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#1 Leo

Posted 26 May 2003 - 01:05 AM

Hum? What, hey... oh, I'm on! Okay, where to start... I was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, graduated from med school about a year ago, and have just started my surgery rotation in the hospital I work in. *laughs* Of course, that's not my life in a nutshell!

Apart from enjoying the ethereal fumes of hospital wards, I have plenty of things that occupy my spare time. The Attic (big surprise), my stunningly purrfectly gorgeous eight cats, my parents, my grandma, and my little brother (not so little anymore: love you, Miguel!). Oh, I also love astronomy and anything related with space. Did you guys catch Hale-Bopp back in '97? *drool*. Or the first pictures of Mars' surface from the Pathfinder mission? I have a poster in my bedroom. Really! Lol! Oh, oh, oh, and apart from BG, I just *love* the Myst games, Riven being my personal favourite from the three. And I'm going to shut up now before a Wile E. Coyote falls on my head! 8)


Little Things

Hello everyone, and welcome!

This fortnightly quiz isn't so much about a theme, as it is about restraint. Any particular subjects you wish to write about will be on topic, but only if you follow the rules of this quiz.

I offer you a challenge, dear writers. In no more than two hundred words, you must construct a scene. Can you show rapture, despair, or paranoia without exceeding the word limit? Believe me, I've tried this myself and it's not easy at all. A couple of hundred words are much less than you can imagine. So my humble suggestion is: stick to the details. Stick to the little things.

For example, take a guitar string out of tune in a serenade. Does it sound of devotion, of carelessness, or just simple stage fright? What do freshly picked apricots taste like? All right, they taste like apricots, but more than that: do they taste of your lover's skin, do they taste of liberty? Of childhood memories? Why did the flames in the hearth feel so warm that night? Was it because someone put too much wood in the fire, or was it because your character was secretly planning revenge on an unsuspecting enemy?

Explore the possibilities to your heart's content... but with restraint. Perhaps those little writings will grow into a longer story. Remember though, that that's a welcome side effect, not the primary purpose of this quiz. Still, if that happens, then great! You should post those stories here too!

That said, off topic works are, of course, most welcome and appreciated. My dictatorial regime would otherwise be at risk of a coup d'etat. ;) Oh, and by the way, anyone who can tell me what Keldorn thinks of his gray hair, will get extra credits and a cushy government job. :)

I hope you all have fun!

Sandalwood




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