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February 7, 2019
Surprises by Firelight | Flash Fiction for Friday Fictioneers 8 February 2019
This week's photo prompt of a crackling fire made me think of Kassidy and Randy from They All Died Smiling. Not sure why, but it caused me to create a scene that happened before the book.
If you haven't read this paranormal/urban fantasy novel, Kass is the heroine. Aunt Beck and Randy are mentioned but never appear. He is her husband who dies in Afghanistan.
Anyone is welcome to play! I hope you will.
PHOTO PROMPT © Anshu Bhojnagarwala
Surprises by Firelight
By Ronda Del Boccio
For Friday Fictioneers 8 February 2019
Word count: 100
Genre Mainstream story but a paranomal series
The fire crackled and popped.
“You two should just live here after the wedding,” Aunt Beck announced.
“i thought you were thinking of selling.”
“I was. Without most of the boys here, it’s big. But if y’all stay, I won’t have to move.”
“Before you decide things,” Randy said, “I have news.”
“Good or bad?” I asked.
“Yes.” He clutched both my hands in his.
“What is it?”
“We need to move up the wedding.”
“When are they deploying you?”
“In two weeks.”
My breath caught and guts lurched.
“Kass, I need you to be my wife before, in case…”
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
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Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best 
selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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February 4, 2019
Flash Fiction: I Owe You Big Time | Friday Fictioneers 1 February 2019
flash fiction is super short, in t his cast, 100 words. Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting Friday Fictioneers. Feel free to join in the fun anytme, dearest reader!
Here's this week's photo prompt.
PHOTO PROMPT © Renee Heath
It made me think of Robert, the potter Kassidy knows in They All Died Smiling.
This is a possible future after the events of this book and the sequel.
They Al Died Smiling is available everywhere online, in bookstores, and in libraries. If your shop or library doesn't have it, simply ask for it by name.
I Owe You
For Friday Fictioneers 1 February 2019
By Ronda Del Boccio
Word count: 100
Genre: paranormal
“I owe you big time, Kass.”
Robert’s deep voice makes me melt a little inside. “No problem. They’re almost done.” I watch as the professional movers cushion and pack his expensive creations. “I’m just glad you didn’t ask me to pack your pots. I’d be terrified to break one.”
“How’s Mischief?”
“Wrapped around my neck, purring.”
He chuckles. “She’d be fluffed and hissing without you there.”
“You excited for Powwow?”
“Yeah. Ever been?”
“I wish.”
“Wanna come?”
“Um… now?”
“I could use your help at my booth.”
My brain reels.
“I’ll pay. Besides, we have a lot to talk about.”
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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February 3, 2019
Wool Gathering | Weekend Writing Prompt #92 from Sammi Cox
The weekend writing prompt is a different short word count each week. This one took me back to a playground incident after which I never heard the bell ring. I suddenly realized I was the last child on the playground.
Wool Gathering | Weekend Writing Prompt #92
By Ronda Del Boccio
36 words
Mrs. Parker wouldn’t let me stay in and read. I trudged onto the playground for my least favorite, recess.
Watching my sneakers, I walked the edge.
In real life, I whirl around and become Wonder Woman.
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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January 30, 2019
Kindred Spirits S3 E1 at the Oddfellows Home in Liberty, Missouri, No Salvation: Creepers, Thought Forms, and Stuck Spirits
I love Kindred Spirits, now on Travel Channel.Amy Bruni and Adam Berry are not just out to investigate and have experiences. They're called in to actually HELP, which they do. New episodes air Thursdays at 10 PM ET, ad are available on hte app.
The Episode
Season 3, Episode 1
No Salvation
Amy Bruni and Adam Berry are called to Liberty, MO, to investigate the Odd Fellows Home, a massive compound that once cared for orphans and the elderly. More than 10,000 people died on the property. Now their pain has fostered a malevolent entity.
A Teensy Bit about Me
As a psychic knower, medium and empath, I'm flooded with extra perceptions most of the time. As I watch shows like this, I see/hear/feel what the team encounters and get a huge amount of data without equipment.
Please know that I have huge respect for Amy Bruni and Adam Berry. Everyone's powers work differently. Even if I should have a differing perception, nothing I share should be misconstrued as criticism. I merely share what I know with my knower.
A Warning from Me AND Adam Berry
This place has long been considered haunted, and numerous paranormal investigation teams have investigated. When you stir up stuff, the spirits respond, and even if the activity started out harmless or mostly harmless,, the investigations can attract negatives.
Adam said this very thing during the episode.
Consider yourself warned. I say don't investigate if you're not able to help OR bringing/getting someone who can help fix things.
The Investigation Begins
Adam and Amy first encountered a child that spoke audibly (sans equipment to them. There were 2 other spirits I sensed as well, one benign and one malevolent. Soon, they met a dead old man named George. I heard him say so, but they did not. It happens. Everyone's talents work differently. Someone on Twitter got the same info: He walked with a cane and stayed to try to protect the children and others from a nasty entity.
Macabre_Kitty (Sara) @Macabre_Kitty Jan 24
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Replying to @TheStoryLady @The_Kindreds @amybruniIt is absolutely George. Got the same name
One man committed suicide, but George is not that man. George said "Find Fred. Talk to Fred." This was evident to me as a medium who can work remotely, but not to them or their equipment.
The team and I saw ghostly figures in the hall. They found Fred's room, spoke to him and I felt him move along.
They soon heard angry voices in a nearby room. One said, "Get out!" One cussed. My knowing said it was a dual call, 1 in anger, and the oer from helpful spirits warning them of the negative entity nearby.
"Get Out" Can Mean 1 of 2 things
When a spirit says "get out," sometimes it's menacing warning, like get out or I'll hurt you, but other times, it's a cautionary warning, as in get out to escape harm. I experienced George and a couple others trying to urge them to back away. In another spot, they audibly heard a child warning them to leave.
"There's Something Crawling on the Ceiling!" - Amy Bruni
I know what those are. I've met them before. I always called them "Creepers" as a kid, because they creep along walls, ceilings, floors, trees...wherever they want. Imagine a 6-legged bug-like creature that drags its oblongish body along and feeds on fear and negativity, and you have a creeper.
I should try drawing one, though I'm not that kind of artist.
Validation!
The team used an SLS camera, which can catch the more esoteric energies on film, and for the first time in the history of EVER, I saw a regular-eyes visual representation of what I've always been able to see with my Magic Eyes! It gave me a thrill, I can tell you!
I have vanquished them, but I'm not going into that here.
The Team Brings in Reinforcements
They brought in help, including medium Chip Coffey. He correctly identified the source of the bad stuff as "low level demonic." He said he's had nightmares about the creepers - about things crawling around the ceiling etc.
Resolution
Psychic medium Chip Coffey identified the entity as an "egregore," which is a thoughtform. The team had all the family members and employees surround the building and inject it with their most positive memories to dispel the entities.
I hope you enjoyed this week's episode and my musings. Before you go ...
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Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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January 28, 2019
NEW! Introducing the: Paranormal Ponderings Category for My Thoughts on Paranormal TV Shows, Podcasts, Experiences, and More
Okay, y'all, since I'm fully stepping into the paranormal space and bringing out all my weird self as a psychic medium, psychic knower, seer of multi-dimensionals, animal communicator, and etc. ... and since I have LOTS of thoughts about the various podcasts, TV shows, books, and the unseen world that I can see just fine...
I've decided to create a whole new category called Paranormal Ponderings. If you want to follow this category, you can put the link to it in your RSS reader.
You'll start seeing posts about the various media I'm encountering and get my thoughts and feelings on it. Watch for the first new post very soon!
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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January 25, 2019
How Do I Publish My Book?
One question I've gotten several times is...
"How do I publish my book?"
That's a big question.
There is a simple answer...kinda...but not really.
I can't say, "Ya just add flour, sugar, and butter, mix and bake for 10 minutes."
Here's how you sort out the answer to that BIG question.
What Are My Publishing Options?
Traditional/big house publishing (means getting an agent)
Small press pblishing
Self/independent publishing
I've done all 3, and that's another story for another day.
Good News and Bad News
The good news: Publishing a book is so EASY that literally anyone with a pulse and computer access can do it for free! Just go to Kindle Direct Publishing. Boom, you're published! Most of you will decide that answers your question and go away. Except ...
The bad news: Publishing a book is so easy that anyone can do it, and most self published books are utter CRAP, like the one I tred reading that switches between present and past tense several times on the first page!
Here are 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Make Publishing Decisions
Why am I writing this book? AKA, What is my goal with the book?
What do I expect from this book?
How much time, money, and/or energy am I willing/able to invest?
"Why am I writing this book?
If you answer: To get a story out of me. or share my family's stories.
If this is what you ant, you may not need to publish at all, because just writing the story is enough. You can always have a few copies bound at an office store. This isn't something you are wanting to share with the world.
If you answer, "I'd like to publish my book and print some copies to sell to family/friends/clubs/etc."
Great, You can use KDP.
If you answer, "I wanna sell a million books or have my book made into a movie" ...
It happens, but not often. Everyone can now publish a book. Most shouldn't, or they need extreme help first. Expect to put in a lot of sweat equity and actual money for this to happen.
What do I Expect from this book?
If you just expect to get that story out of you and maybe make a few (your currency)s, that's fine.
Also fine if you have big dreams, but big dreams mean big investments of time, sweat, tears, and money. Which leads us to
How much time, money, and energyam I willing/able to invest?
Investments are time, money, and energy. Everything can be boiled down to those 3 ways of contributing.
If you expect to make any money at all, know some cold, hard facts.
Most books only sell 10 or less copies.
3% sell 100 copies or more.
1/10 of 1 % sell over a million.
I'm just sayin...it's a rough business if you really have big expectations.
If this is your big dream, expect to go full-out. Join a critique group, learn about the craft of writing. Strive too improve. Attend writers conferences.
Could you be the next sensation? Absolutely. BUt it takes more than wishing.
My friend Andy LoRusso, the Singing Chef, is one of the few who has done just that.
What's your next queston? Let me know in the comments, and I'll answer in a future post!
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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January 24, 2019
Flash Fiction: Excerpt from They All Died Smiling | Friday Fictioneers 25 January 2019
This is a flash fiction story for the Friday Fictioneers writing challenge that author Rochelle Wisoff-Fields hosts each week. Anyone can play, including you! You get a photo prompt ad write whatever that image calls to your mind.
For me, this week's image made me think of my paranormal/urban fantasy novel They All Died Smiling, available online, in libraries, and in bookstores everywhere.
While researching instances of people who died violently with smiles on their faces, reluctant demon hunter and busybody Kassidy Spence comes across this news story in the Stone County Gazette. (And yeah, it's fake news from a novel, not a real news story, ids.)Kassidy
Photo prompt:
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
Woman Drives off Hwy 13 in Lampe, Dies
by Ronda Del Boccio
Genre: urban fantasy
Word count: 10
Jessica Lambert, 28, of Tallahassee, Florida, died Tuesday when her car went over a steep embankment on Highway 13 in Lampe. Lambert was not wearing a seat belt. The Coroner’s report stated she was not intoxicated or high.
“Could be a deer hit the car and it went over, but we just don’t know at this point,” admitted Sheriff Blair.
Dick Foote of Kimberling City discovered her dead at the scene said, “She was smiling like this was the happiest day of her life. It spooked me.”
The Coroner’s Office and Sherriff’s Department have found no evidence of foul play.
Thanks for reading!
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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January 19, 2019
Flash Fiction: When One Door Closes | Friday Fictioneers 18 January 2019
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This is actually a book excerpt from my WIP Hypnotic Deception, sequel to They All Died Smiling, which is available in digital and print everywhere you love to get your books.
And yes, I ended it the way I did on purpose. No spoilers!
When One Door Closes
By Ronda Del Boccio
for Friday Fictioneers, 18 January 2019
Word count: 100
Genre: Paranormal/Urban Fantasy
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
Pen poised in my trembling hand, I read the contract, trying to make sense of the words, of their implication.
Is this what I want?
They say when one door closes, another opens. Well, Randy’s death shattered my door, then my terrible demon hunting “gift” took a good, hard crack at the cobbled shards. Still, I am not broken.
If I do this, there’s no going back.
The HR woman points at my index finger which, I discover, rests on the salary. “Plus full benefits.”
Only now do my senses register words on a page.
The door opens. “Hey, partner.”
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction: When On eDoor Closes | Friday Fictioneers 18 January 2019
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This is actually a book excerpt from my WIP Hypnotic Deception, sequel to They All Died Smiling, which is available in digital and print everywhere you love to get your books.
And yes, I ended it the way I did on purpose. No spoilers!
When One Door Closes
By Ronda Del Boccio
for Friday Fictioneers, 18 January 2019
Word count: 100
Genre: Paranormal/Urban Fantasy
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
Pen poised in my trembling hand, I read the contract, trying to make sense of the words, of their implication.
Is this what I want?
They say when one door closes, another opens. Well, Randy’s death shattered my door, then my terrible demon hunting “gift” took a good, hard crack at the cobbled shards. Still, I am not broken.
If I do this, there’s no going back.
The HR woman points at my index finger which, I discover, rests on the salary. “Plus full benefits.”
Only now do my senses register words on a page.
The door opens. “Hey, partner.”
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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Flash Fiction Weekend Writing Prompt 90: Furrowed | Furrowed Fields
A friend started participating in this weekend writing challenge, and it looked like fun, so I'm playing!
This wee's Weekend Writing Prompt #90 is "furrowed." Want to try your hand at a 40-word story? Follow the link and have fun!
In this story, you'll meet young Kassidy during her first year living with Aunt Beck, Uncle Walt, and their 4 boys. She's the heroine of my paranormal/urban fantasy novel They All Died Smiling.
Furrowed Fields
By Ronda Del Boccio
I clang the bell. Tired workers come for supper.
Rocky pulls my braid.
“Wash,” Aunt Beck commands. “All furrowed?”
Uncle Walt mops his brow.
I pile and pass the biscuits.
“Yours are as good as mine now, Kass.”
I smile.
They all Died Smiling is available everywhere! Get your bound or ebook copy online, at your local library, or from your favorite bookstore. Simply ask for it by name wherever you love buying books.
Thanks for reading! Share our thoughts in the comments below.
Cheers to your B.L.I.S.S.-FULL Life!!
Ronda Del Boccio
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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