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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 5h

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day17 #Chapter2 “Patrick, don’t #treat me like I’m an idiot. I may not understand the numbers and formula and all that code you have written, but I know this project is huge.”

Time Travel Authors – 17 October prompt: Saturday excerpt (optional word: trick/treat)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 15h

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and then post a picture of a boat you like. We weren’t the only ones on the ocean returning from Dry Tortugas National Park

An old-fashioned sailboat passed us on the ocean on a cloudy day

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 17/10/2026

I ordered this cute French Bulldog pin online for my friend for Christmas. This is why I start shopping in October.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 15/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day15 I have yet to have any marketing success, weird or otherwise.

Time Travel Authors – 15 October prompt: Weirdest marketing idea that worked

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 13/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day13 I know that if it were me, I would LOVE to hang out with the two male characters my FMC meets in the past.

Time Travel Authors – 13 October prompt: Would you like to be friends/hang out with any of your characters?

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 11/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day11 Although it’s not the premiere time travel film, I like “Kate and Leopold” bc the FMC chooses to go back in time and stay there.

Time Travel Authors – 11 October prompt: A non-book example of time travel that stands out to you? (Ewan Stone)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 10/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day9 Curious... I think it might be my main character. Although, as the story progresses, it might be one of my MMCs.

Time Travel Authors – 9 October prompt: Most cynical character

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 10/10/2026

I just bought concert tickets. I'm super excited! Judge me accordingly. #WhippedCream #OtherDelights #ATasteOfHoney

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 08/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day7 #Chapter2 She tried swallowing to calm the cough, but that, too, made the situation worse, and she began coughing #embarrassingly loudly.

Time Travel Authors – 7 October prompt: Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: embarrass)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 07/10/2026

Happened to catch a flock of migrating birds before they left town

A cluster of hundreds of birds in flight above the treetops.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 07/10/2026

Lots of favs, but his being unfazed by the Grand Tetons is just so him, and fits with the vibe of this thread.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 07/10/2026

Thanks to out #WriteStuff loyalists. We’re so glad you joined us! Here's a picture I took today on my drive home. Enjoy just one day in autumn!

A tree with both green and golden leaves and blue sky behind it.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 06/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day5 Yes, in fact, my FMC nudges one of the MMCs to proceed with what will become one of the most significant elections in American history.

Time Travel Authors – 5 October prompt: Does anyone see any important and/or historic events?

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 04/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day3 The mind and spirit of this man, whose strength and swagger mesmerized me, proved equal in dancing as in his aim.

Time Travel Authors – 3 October prompt: Saturday excerpt (optional word: ghost/spirit)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 03/10/2026

Yardwork for me and the bees (I planted bulbs with the final result being just dirt, so no pix).

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 17/09/2026

When you and your husband are in two different states, but seeing the same thing. 💕🌅

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 16/09/2026

Here’s a bit of nature for your midweek.

A flock of starlings fly over a pine tree.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 09/09/2026

Sounds hormonal, and I don’t say that in a blowing-off-women way, but in a genuine start-thinking-about-your-future-health way. You might think you’re too young, but I 100% reco this book earlier rather than later (trust me, I’ve been there):

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 08/09/2026

Finally saw me a grizzle bear in Yellowstone (well, just outside the park, but close enough)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 02/09/2026

FedEx: Your package was delivered. Narrator: …to someone else’s house.

A picture of a box in front of a house that is nowhere in the vicinity of my house.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 01/09/2026

FedEx: Here’s the proof that our driver attempted delivery: Narrator: Delivery was not attempted.

FedEx photo showing the driver was at the delivery location is completely unidentifiable. The text says the recipient was unavailable.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 24/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day23 There’s Chewy, a gerbil named after a pet rat my kids had about three decades ago.

Time Travel Authors – 23 August prompt: Pets or animals in your story (asked by popular demand)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 22/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day21 An author quirk: Years ago I was told that in fiction, you cannot have your characters tackle an extreme task w/o having some experience, so I wrote my FMC finish hiking the Appalachian Trail in chapter 1.

Time Travel Authors – 21 August prompt: A character quirk (or your quirk!)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 20/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day19 #Chapter1 She could count on one hand how #many hot meals she’d eaten since crossing the Mason-Dixon line, much less since stepping off Mount Katahdin last June.

Time Travel Authors – 19 August prompt: Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: many)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 20/08/2026

The tips of this cluster remind me of each little day of summer, reaching out to the sun, individually, barely distinguishable, but collectively enhancing every blossom in tiny ways. Thank you little flower!

A Rocky Mountain Bee Plant with a cluster of tiny lavender flowers, each featuring tiny tentacles like a firework.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 19/08/2026

A4 #WriteStuff: I'm going to say the book I finished reading today. This guy did a ton of cool sh&% outdoors, and they've got him sitting at a table in a white tent reading???

The cover of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 17/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day17 My FMC would hate traveling to the future. The only reason she survived the past was bc she already knew what was going to happen.

Time Travel Authors – 17 August prompt: Does anyone travel to the future? What did they (or would they) think of it? (NaraMoore)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 15/08/2026

Years ago, i asked my friends for reco for a weather app that was clean and uncluttered. A week ago, said app updated its interface to a cluttered mess. My search began again and I found these two new interfaces that I kind of like. I thought I’d share in case you’d like to see what’s out there.

A weather app with a dark screen shows the temperature as 66 degrees with rain

A weather app with a white screen shows the temperature as 79 degrees with drizzle

A weather app with a dark background shows the hour-by-hour temperatures using a colored bar graph. The symbol of a sun and a temperature of 58 degrees appears at the top.

A continuation of the previous image, this screen shows the bar graph from the bottom of the previous image, plus a series of horizontal bars showing the highs and lows for the next 8 days.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 15/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day15 #Chapter4 The staring #match continued and when they both finally blinked, she and the small-sized canine reacted violently, startled, yet her opponent fell to its side.

Time Travel Authors – 15 August prompt: Saturday excerpt (optional word: match/same)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 15/08/2026

Me: Hello, I don’t think we’ve met yet. I’m one of your neighbors. Stop by and say hello whenever you’re outside our house. Fawns:

Two fans, still with their white-speckled coats, started at the camera as they stand in the middle of tall grass.

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 08/08/2026

I feel this! Can’t wait to sit out on the deck soon!

A pint of beer is held up as if toasting the distant mountains

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 08/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day5 Even a couple months ago they protected me from the #bitter cold, borrowed, like so many other layers, from the men of the wilderness.

Time Travel Authors – 5 August prompt: Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: bitter/sour/mean)

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 04/08/2026

Driving home on my commute last night and noticed this:

A rear-view side mirror on a vehicle with trees in the background and a sticker on the mirror that reads, “I love you, drive safe [heart emoji]”

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 03/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day3 My FMC and her brother live and work in a smaller eastern state, perhaps somewhere the size of Asheville NC, but more likely in VA. It’s not relevant to the story, just convenient for the author.

Time Travel Authors – 3 August prompt: Where does your main character live/where are they from?

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 02/08/2026

Yup. My Pompey passed a year ago today. Aren’t we lucky to have loved them?

An English Bulldog rests its chin on a big brown dog

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