nowheresville
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Oh I loved this! Made me laugh out loud. I would love to see more of these diary journal entries!
"Oh my gosh! Authors really do use particular words on purpose!" ~Me, when I started writing a book. 
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Haha, very cute! It figures with Lois that she'd pretty much immediately abandon her resolve not to write about the men in her life. I envision her sitting cross-legged on her couch, hair up in a messy pony tail, in sweats/pajamas (because, um, PJs!), shoveling ice cream straight from the carton into her mouth as she writes.
Very much hoping this gets picked up - by you or anyone!
Battle On,
Deadly Chakram
"Being with you is stronger than me alone." ~ Clark Kent
"One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation." ~ Figment the Dragon
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Delightful story! Had me laughing, too. That is so Lois that she would make a vow like that and then a week later violate it.
Cuidadora
"Honey, we didn't care if you were a Russian or a Martian... You were ours... and we weren't giving you to anybody." ~ Martha in Strange Visitor
"A love that risks nothing is worth nothing." ~ Jonathan in Big Girls Don't Fly
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Hi JellyS2, that you wish more entries is high praise indeed. If my muse cooperates, rest assured I will post more. But if anyone else wishes to add entries, by all means do so. DC, I love the image you have conjured. Cuidadora, A week? I thought she broke the vow in her very first entry. (I've always been a sucker for preterition...) I'm happy my "contextless" entries have brightened all of your day. Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback. Joy, Lynn
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Pulitzer
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If I were smart, I’d say, ‘To hell with them,’ and just throw myself completely into my work, the way I had done before I ever met them. If I were smart, I’d become ‘Mad Dog Lane’ once again. If I were smart, I wouldn’t let anyone get close to me. If they don’t get close, they can’t hurt me. I should just focus on getting that Pulitzer. Nope, don't become Mad Dog Lane again! That's taking a giant step backwards and away from a certain reporter from the Midwest. But I would suggest working on getting that Pulitzer... Lois Personal Journal is very interesting indeed. Lynn, could you try to write a few more entries? 
Morgana
A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.
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Hi Morgana, Thank you for your kind words. When I had last tried to write more in this vein, it seemed to become a bit repetitive and I had a strong feeling of diminishing returns. I had actually started to write one additional journal entry before throwing in the towel. And as it happens, it actually relates to what you had quoted. I had edited it out of the original post, but for what it is worth, here it is: I wrote earlier that if I were smart, I wouldn't let anyone get close to me and that I would just focus on getting the Pulitzer. I've thought long and hard about that and have decided that I was wrong. I wrote, "If I were smart, I wouldn’t let anyone get close to me. If they don’t get close, they can’t hurt me." But now I recognize that if I don't let them get close, they can’t touch my soul. I wrote, "I should just focus on getting that Pulitzer." But now I have realized that if I get the Pulitzer and have no one to share my joy with, it would just be a Pyrrhic victory. Joy, Lynn
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