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July 5, 2016
Guest: C.D.Gallant-King - Hell Comes to Hogtown - Interview #WriterlyWednesdays 34
Please join me today in welcoming C.D.Gallant-King to my blog. It's his second visit here and today he will be talking a little about himself and about his wonderful new comedy horror, Hell Comes to Hogtown.
C.D. Gallant-King
Hell Comes to Hogtown - Interview
A comic book nerd and a pro-wrestler try to clear their names in a kidnapping while evading a bloodthirsty demon hobo…
THE TRAILER!
THE INTERVIEW!
When last we spoke you had just released your first book, Ten Thousand Days. Your new...
July 4, 2016
Recipe: Lemon & Lime Vodka Trifle #TipsTuesdays
Welcome to Tips Tuesday 34. Today I would like to share with you a recipe for a wonderful, adult trifle. If you are making it for children or those who don't partake of alcohol, just replace the vodka with water and it will be just as tasty, without the added kick.
Lemon & Lime Vodka Trifle
This makes 12 individual trifles - if you want to make one big one, just put it all into a big bowl. You will probably need to up the number of trifle sponges and reduce the amount of custard.
Ingredients...
June 28, 2016
Always Seeking Creators of All Kinds for #WriterlyWednesdays
Welcome to Writerly Wednesdays this week. Today I have no indepth post since I wrote about writing yesterday as well (Trying - Sometimes the Only Way - #TipsTuesdays 33), but I am always looking for people to host for other Writerly Wednesdays - hence today's topic.
Always Seeking Creators of All Kinds for #WriterlyWednesdays
If you are a blogger, comic creator, cover artist, author or anything else to do with writerly things I would love to host you for Writerly Wednesdays. I have a few dates...
Trying - Sometimes the Only Way - #TipsTuesdays 33
Welcome to my blog, today I would like to talk about trying things, because sometimes it's the only way to know if you are going to like something. I hasten to add this does not apply to things that may endanger your health, more things that will open your mind in the intellectual sense :).
Trying - Sometimes the Only Way
This whole topic came about because of the film Pride and Prejudice with Zombies. I kid you not. I didn't think I was going to like it, then I watched it and it is awesome. I...
June 27, 2016
The Conjuring 2 - Sometimes Seeing the Monsters is Terrifying Too #MonsterMondays 40
Welcome to a new week, let's hope it's better than the last one. Now the other week I talked about how the hidden monster can be much more frightening than the seen one, but The Conjuring 2 has a monster you definitely see and it's terrifying :).
The Conjuring 2 - Sometimes Seeing the Monsters is Terrifying Too
It's somewhat ironic that I am talking about monsters that are seen when The Conjuring 2 is actually based on The Enfield Poltergeist, a phenomenon which is inherently not seen.
The film...
June 22, 2016
The EU Referendum - #ThinkyThursdays 16
There is only one topic on everyone's lips today in the UK and that is:
The EU ReferendumFor those outside the EU, who haven't had this thrust at them through lots of news sources, today the UK is voting on whether to remain in the European Union or the leave it. The feelings are so strong in certain areas that we've had an MP murdered over it, or at least murdered over issues brought up by it.
Now I don't often talk about voting on my blog, because I believe you have to go where your conscienc...
June 21, 2016
Guest - Deb Atwood - Joint Review of A Tale of Two Sisters #WriterlyWednesdays 33
Welcome to Writerly Wednesdays 33 and please join me in welcoming the lovely Deb Atwood, author, to my blog. Today, thanks to Deb's wonderful suggestion, we are doing something a little different. We both share a love of ghost stories and we have done a joint review of one we both enjoyed. We very much hope you enjoy the result.
Please note the review has one small explicit spoiler in it, but discusses the rest of the film in very general terms.
A Tale of Two Sisters - A Review
Genre: horror, my...
Spiralizers are Awesome (and Healthy) #TipsTuesdays 32
I have a new kitchen gadget and I have to share how wonderful it is. Welcome to Tips Tuesdays 32.
Spiralizers are Awesome (and Healthy)
So at the weekend I bought myself a spiralizer, thanks to a recommendation from a friend on Livejournal. For those in the UK - they have one in Range for 10 :). I have been coveting one for months, and when I found out how cheaply I could get one (they are in fashion so have come down in price greatly just recently), I had to have it :).
For those unfamiliar wit...
June 16, 2016
My Thoughts on Orlando and US Gun Control #ThinkyThursdays 15
My Thoughts on Orlando and US Gun Control
It's hard to think of anything this week without considering the terrible events that took place in Orlando. Too many lives were lost, too many people were hurt and too much hatred was vented.
We are supposed to be civilised human beings.
The Orlando atrocity was both a hate crime against LGBTA people and an act of terrorism. The loss of life is simply horrendous and my heart goes out to the families of the victims and to those who survived and now have...
June 14, 2016
Free Fiction Serialisation - The Dos and Don'ts #WriterlyWednesdays 32
Welcome to Writerly Wednesdays 32, this week I want to talk about serialisation and how it can grow an audience. I have not serialised any of my original work (yet), but I was reading a post on how to use Wattpad the other day and serialisation came up. What I have done is used serialisation to grow an audience in the fanfiction arena, and the same principles apply.
Free Fiction Serialisation - The Dos and Don'ts
Way back in 2003 when I had barely been on Livejournal a year and had just started...
