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May 11, 2016
Seeking Creators of All Kinds for #WriterlyWednesdays
Welcome one and all.
Seeking Creators of All Kinds for #WriterlyWednesdays
I am seeking writers and book people of all kinds to feature on Writerly Wednesdays. If you are a blogger, comic creator, cover artist, author or anything else to do with writerly things I would love to host you.
If you have a book, publication or event to publicise, that's great too - all I ask is that there is some content to the post as well as the advertising. For example, if you are publicising your book, either a gu...
May 10, 2016
Why Document Styles Can Save Your Sanity #TipsTuesdays 27
Welcome to my blog as we return to the regularly scheduled programming after the wonderful madness that was the AtoZChallenge.
Why Document Styles Can Save Your Sanity
Now I know many, many people already know all about this, but having bumped into a few who still don't I decided to write a post about it for Tips Tuesdays 27. I will be talking specifically using examples from Microsoft Word, but the same principle applies to most document software and even HTML. It's also not just books it's us...
May 8, 2016
#AtoZChallenge Reflections 2016
It's AtoZChallenge Reflections day and welcome to my blog as we all share our experiences of this year's wonderful AtoZ. I don't know about everyone else, but I really, really enjoyed this year and found even more wonderful blogs to read.
First of all I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who visited my blog this year. I have had so much fun sharing all my choices of Fictional Phantoms with you all. I have some comments I haven't replied to yet, but I will try to get to them :)....
April 29, 2016
Z - Zhong Kui - Fictional Phantoms #AtoZChallenge 2016
We've finally made it, the last day of the AtoZChallenge and the letter Z, which is always a little troublesome. For Fictional Phantoms today I have a chap who is more demonic than ghostly in the incarnation I have chosen, but he had to die to get that way, so I think he counts.
Zhong Kui (Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal)
Chen Kun as Zhong KuiZhong Kui is a traditional folklore hero in Chinese mythology. He was made king of ghosts by the Hell King after he committed suicide.However, i...
April 28, 2016
Y - Sadako Yamamura & Yuki-onna - Fictional Phantoms #AtoZChallenge 2016
The second to last day of the AtoZChallenge, I hope everyone has been enjoying this years fun. Today, for the letter Y I have two female Japanese fictional phantoms for you. Both have a penchant for killing people, but for differing reasons.
Sadako Yamamura (Ring)
Sadako Yamamura is the ghostly character at the centre of the Ring novels and films.At one time she was simply a human being who had certain supernatural powers, but in all versions of the story, these powers cause events that least t...
April 27, 2016
X - Xavier Brown - Fictional Phantoms #AtoZChallenge 2016
Welcome to X in the AtoZChallenge. I'm very sorry, I couldn't find a Fictional Phantom for X, so I have made one up. I hope you like him - I might use him in a story one day.
Xavier Brown (My Imagination :))
Xavier Brown died after contracting smallpox at the age of seventeen, the same winter his mother died of the disease. However, unlike his mother, his cause of death was not, in fact, the pox.After his wife's death, Xavier's father, Robert, went slightly mad. He can to believe the only way t...
April 26, 2016
W - Sam Wheat & Myrtle Warren - Fictional Phantoms #AtoZChallenge 2016
Welcome to W day on the AtoZChallenge. Today I have two tragic ghosts who were both murdered, but did not come back as vengeful demonic entities. One remained because of love, the other to annoy people.
Sam Wheat (Ghost)
So if you are my age then Ghost (1990) is THE romantic film.In the film Sam (Patrick Swayze), a banker, has just moved to a new apartment in New York with his other half, Molly (Demi Moore). At which point we get the famous potting scene that sent requests for pottery clas...
April 25, 2016
V - Dr Richard B. Vannacutt & Vigo the Carpathian of Moldova - Fictional Phantoms #AtoZChallenge 2016
Welcome to my blog to share the letter V on the AtoZChallenge. My apologies this was not up at midnight - somehow I totally forgot to schedule it :). Today I have two nasty ghosts for you who were bad in life and bad in death.
Dr Richard B. Vannacutt (House on Haunted Hill)
In life Dr Richard B Vannacutt was a cutting edge doctor and a despicable human being.He ran an asylum for the mentally incompetent and performed grotesque experiments on his patients in the name of science. In many cases he...
April 24, 2016
U - Sir George Uproar - Fictional Phantoms #AtoZChallenge 2016
Welcome to Fictional Phantoms for the letter U on the AtoZChallenge. We're almost at the end, but I still have a few good ones left for you. Today is a ghost doing his best to protect his home in the only way he knows how. I hope you enjoy my choice for today.
Sir George Uproar (The Ghosts of Motley Hall)
Sir George Uproar is the leader of a band of five ghosts who haunt Motley Hall. These ghosts have been haunting the Hall for hundreds of years, the oldest being from the Elizabethan period.Sir...
April 22, 2016
T - The Torn Prince & Teke Teke - Fictional Phantoms #AtoZChallenge 2016
Welcome to day 20 of the AtoZChallenge and the letter T in my Fictional Phantoms series. Today is not for the faint of heart because I have two rather nasty ghosts for you. Both are less than pretty, if you catch my meaning.
The Torn Prince (Thirteen Ghosts)
Craig Olejnik as The Torn PrinceI rather enjoy a good horror movie and Thirteen Ghosts is definitely that. It's a real spine-tingler. As you can guess there are 13 ghosts in it and I have chosen the one played by one of my favourite actors...
