Spring 2024 Writing Exercises

My first 30-day writing exercise of 2024, featuring scenes written in March and April.

Day 1: Kat Darkstone & the Case of the Vandalised and/or Scandalised Pirates

An old male pirate.
Image by jacqueline macou from Pixabay.

Day 2: Happy Birthday, Sally Lyte!

Birthday presents.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com.

Day 3: Amara & the Cave Goblins, Part 1

The interior of a cave
Photo by Enrico Perini on Pexels.com.

Day 4: Perfectly Legitimate and Serious Writing Aids

Two puppets on a puppet stage.
Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels.com.

Day 5: Everybody’s Cousin vs. Rare Books

A row of old books. Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay.
Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay.

Day 6: Fine Dining with the Three Ladies of Middlesbrooke, and One Really Mean Waiter

A table at a restaurant.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com.

Day 7: “She’s Taking Her Thumb Off!”

An edited image of a woman with a thumbs-up in front of her hand.
Adapted from original images by RobinHiggins & ottawagraphics on Pixabay.

Day 8: Brought to You by the Matthias Cursor Academy of Grappleology

A woman in silhouette doing martial arts in front of the sunset.Image by svklimkin from Pixabay
Image by svklimkin from Pixabay.

Day 9: The Stenchmarsh is Lovely This Time of Year

A frog in a swamp.
Photo by Francesco Ungaro on Pexels.com.

Day 10: Kat Darkstone vs. Working Pro Bono

Several rolled-up papers.
Photo by Brett Sayles from Pexels.

Day 11: The Lyte Brigade vs. Living Statuary

A painting of a bust of Poseidon. Image by Brigitte Werner from Pixabay
Image by Brigitte Werner from Pixabay

Day 12: The Gold is the Curse

Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com

Day 13: Kat Darkstone Meets Her Idol’s Sister

Side by side portraits of two women in glasses. Combining images by by Apostolos Vamvouras and omerkurtnet from Pixabay.
Combining images by by Apostolos Vamvouras and omerkurtnet from Pixabay.

Day 14: Nymph Softly and Carry a Big Stick

An image of an angel statue edited to be holding a pool cue. Modified from images by NoName_13 and StockSnap on Pixabay.
Modified from images by NoName_13 and StockSnap on Pixabay.

Day 15: Dunstana’s Magic Lake-Sword

A hand holding a sword emerging from a lake with a bird on a branch in the foreground.
Image by Darelle from Pixabay

Day 16: The Roast Duck Delivery Girls

A roast duck.
Photo by Christine Cleireny on Pexels.com

Day 17: Kat Darkstone: Most Selfless Best Friend in Realmgard; Amara Valda: Smoothest Woman in Realmgard

A print of King Arthur and his knights on a paper background.
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay.

Day 18: Kat vs. Dunstana & Swords and Explosions

A katana with an explosion in the background.
Composite of images by Gerd Altmann and OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay.

Day 19: Amara & the Cave Goblins, Part 2

A silhouette of a woman in a crown
Photo by Kristal Tereziu on Pexels.com

Day 20: Kat, Niamh, and an Octopus vs. Angry Bad Guys

A person holding an octopus.
Photo by Elle Hughes on Pexels.com

Day 21: Kat vs. Amara, Tenebella, and Popular Author Howard R. Morton

Chairs in an auditorium.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

Day 22: A Session of Coat of Plates

A floor plan schematic.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

Day 23: Falcata’s BFF

A close-up of two people shaking hands.
Adapted from a photo by Yaroslav Shuraev from Pexels.

Day 24: Egeria vs. a Parrot’s Philosophical Outlook

Photo by Ilo Frey on Pexels.com

Day 25: It’s Not Quite a Bear, and It’s Not Quite a Wolf, and It Hatched from an Egg for Some Reason

A large egg.
Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com

Day 26: Badger Godmother

A badger's face edited onto a cartoon Fairy Godmother.
Adapted from images by Stefan Schweihofer, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, and andyballard, from Pixabay.

Day 27: The Young Ladies of Realmgard and the Animals They’d Be

An edited photo of a shark bear: a polar bear with fins, with a filter making it look like it's underwater.
Adapted from images by Markus Kammermann and Pixabay.

Day 28: The Fall of the Hammered Nail …Again

The burned-out remains of a house.
Photo by Pille Kirsi on Pexels.com

Day 29: Matilda Lyte vs. a Beautiful Man from Yamatai

A cartoon depiction of a samurai.
Adapted from an original image by g_parry0 from Pixabay.

Day 30: Dunstana Gets Embiggened, Swords Some Bad Guys

A woman holding a glowing sword.
Photo by annie 🙂 on Pexels.com

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