Hey Steemit. It's been a while. Yeah, I know. I thought I'd better come back and post something before it gets, you know, awkward. Wouldn't want us looking at each other across the room nervously trying to figure out who has to wave first. Hi!
I know I've been distant. Just know. It wasn't you, it was me. Okay, you twisted my arm. It was you. Aaaand it was also me.
So where have I been? Well, I've been hanging out most days in the MSP Fiction Workshop on Discord. It's a great place if you can get used to the smell. (I jest, you never get used to the smell). Seriously, it's really not too bad, and the place if full of the most talented writers and editors I have had the pleasure of stumbling across. The challenge is that I like it too much. So, yes, I'm Thinknzombie, and I'm an MSP Fiction Workshop-aholic. It's true. I've admitted it.
Oh, and good news, I just won 
(https://steemit.com/contest/@carolkean/carol-s-writing-contest-1-mad-cow-mad-heifer-we-all-know-one-give-us-the-dirt) (and with a name like that, I tell you, it's the contest you want to win - and I did want to win. And luckily--well, with a whole lot of support from 
If anyone wants to check out my story, it's here: https://steemit.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/mad-cow-meets-scheherazade. There were lots of great entries as well. I'm going to list some of them up here too in no particular order:
https://steemit.com/fiction/@jrhughes/larry-harry-and-the-heifer
https://steemit.com/fiction/@bex-dk/mad-cow-medical
https://steemit.com/story/@arbitrarykitten/mad-heifer-from-hell
https://steemit.com/writing/@jhagi.bhai/the-office-bully
https://steemit.com/fiction/@deltatrek/the-nurse-cow
https://steemit.com/writing/@darxide403/submission-for-the-mad-cow-short-fiction-contest
https://steemit.com/story/@lordmok/that-grumpy-lady-at-the-office
https://steemit.com/writing/@guytmartland/space-cold
There are some amazing writers on Steemit and we have a lot of them in the Workshop, but if you are reading this and wondering whether it's worth stopping by, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it is.
Anyhoo, I have digressed beyond what good manners would allow. Steemit, may I call you Steemit? I think it's time for us to end this charade. You and I both know what we're really here to talk about. Content. Where is it? What's in the works from the old Thinknzombie. There's lots. I have several new stories I'm working on right now (of of them is being torn limb from limb by our gleeful editors in the workshop (Thank you!). Another is still known only to my itchy writing fingers, but will soon be sent in for dissection. Then there is Old Dog New Tricks, which I will continue. (Chapter 1 is here: https://steemit.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/old-dog-new-tricks-fantasy-character-sketch for those brave enough to read about an old guy named...Tom.)
So don't give up on me, Steemit. We've stuck with each other this long. Shout outs to the awesome crew at #teamaustralia as well!
Okay, I'll let you get back to your cat memes again. It's been great catching up.
All the best,
Thinknzombie
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