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Hope you haven't consumed it all waiting for your Silver Award, Ardrhys! 
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Outlander
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Some interesting food for thought: Why Outlander’s Birth Scene Was So Unusual
The whole "twilight-sleep birth" just freaks me out.
Outlander
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Woohoo! Outlander Season 3 is finally here! Voyager is one of my favourite books in the series so I'm really looking forward to this. To celebrate, here's some fun:
Stephen King: The Writer's Voice
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I haven't read any of Joe Hill's work yet so I'll have to look him up. In the meantime, here's more about his dad: The essential Stephen King: a crash course in the best from America’s horror master
QH: What are you producing? What do you require?
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ardrhys:
So what advice would you have for someone who may like to try their hand with verr?
Raising goats is a lot of fun! You'll find Sombra's general instructions here . At the most basic level you just have to keep them fed & watered.
Also check out the Adpot-a-Goat program if you'd like some starter goats 
I end up devising some amusing personal challenges with mine. The first was to start with a pair of multi-cross verr and see how many colours I could breed (8 out of 9 - I never managed to breed a Northern from scratch).
Then I played with raising all 9 original colours using the least number of feeders (5 feeders).
Now that two additional colours have been added, I'm trying my hand at raising a "rare" verr using a male multi-cross and my stock of purebred females.
If you have any specific questions just yell!
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 10 Aug 2017 08:33:03AM
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ardrhys:
Phew! Hard work...
but rewarding.
Isn't it just! Congratulations, Ardrhys!
Stephen King: The Writer's Voice
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Mansur Marawi:
Have you read his "On Writing?" It's a fascinating look into his personal life and the intersection between that and what he calls his 'writer's toolbox.'
I have! A most enjoyable read with, as you say, a glimpse into his life. I'd like to say that it improved my writing skills but not so much (and not his fault!).
Do you have a favourite SK book, Mansur?
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 09 Aug 2017 03:41:22PM
QH: What are you producing? What do you require?
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Lady Hartfield:
I guess I was a bit disappointed with the issues with the verr/goat breeding, and haven't been super-happy with the extra-crafty direction the system seems to have turned.
I wasn't all that pleased with the verr breeding issues myself. I had just reduced my flock (from having purebreds of every colour) to a modest four colours and the breeding bug put a damper on my new breeding direction. I never did manage to get any help with it but fortunately it seems to have worked itself out now.
With renewed enthusiasm, I'm now trying to breed a "rare" verr using a multi-breed male & my purebred stock.
I'm still trying to access the impact of the "extra-crafty" direction. Mostly I've adjusted but I really do miss being able to buy/sell things like seafood individually for coins. Selling one salted lobster in a basket is just overkill so everyone has switched to selling in bulk and because of the extra steps involved (getting a box/basket, getting salt) mostly everyone is selling for L$. Not sure Sombra anticipated that.
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Mansur Marawi:
What is the DFS system?
I am just dipping a toe into Unity Empire, myself. I chose it because it seemed to allow for more customization while being less Gor-oriented than other systems.
It's the brand-new Digital Farming System . Elisabeth has been trying the beta system and seems to be enjoying it. Perhaps she will post more about it.