Still figuring this thing out

I went home for the weekend and had moments of panic over creating a public forum. I don't know why this is such a terrifying thing for me, but I feel very brave for actually following through and coming back. I'd feel even more thrilled if I could figure out how to find and download an icon, of course then I'd have to make up my mind on what I wanted!! This world of possibility is a little more daunting when it means I have to actually become more technically literate.

I posted a response to the farscapefriday Drabble challenge, even though I hadn't ever posted anything on-line before, and that act in itself encouraged me to get a Live Journal. I have been reading people's fiction and their journals for about a year and a half, and have really enjoyed the creativity and insight (and always blushed profusely when people asked for lurkers to come out and say hi, so this is also an apology for my shyness in not announcing how much pleasure I was getting from everyone's efforts). The challenge responses were a lot of fun. They were clever, well -written and gave the reader a very nice glimpse into the more innocent versions of these characters.
Here's my entry. I haven't written fiction for a very long time, and have recently been trying to get back to it. I'm bad at plot and iffy with dialog, so these are great writing exercises and an (almost) agony proof way of re-entering the fray.
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