Zoraida Córdova's Blog: Zoraida Says, page 17

The Melancholy Writer

Or, it is raining in New York, NY.



Just because I missed my little potato friend, and because I need to kick myself in the arse. Maybe it's the gray sky, the light rain on the tree outside my window, the soft blue blanket I bought yesterday--but I'm very much in the mood to listen to Adele and eat Ben & Jerry's.

However, Tristan 2.0 beckons me. He is an inpatient merman, wanting to know what will happen to him next.

WINNER

According to the TRULY RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR, the winner of this lovely decal is

! emilimcg !
please e-mail me at zoraidawrites@gmail.com to claim your prize;)

Mermish Madness

Or, conflicting reading issues followed by cover love.
As someone writing about mermaids, I'm staying away from the slew of mermaid books being released. It's nothing personal. I LOVE that mermaids are getting their turn in the dim light of the Vampire/werewolf craze. It's just that as I'm writing, I don't want to take the change of the influence. What if I read something and am all, "OMG, I did the same thing!" 
I don't expect anyone to understand that. But maybe if I put it this way-- In THE GOOD FAIRIES OF NEW YORK by Martin Millar there is an introduction by Neil Gaiman himself. 

He writes, "Authors are odd animals...For me, probably for any author, the biggest worry is that someone will writer the book that I'm writing, and write it first."

Thank you Neil! So while I'm purchasing all these books, I keep putting them off.

That being stated, I am so in love with this cover. It is the follow up to LOST VOICES by Sarah Porter.
Look at the jellyfish! Look at her tail! <3



PS: Don't forget! Mermaid Decal Giveaway ends Friday Sept 20th!

costumes

This week at The Nighstand, we are kicking off our Halloween Month. Saturday is my post on costumes. Here is a little preview of my favorite costume from three years ago.

Jubilee + Rogue I forgot who my lovely Laura was,
but it's still hot! 
What are some of your favorite Halloween costumes? 
PS: my mermaid contest ends SEPTEMBER 30! 

my first vlog. ever. ever.

Happy Happy Giveaway

Or, what do I do when I'm in a good mood? I give shit away. Word. Look at what I got!?


YOURS

MINE

You can put it on a wall or glass or our laptop or your car. It really goes anywhere and lets the world know that you're waving your mermaid flag. 
This giveaway is about followers. Nothing too crazy or complicated. To ENTER leave a COMMENT and FOLLOW my blogger 
+ for tweet about contest + twitter follow + Facebook Likey
ENDS SEPTEMBER 30th.I WILL ship internationally.

The sea weed is always greener like, Zoraida 

zombie land

Or, did I ever tell you guys about that time I was a zombie?

Yes, I'm a picture whore. I love getting my picture taken. I love photography. Especially fashion photography and cool artsy stuff with a lot of light, shadows, and make up.

I did this a long time ago, but I realize I never posted them. I think.

So, here they are. Make up by Lacey Allure and photography by GK










Can you guess the story line?

HEY!

Today I'm blogging over at THE NIGHTSTAND: for books both sinister and strange

http://thenightstanddebuts.blogspot.com/

I'm interviewing my main merman, Tristan Hart.

a peek at my unmentionables

and by unmentionables, I mean my sweet mermaid collection. there are tons more. but, some are too nerdy and I'm not showing you those.

just a pretty bronze statue
bottle opener doll, needs to be hung up one of two book ends

Reading List

  Or, looks at the books I just bought !