October is almost here which means it’s time for OctPoWriMo, Writober, and a Halloween Photography Challenge. I love using these challenges to get me into a Halloween mood all month long. This year it looks like I’ll be providing the prompts for all three challenges, so I’ll schedule prompt posts to be up just afterContinue reading “Join Me for Fun October Creative Challenges”
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Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P. XVIII) Update
I can’t believe we’re already over halfway through September. Yesterday was lovely and warm, but today feels like Fall. I’ve accepted that my summer is over, so I thought today would be a good day to talk about my progress in the Readers Imbibing Peril challenge. I linked each of the titles to the book’sContinue reading “Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P. XVIII) Update”
#Writober Day 31: Happy Halloween!
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge As I did last year, I found this Halloween challenge inspiring. I made more detailed cuts for my filters this year inspired by PBS’s Monstrum, and came up with the idea to use tiny brads to add movable aspects to my filters. Thank you Tourmaline . Today’s prompt is Costume. IContinue reading “#Writober Day 31: Happy Halloween!”
#Writober Day 30: Simple Pumpkin Party
Contradictory Abstract Nouns So here we are near the end of October. This week I looked at Here’s the calendar I came up with for my continued study through November: Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is Party. OctPoWriMo Today’s theme is Simple Pleasures. Pleasures Never Simple Pain is a thiefstealing simple pleasures the fuzzy,Continue reading “#Writober Day 30: Simple Pumpkin Party”
#Writober Day 29: #SoCS Surprise Halloween Element
I’m so excited to share that I am now a published photographer!! One of my photographs is in the latest issue of Wrongdoing Magazine. You can view it online (pages 98-99). Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS) Today’s prompt for some stream of consciousness writing is “element.” Here’s an excerpt from this morning’s journal pages: TheseContinue reading “#Writober Day 29: #SoCS Surprise Halloween Element”
#Writober Day 28: Courageous Screaming
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is Scream. This morning I’m thinking of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. How will I visualize a piercing, shrill sound? Is the scream the sound outside the body, or the gut-wrenching terror vibrating inside before it escapes through the vocal cords? And how would I visualize that? OctPoWriMo Today’sContinue reading “#Writober Day 28: Courageous Screaming”
#Writober Day 27: Carving Pretty Things Into Weak Flesh
Contradictory Abstract Nouns Today, I start looking at the last of my chosen Halloween themed abstract nouns: finding the weakness in strength and the strength in weakness. This morning’s thoughts took me full circle to watching Hellraiser to start the Halloween season. Those movies are all about carving and weakness of the flesh. I’ve alwaysContinue reading “#Writober Day 27: Carving Pretty Things Into Weak Flesh”
#Writober Day 26: Containing the Autumn Moon
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is Moon. For today’s images I thought about making a transformer filter for the phases of the moon which led me to the idea of using a small brad and turning the moon. For this filter, I used a tiny, black brad (shaped like a button) to hold aContinue reading “#Writober Day 26: Containing the Autumn Moon”
#Writober Day 25: Creatures to Represent Our Fears
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is “Creature.” For today’s images I attempted to create a creature to represent the sudden fear I felt while letting the cat out in the middle of the night. That split second horror of what if someone or something is there, waiting on the other side of the glass.Continue reading “#Writober Day 25: Creatures to Represent Our Fears”
#Writober Day 24: Use the Things That Haunt You
This Week’s Contradictory Abstract Nouns To finish out October, I’ll be looking at finding the evil in good and the good in evil until Wednesday, and then finding the weakness in strength and the strength in weakness through Saturday with my images on Sunday. When I was thinking about drinks for the Halloween Challenge theContinue reading “#Writober Day 24: Use the Things That Haunt You”
Experience Writing 