lyttlejoe

Happy warm summer day to all!
          
          A Lazy Mind’s Limerick
          
          Oh, the contests I’ve entered are many
          And I’ve found some success in a few
          But as time marches on
          Before long I’ll be gone
          And how I fared in those tests I won’t knew
          (poetic license)
          
          Still, each day as I challenge afresh
          (the addiction to hard to resist)
          I race through ideas
          Whose ultimate degree is
          Close, but many have missed
          
          So I’ve chosen to go back in time
          Selecting tales I long ago writ
          To present them anew
          To an interested few
          While I lean back, feet up, and just sit
          
          They’re stored in boxes and bins
          So results won’t be right away
          And if my memory is trusted
          They’ll need to be dusted
          If indeed I expect them to pay
          
          But it’s summer, and the days are now warm
          And my balcony beckons my presence
          So with a hat and a drink
          I’ll recline and just think
          For a period of pure quiescence

Just received a gang of notifications threatening to suspend my account if I don't update info. Blocked them all. Took screenshot and sent to Wattpad. Received confirmation and awaiting result.
          It's a crock, DON'T CLICK ON THEIR LINK.
          All five joined in the last hour.

Please be aware my old account (Romizabooks) has been deleted by wattpad.

It's Ba-a--a-a-a-ck!
          The Ever-Generating Story Awards | TEGSA 2026 challenge.
          A series of song prompts to stir your imaginations. A very well run challenge with firm time lines. Check it out - super fun!
          https://www.wattpad.com/1557459125-the-ever-generating-story-awards-tegsa-2026

Hi, coming shortly is my entry into this year's Smackdown. It's a great fun challenge for any and all, with some unique prompts. It is also one of the better managed challenges in my humble opinion.
          Check it out - my entry, based on a picture prompt you can see at the challenge site.
          https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/412541033-alien-asterism

This is an update on my health. In 5 days, it'll be six months since my stroke and I'm getting better but not as fast as I first thought I would. Strokes are hard to come back from as I have learned through this long ordeal, however I think I will get at least 80 to 90% of my health back especially my walking skills and my partial paralysis on my left side. It was foolish of me to think I could go back and resume my life so quickly. It was not wise, but I have ended up in a lovely place with a great view and I'm getting unpacked and getting my paintings up on the wall and things are pleasing to me. I am typing voice to text because I cannot do it any other way.
          
          The doctors say I will know another six months how much I will get back and what I'll need to adjust to become the writer and the poet and the artist I will be by changing why my style and setting my goals where they should be instead pipe dreams that I cannot achieve.
          
          I am lasting longer in today before my brain begins to shut and then I go to sleep and I get rested I'm better the next day Each day is a process of learning and becoming the better person I should be and making myself new.
          
          Soon, I am hopeful to get a device that has a halo that fits around my head and gloves on my hands that will help connect my nerves from my brain to my hands in order for me to type again.
          
          I hope this note finds you doing well and in good spirits. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan.

Have some weekly fun with this mini challenge. A unique brain-teaser.  See all the necessary info at 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/411811449-lyrical-logline-a-tegsa-mini-contest
          
          No tedious requirements - just imagination.

The posts in this book are usually as the title says, but this time it's a little different. It has some familiar elements, but it is a totally different tale - one I just had to share.
          https://www.wattpad.com/1632140087-ruminating-in-the-aftermath-the-visitor

Hey, Joe!
          
          I'm putting together the Author Spotlight for 2026. Are there any milestones or awards you would like me to include? Please comment here, or you can send me a message on Discord or on Instagram. 
          
          Thank you! Hopefully, you will join us again this year!

Thank you thank you for reading Terms of Erasure! I looked forward to your comments, suggestions, etc. It means a lot :)