IWSG & 1 year of my blog.

Hola and Hello my beloved readers

How are you? 

Señorida Anastasia here

The awesome co-hosts for the August 7 posting of the IWSG are Feather Stone, Kim Lajevardi, Diedre Knight, C. Lee McKenzie, and Sarah - The Faux Fountain 

You will find a lot of amazing writers here:

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html?m=1

My gratitude to the hosts!

August 7 question - Do you use AI in your writing and if so how? Do you use it for your posts? Incorporate it into your stories? Use it for research? Audio?

I've been trying to use a bit of the archaic style while writing poems(Just experimenting). AI is like my tutor. It's always there to give answers to all my queries.  

I did seek help from AI after I wrote the first post for IWSG. I were new to this. My innocent question to AI were if the post was 'OK' to post. It was just that one time. 

No. My stories are completely my doings.

I did convert my story 'Mary's Will' into audio using Google Translate just for the sake of hearing it. It sounds way better in my voice anyway. 

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First DraftI got my first draft printed. Will start editing soon. The people who printed this were too thoughtful to read the title and provided a yellow cover.  Never thought I'd reach here and if I got here, maybe I can get this published one day.

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1 year anniversary 

27th July 2024 marked the first anniversary of our Glittering Black and Señorida Anastasia. 33 posts, 28 followers in the WhatsApp community, almost 80 comments with stories, poems, IWSG posts and the such. It is nothing less than what is more.It was a wonderful learning experience. I'd have to thank you all for it. It means alot. 'Thank you' seems too meagre to express.

From the rookie post of Who am I   to the short story Mary's Will ! And this

Glittering Black is still finding purpose. 

My heart sings the gratitude towards all of the kindred spirits who have inspired, supported and contributed. 

I expect you all hereafter<3!

May Glittering Black prosper... with greater purposes🖤

On this very day(27 July this year) I got a baby brother. We named him Adam Muhammad. Adam has always been one of my beloved names. 

If you can spare 1 minue and 26 second, get a sneek peek from my gallery on 1 year of the blog YouTube

Hope for the better feelings of our heart. 

Now might be a time to strengthen our prayers or raise awreness.  

The rain had took its monstrous form here in Kerala. The school had shut for 5 days. Some schools are made relief camps. Landslides occured at Wayanad. Palakkad(my district) is were on red alert and when I'm still lucky to be on a safe zone, many people including my friends aren't too lucky. Now the school have reopened.

A war is happening on our world. Innocents of Israel and Palestine aren't lucky as we are.

Such events are happening all around the world. Sadly.

Tata bye bye. See you next time.