The making of a horror novelist.
Why My Daughter is the Best Daughter Ever She lives in another state and gave me a virtual 5k race for Mother’s Day. Isn’t that a clever gift when we have to be socially distant? We started the race at the same time but in different cities, and we FaceTimed afterwards. The image above is … Continue reading Mother Loves Spiders
What have I been working on lately? Here’s a mishmash of writing updates. Novels I finished the second draft of my Spheksophobia novel. It’s still a mess, but early drafts are messy. The novel I worked on ad nauseum last year, Witch of the Manor House, has been tucked away in a drawer (or a … Continue reading Writing Update
It’s National Poetry Month, so let's take a look-see at some poetic prose. Recently, in two horror novel reviews on Amazon, I claimed both books were full of poetic prose. Did the authors really write with lyricism, or was I just blowing smoke? Let's examine a couple of text excerpts to find out. This is … Continue reading Poetic Prose in Horror
First, I hope you are well. Second, I’m pleased with my writing progress this past quarter even though I hit a few speed bumps. And third, these are the books I read the first three months of 2020 along with a one-sentence review for each. I’ll link the titles to the Amazon e-book page in … Continue reading One Sentence Reviews: My 1st Quarter 2020 Reads
I started a short story every day in February. It was part of Kathryn Ptacek’s February Story Starts challenge. (Ms. Ptacek is the Horror Writers Association's newsletter editor.) You start a new story each day, but you don’t aim to finish it. The challenge is about consistency and creativity. I know from NaNoWriMo that I … Continue reading 29 Short Story Starts
In my WIP (work-in-progress), a mad scientist named Dr. Gerhardt manipulates wasps for his own warped purposes. Presumably I don’t have a warped mind, but like Dr. Gerhardt, I’ve manipulated things. I've made changes to my blog to make it more user-friendly. 8 Bloggerly Manipulations 1. When I post an image, I describe the image … Continue reading 8 Mad Scientist Blog Manipulations
