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October 15, 2016
Halloween Reads 2016! #halloween #scarystories #haunted
It’s that time of year again! Time for me to share some of my most haunting stories with you. My hope is you’ll check a few of them out.
If you’re into tales of hauntings and ghosts, you’ll definitely want to read The Danbury Ghost, Samuel, and Rocky Mountain Haunt! For a quick free read sure to leave you spooked, see BONES, a piece of flash fiction I always share this time of year.
I have werewolves, too, in Wolf!
For sexy tales about demons there’s Temple of Lilith and Her Demon Lover.
Or p...
October 4, 2016
Book of Agares #magick #daemonic
Book of Agares: A Manifestation Grimoire S. Connolly
Have you ever wished you could have a single talisman or magickal item that you could use to bring about success in every area of your life? Something that would bring your magick to full manifestation?
In this book, author S. Connolly will guide you in the creation of this valuable tool with the help of Agares (and other Daemons if you wish). With step-by-step instructions, you’ll have a powerful tool at your disposal to bring you love, m...
September 29, 2016
New Release: Shadow Marbas #thirteencovens
SHADOW MARBAS (Book 4) Audrey Brice #thirteencovens
Back in the old days, when a witch deserted his coven, the coven sought revenge. Jacob Mallory knew the stories, but he left Shadow Marbas anyway.
The saga begins.
After a disagreement between Cult of Lucifuge and Temple Apophis leaves Jacob defenseless and he discovers Marbas’ remnants of a curse, he seeks protection from Lucifer’s Haven. Shadow Marbas, however, won’t be denied. Either Jacob is theirs, or he dies. There is no in-between.
A...
September 15, 2016
Castles!!! #throwbackthursday
Everyone loves pictures of castles!
15 years ago, my husband and I did a touristy trip to Southern England. I don’t have a proper scanner for our photos, but with the wonders of modern technology (aka my phone), I took pictures of our pictures and turned them into a photo gallery to share with my readers. This is probably why they’re blurry and there are some shiny bits and strange tricks of light in the pictures. Sorry about that. It was a fun trip and we spent a lot of time touring castles,...
August 25, 2016
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August 11, 2016
Summer Lull #amediting #amwriting
I’m slowly getting back into the swing of my writing life after surgery. Back in May, during a routine exam, the doctors discovered a large mass growing in my abdomen. It had probably been growing in there the better part of four years. I was immediately referred to an oncologist who quickly determined he was 90% sure it wasn’t cancer. I will tell you this – when you’re referred to an oncologist for anything, and there’s even a slight 10% chance thatit’s cancer – writing no longer becomes imp...
July 4, 2016
Where Does Your Creativity Come From?
This past weekend my husband and I went to visit a friend of ours who is terminally ill. We were sitting on the back porch talking and drinking soda when our friend turned to me and asked out of the blue, “Where does your creativity come from?”
Admittedly at first I thought it was an existential question, as I imagine when you’re sitting on death’s doorstep (or walking down his street) you do contemplate questions like this. At the same time, it’s not the first time I’ve been asked a variatio...
July 3, 2016
Creative Vision vs. Skill
Work by S. Connolly Copyright 2015. Done in pastels and enhanced digitally. There’s nothing like reading to make you realize a few things.
What’s good is subjective to individual readers. This means that you are simultaneously a creative genius and master of prose, and a complete hack who has no business being published. (i.e. some readers will hate you, some will love you) While the mechanics of writing can be learned, passion and creative vision cannot. The latter is also subjective to eac...The Writing Life #amwriting
During a conversationwith ayoung author earlier this week, I was asked ifI still get that “butterflies in the stomach” feeling with each book.
You mean that apprehension and anxiety that happens just after a book’s release as I wait for reviewers and readers to praise or slam it? Yes. I’ll admit to that. I prefer to label it “anxiety” as opposed to “butterflies in the stomach” though.
My young protege alsoseemed rather surprised when I admitted that, after twenty-five years, over one-hundred...
June 23, 2016
Pruning the Roses!! #Hausandgarten
I didn’t get a chance to do much in the way of gardening this spring. First, every weekend for awhile there brought rain, and then I ended up having surgery requiring almost one month recovery time. Now that that’s over with, I have finally been able to wander through my garden and do some of the inevitable to-do’s. I discovered the hops have gone somewhat feral this year, the strawberries came back, the lettuce re-seeded, and I’m growing an onion in a big pot. My rose bush went wild on me....
