Word of the Day

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Do this: a few sentences using the word of the day, posted in the comments. Easy Peasy.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5

Bailiwick

[bay-li-wik]Part of speech: noun

Origin: middle english, 15th century

• A bailiff's jurisdiction
• A person's specific area of skill, knowledge, or ability

Examples of Bailiwick in a sentence

• Criminals who find themselves tried in his bailiwick can expect stern courtroom rules.
• I'm a novice at science, but literature is my bailiwick.

Although romance and seduction were considered Solo's bailiwick, sometimes Illya got the girl.

About Bailiwick

Bailiwick has been in use in English since the 15th century, but only in the 1800s did it begin to be used to describe a person's area of expertise or study. A biology professor would most definitely be an expert on the classification of mammals.

Did you Know?

We use bailiff to describe something very specific today — the official who oversees the security of a courtroom. But in Middle English, it referred to the sheriff of a town or region, and their bailiwick was their area of jurisdiction.

Writer's and Reader's Choice!

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Tired of seeing the same authors rec'd over and over.  Why not do a little recommending of your own? The WRITER'S AND READER'S CHOICE gives you, the writers and readers of MFU fanfiction, the opportunity to post your personal picks, be it your own stories or those of your favorite author.

Dig up those stories from way back when and revive them here, or rec a more recently written piece. Post a link to them here in section7mfu

Just remember this is a gen site, however that being said, you may also rec stories of a gen-mature nature that contain violence, torture, or mild het.

Please use the tag: writers and readers choice as well as gen or gen-mature, section vii

We're looking forward to reading your recs!

Just a reminder: Writing challenges now in progress:

The Short Affair: posts every Monday

Pic Fic Tuesday Challenge: posts first Tuesday of the month,
stories due by the last Tuesday of the month

A Little Drabble do Ya: Weekly drabble challenge

posts evert Wednesday

IT'S BACK! The Song Story Challenge, Oct. 3rd

IT'S BACK TOO! The Once Upon a Time Affair Challenge!:
stories post between now and October 12th

Word of the day! Learn a new word-improve your vocabulary
by writing a sentence using it, involving the MFU (GFU counts too!)

Coming soon!
The Annual 7 days of Halloween Challenge!
Prompts to post the second week of October,
with stories due each day of the last week of the month.
You'll understand why when you see the prompts, one for each day of the week.  "D

"That niggling feeling" by mrua7 for 'The Writer's and Reader's Choice!

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Keeping up the Halloween Spirit: click on the pic to take you to AO3


Summary: Napoleon and Illya have some strange experiences while on a dead drop.

We in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true."

~ Titus Lucretius Carus.

Work Text:

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Writer's Choice: Always Occupied

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Sometimes, things aren't what they seem.  Click on the title to go to AO3.


Always Occupied

The Wrong Road - Writer's Choice

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I worte this story for mrua7, for the ScrapBook Hallowe'en challenge. Click the link to to go AO3.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16428110

(I can't post the prompt picture because, for some reason,I keep getting an error message whenever I try to access my pics.)

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