For Tourmaline .’s last Halloween Challenge this year, costume, I used every one of my lights and “costumed” my driveway. I really enjoyed starting each day jumping out of bed and grabbing my camera, so I made this November prompt calendar to keep myself inspired. I hope you will join me and leave links toContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 31 & #NaNoWriMo Eve: Happy Halloween!”
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#OctPoWriMo Day 30 & #SoCS: The Sun Came Out and the World is a Party
Here’s the November daily prompts calendar I mentioned on Thursday. These words are much more abstract than the Halloween Challenge, but I’m hoping they will challenge me to create photographs that represent and inspire the feeling of these words while I work on my novel. I hope you will join me and post your linksContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 30 & #SoCS: The Sun Came Out and the World is a Party”
#OctPoWriMo Day 29: Warning! Nature’s Gory Horror Made Me Scream!
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, scream, I made a new filter to visually symbolize the horrible screams my skeleton candles made all night. I’m afraid they were traumatized by yesterday’s photoshoot. But then I went out to get the mail, and nature really made me scream. This is a real warning, I will be sharingContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 29: Warning! Nature’s Gory Horror Made Me Scream!”
#OctPoWriMo Day 28: Carving Into the Gooey Bits
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, carve, I went to grab a carving knife from the knife block, but it was missing. Mr. Skeleton had gotten to it first and had gone on a skeleton candle murder spree. Unlike yesterday, I had a lot of fun this morning, and everything worked the way I wanted itContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 28: Carving Into the Gooey Bits”
#OctPoWriMo Day 27: So Many Moon Songs
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, moon, I returned to the full moon created in my hearth scene the other day and played with some color gels and bokeh creatures I didn’t get to yesterday. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt, “Expecting,” ties in well with this morning’s efforts: nothing went as expected, reminding me that expectations lead toContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 27: So Many Moon Songs”
#OctPoWriMo Day 26: Playing with the Upside-down
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, creature, I experimented with an effect I noticed when I started to play with bokeh in the mirror: it’s possible to take a photo of a filter both right side up and upside down. These are my first experiments with the effect, but I got some fun results. OctPoWriMo Today’sContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 26: Playing with the Upside-down”
#OctPoWriMo Day 25: Fueling the Spirits
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, haunted, I took my single ghost filter to see what’s haunted in my world. OctPoWriMo Here we are starting our last week. I’ve decided to continue my daily poem practice through November by participating in Writer’s Digest’s November PAD Chapbook Challenge. After I finished my poem revision series last spring,Continue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 25: Fueling the Spirits”
#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Winter Blossoming
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, forest, I got up early and went out to see what the forest had to offer. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is “millstone.” The 2018 prompt was “opening.” She opens in winter as the darkness heavieslike a weighted blanketcomforting her in calmsettling solace soughtswirling silence surroundsthe thick gray cloud coverweeping upon herContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Winter Blossoming”
#OctPoWriMo Day 23: A Grave Regard
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “grave,” I recreated the ghost forest as the witches’ graveyard. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is how we honor our loved ones. The 2018 prompt was “See Me.” A Grave Regard praying for patienceto find forgivenesslisteningreally listeningrespondingeraserephraseshowing interestbeing interestedgraceno traceredefinebrave aloneuphold the idealwhile not feelingits appealwhile praying for forgivenessfinding patience NaNoWriMo PrepContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 23: A Grave Regard”
#OctPoWriMo Day 22: The Lake Betrays
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “leaves,” I left the creating to nature and she came through. It stopped raining and the lake was still and reflective. The soft light through the clouds was beautiful. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is imagining the lives of previous occupants. The 2018 prompt was “Betrayed.” The Lake Betrays Every year theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 22: The Lake Betrays”
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