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November 12, 2011
Who Are You?
I have written several books in the last year, a few of them very dark. One of the books, 100 Unfortunate Days, was called by a dear friend "a sure sign that you are a lunatic".
I laughed this off at first because the book is certainly not about me, but the voice kept returning, and I wondered if my writing did indeed prove that I was at least partly nuts.
After looking up articles from authors including J.K.Rowling, I not only felt better about my mental health, but about my writing in general. It made me think we all have a story to tell, and we writers choose to tell ours in words. There are endless ways to be ourselves, and if we have a dark side that needs to be talked about, incorporating it in a story can be a wonderful thing.
I suddenly have more respect for people who have different passions: mountain climbing, sky-diving, singing, cooking, or any one of the millions of ways we experience our own lives. We're going through our #%@ in our own ways. Good for us. Find your thing and do it...as soon as you can. :)
Article on J.K.Rowling and how she began writing.
http://theinnerwriter.com/39/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/
100 Unfortunate Days -------------->
I laughed this off at first because the book is certainly not about me, but the voice kept returning, and I wondered if my writing did indeed prove that I was at least partly nuts.
After looking up articles from authors including J.K.Rowling, I not only felt better about my mental health, but about my writing in general. It made me think we all have a story to tell, and we writers choose to tell ours in words. There are endless ways to be ourselves, and if we have a dark side that needs to be talked about, incorporating it in a story can be a wonderful thing.
I suddenly have more respect for people who have different passions: mountain climbing, sky-diving, singing, cooking, or any one of the millions of ways we experience our own lives. We're going through our #%@ in our own ways. Good for us. Find your thing and do it...as soon as you can. :)
Article on J.K.Rowling and how she began writing.
http://theinnerwriter.com/39/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/
100 Unfortunate Days -------------->
November 8, 2011
Absorbed and Anne Boleyn
My short story Absorbed is a dark tale featuring an overbearing and abusive boyfriend and his girlfriend Violet, who finds a beautiful but mysterious gift on her doorstep.
After reading Absorbed, my friend sent an email with a link to this painting by Tansy Myer. It was recently featured at the Compound Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and was inspired by Vercor's novel, Anne Boleyn.
Myer painted Boleyn because "she was a strong woman, a rebel with convictions--and history, (written and manipulated by men) rarely looks kindly on that combination."
The painted stunned me because of remarkable congruences with my story Absorbed.
Lovely and terrible--hopefully just like my story.
Click pic and see Tansy's site------------->
Link to Absorbed below pic of Anne Boleyn---------->
After reading Absorbed, my friend sent an email with a link to this painting by Tansy Myer. It was recently featured at the Compound Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and was inspired by Vercor's novel, Anne Boleyn.
Myer painted Boleyn because "she was a strong woman, a rebel with convictions--and history, (written and manipulated by men) rarely looks kindly on that combination."
The painted stunned me because of remarkable congruences with my story Absorbed.
Lovely and terrible--hopefully just like my story.
Click pic and see Tansy's site------------->
Link to Absorbed below pic of Anne Boleyn---------->
November 5, 2011
Name the Evil
I am the happy winner of Kim Koning's Coffin Blog quest to name her psychopathic killer in her upcoming story. I will receive several books, and the thrill of having the name I chose for her character used in her book. The name for this maniac will be Michael Dali, after the Archangel Michael and the twisted and surreal mind of Salvatore Dali. Please take a look at her blog below, and get a great intro to her new story.
http://kimkoning.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/coffinhop-the-winner-is/
My cousin Michelle says 'to name it is to tame it', but I don't know if that bit of wisdom is true in this evil and twisted tale...
A bit of self-promotion...my short story ABSORBED is nearing the 10,000 mark on Amazon! I'm thrilled--please take a look--dark and bloody--a serial killer is born.-------------->
http://kimkoning.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/coffinhop-the-winner-is/
My cousin Michelle says 'to name it is to tame it', but I don't know if that bit of wisdom is true in this evil and twisted tale...
A bit of self-promotion...my short story ABSORBED is nearing the 10,000 mark on Amazon! I'm thrilled--please take a look--dark and bloody--a serial killer is born.-------------->
November 2, 2011
Everyone I Write About is at Least Partially Me
I published my first book, 100 Unfortunate Days, one month ago.
The book was written from a dark place, the darkest corner we all find ourselves in sometimes and feel we can't get out of. It is about a bad marriage, the sometimes awful experience of having children, and other areas that women sometimes don't discuss or admit. It was written at a feverish pace, and though not about me exactly, much of the book contains my own experiences and feelings. Stephen King said that all of the characters he writes about are at least partially him. We can't help it--everything we do and think and feel is from our personal perspective.
Although the narrator of my book is unstable and more than a little crazy, I found writing in her voice to be better than years of therapy. It made me think of the advice we so often hear in magazines or from friends when something or someone bothers us--write a letter you never plan to send.
Maybe we should write letters we DO plan on sending--not only to the person who has upset us--but to everyone else, too. Write in your blog, or in a magazine. We can get validation, or support, or maybe even a scolding if we deserve it--but at least the problem will no longer be only our own. Write anonymously, or under a pen name.
Maybe if we stop trying to change ourselves we will be able to write more of the truth.
The book was written from a dark place, the darkest corner we all find ourselves in sometimes and feel we can't get out of. It is about a bad marriage, the sometimes awful experience of having children, and other areas that women sometimes don't discuss or admit. It was written at a feverish pace, and though not about me exactly, much of the book contains my own experiences and feelings. Stephen King said that all of the characters he writes about are at least partially him. We can't help it--everything we do and think and feel is from our personal perspective.
Although the narrator of my book is unstable and more than a little crazy, I found writing in her voice to be better than years of therapy. It made me think of the advice we so often hear in magazines or from friends when something or someone bothers us--write a letter you never plan to send.
Maybe we should write letters we DO plan on sending--not only to the person who has upset us--but to everyone else, too. Write in your blog, or in a magazine. We can get validation, or support, or maybe even a scolding if we deserve it--but at least the problem will no longer be only our own. Write anonymously, or under a pen name.
Maybe if we stop trying to change ourselves we will be able to write more of the truth.
November 1, 2011
Coffin Hop NOOK Winner!
Congratulations to Robert T. Smales of Salem, MA, who won the NOOK Simple Touch in today's Coffin Hop Nook and Book Giveaway! How fitting that someone from Salem won a contest in the Coffin Hop for Halloween!
Hope you enjoy the NOOK Robert! Thanks for hopping by! Thanks to everyone for visiting As the Crowe Flies. It was so nice to read all of your comments and meet you, hope you enjoy the books. And a big, warm WELCOME to all my new blog followers. :)
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Hope you enjoy the NOOK Robert! Thanks for hopping by! Thanks to everyone for visiting As the Crowe Flies. It was so nice to read all of your comments and meet you, hope you enjoy the books. And a big, warm WELCOME to all my new blog followers. :)
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October 24, 2011
Last Day of The Coffin Hop!!
The wonderfully creepy Coffin Hop is upon us!! Come one, come all!! Authors and artists for scares...OH MY!
Simply leave your email below with a comment and get a coupon for either Absorbed, a dark and bloody psychological thriller (short story) http://www.amazon.com/Absorbed-ebook/dp/B005SUBYYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454256&sr=1-1, 100 Unfortunate Days, the diary of a madwoman http://www.amazon.com/100-Unfortunate-Days-ebook/dp/B005R1F5CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454307&sr=1-1, or the fun and only slightly spooky kid's book, The Moon is No Place for a Ghost http://www.amazon.com/Place-Ghost-World-Tales-ebook/dp/B005XT33FW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454383&sr=1-1, all in digital format. Please tell me what book you want and please leave me your EMAIL.
All emails will be entered into a drawing for a brand new NOOK Simple Touch! Leave a friend's email and you will BOTH be entered! Winner will be chosen by Random.org.
Then click on Poe's grave and start visiting all the other wonderfully creepy authors and artists--find out all about their talents, and enter more contests for even MORE prizes! ------------------------>
Follow my blog if you like. :)------------------>
Have frightfully good time and GOOD LUCK!!
Scroll down a bit and read about literary quickies...
Simply leave your email below with a comment and get a coupon for either Absorbed, a dark and bloody psychological thriller (short story) http://www.amazon.com/Absorbed-ebook/dp/B005SUBYYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454256&sr=1-1, 100 Unfortunate Days, the diary of a madwoman http://www.amazon.com/100-Unfortunate-Days-ebook/dp/B005R1F5CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454307&sr=1-1, or the fun and only slightly spooky kid's book, The Moon is No Place for a Ghost http://www.amazon.com/Place-Ghost-World-Tales-ebook/dp/B005XT33FW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454383&sr=1-1, all in digital format. Please tell me what book you want and please leave me your EMAIL.
All emails will be entered into a drawing for a brand new NOOK Simple Touch! Leave a friend's email and you will BOTH be entered! Winner will be chosen by Random.org.
Then click on Poe's grave and start visiting all the other wonderfully creepy authors and artists--find out all about their talents, and enter more contests for even MORE prizes! ------------------------>
Follow my blog if you like. :)------------------>
Have frightfully good time and GOOD LUCK!!
Scroll down a bit and read about literary quickies...
It's Time for The Coffin Hop!!
The wonderfully creepy Coffin Hop is upon us!! Come one, come all!! Authors and artists for scares...OH MY!
Simply leave your email below with a comment and get a coupon for either Absorbed, a dark and bloody psychological thriller (short story) http://www.amazon.com/Absorbed-ebook/dp/B005SUBYYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454256&sr=1-1, 100 Unfortunate Days, the diary of a madwoman http://www.amazon.com/100-Unfortunate-Days-ebook/dp/B005R1F5CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454307&sr=1-1, or the fun and only slightly spooky kid's book, The Moon is No Place for a Ghost http://www.amazon.com/Place-Ghost-World-Tales-ebook/dp/B005XT33FW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454383&sr=1-1, all in digital format.
All emails will be entered into a drawing for a brand new NOOK Simple Touch! Leave a friend's email and you will BOTH be entered! Winner will be chosen by Random.org.
Then click on Poe's grave and start visiting all the other wonderfully creepy authors and artists--find out all about their talents, and enter more contests for even MORE prizes! ------------------------>
Have frightfully good time and GOOD LUCK!!
Simply leave your email below with a comment and get a coupon for either Absorbed, a dark and bloody psychological thriller (short story) http://www.amazon.com/Absorbed-ebook/dp/B005SUBYYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454256&sr=1-1, 100 Unfortunate Days, the diary of a madwoman http://www.amazon.com/100-Unfortunate-Days-ebook/dp/B005R1F5CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454307&sr=1-1, or the fun and only slightly spooky kid's book, The Moon is No Place for a Ghost http://www.amazon.com/Place-Ghost-World-Tales-ebook/dp/B005XT33FW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319454383&sr=1-1, all in digital format.
All emails will be entered into a drawing for a brand new NOOK Simple Touch! Leave a friend's email and you will BOTH be entered! Winner will be chosen by Random.org.
Then click on Poe's grave and start visiting all the other wonderfully creepy authors and artists--find out all about their talents, and enter more contests for even MORE prizes! ------------------------>
Have frightfully good time and GOOD LUCK!!
October 23, 2011
Short Fiction, Big Thrills
Novels are wonderful. They absorb us completely and take us to places we have never been, and sometimes never want to leave. When we watch full feature movies we are allowed to watch someone else's life for two hours and be free from our own worries and cares.
Sometimes we don't have time for this love affair, but we still want it.
The short story is the quickie of the literary world. It gives us that same backseat thrill without the time investment or need for full-out love commitment. Short and sweet, and we are left smiling.
Sometimes short is more.
#ShortIsMore: Short Fiction Week http://t.co/8hjsk9Rv
Psychologically dark and thrilling short story, Absorbed. -------------------->
Sometimes we don't have time for this love affair, but we still want it.
The short story is the quickie of the literary world. It gives us that same backseat thrill without the time investment or need for full-out love commitment. Short and sweet, and we are left smiling.
Sometimes short is more.
#ShortIsMore: Short Fiction Week http://t.co/8hjsk9Rv
Psychologically dark and thrilling short story, Absorbed. -------------------->
October 22, 2011
Just in Time for Halloween
Ghosts, witches and a few nasty goblins are just what we expect during this chilly and creepy time of year. The kid's can have some fun too when they read The Moon is No Place for a Ghost, released on Amazon today!
The ghosts need a place to live after their home gets infested with PEOPLE! And Officer Splot and Goblin Grime want to put them Otherworld Jail for unofficial scaring. Can their friend Penelope the Witch save the day, or will they end up in Otherworld Jail forever!!
The ghosts need a place to live after their home gets infested with PEOPLE! And Officer Splot and Goblin Grime want to put them Otherworld Jail for unofficial scaring. Can their friend Penelope the Witch save the day, or will they end up in Otherworld Jail forever!!
October 21, 2011
Only Three Days Until the Coffin Hop!
We're getting closer to that dark and wonderful time of year...glowing jack-o-lanterns, shivery tales in the dark, and the Coffin Hop!
Don't miss your chance to discover wonderful authors and artists, and to win fun and scary prizes as you do. Click on Poe's grave------------------------------------------------->
enter the Coffin Hop page and start visiting authors and artists!
And try to win a FREE NOOK here!
Simply leave your email as a comment below and you will receive a coupon for your choice of my books, 100 Unfortunate Days, http://www.amazon.com/100-Unfortunate-Days-ebook/dp/B005R1F5CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319202701&sr=1-1, Absorbed, http://www.amazon.com/Absorbed-ebook/dp/B005SUBYYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319202785&sr=1-1, or a ghostly Kid's book by my close, personal friend Dea Lenihan, The Moon is No Place for a Ghost, http://www.amazon.com/Place-Ghost-World-Tales-ebook/dp/B005XT33FW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319202891&sr=1-1#_.
If you leave your email and a friends email also--you will both get a choice of books and be entered to win a brand new NOOK Simple Touch!
Good luck and have a frightfully good time!! :)
Don't miss your chance to discover wonderful authors and artists, and to win fun and scary prizes as you do. Click on Poe's grave------------------------------------------------->
enter the Coffin Hop page and start visiting authors and artists!
And try to win a FREE NOOK here!
Simply leave your email as a comment below and you will receive a coupon for your choice of my books, 100 Unfortunate Days, http://www.amazon.com/100-Unfortunate-Days-ebook/dp/B005R1F5CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319202701&sr=1-1, Absorbed, http://www.amazon.com/Absorbed-ebook/dp/B005SUBYYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319202785&sr=1-1, or a ghostly Kid's book by my close, personal friend Dea Lenihan, The Moon is No Place for a Ghost, http://www.amazon.com/Place-Ghost-World-Tales-ebook/dp/B005XT33FW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319202891&sr=1-1#_.
If you leave your email and a friends email also--you will both get a choice of books and be entered to win a brand new NOOK Simple Touch!
Good luck and have a frightfully good time!! :)
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