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January 22, 2015
Haiku Friday ������ Love Story
Hello and welcome to Haiku Friday! It’s great to have visitors. I hope you enjoy!
I Lost My Hope Along The Way by Ilojleen on DeviantART “The depicted girl is the beautiful Cristina Otero. Anyway, although it’s not my face here, the portrait symbolizes all the seriously bad and sad experiences I’ve been through since last year. If someone thinks, ‘I didn’t notice any change in your behaviour’… well, I’m good at keeping up appearances.” ~Dominika (ilojleen on DeviantART)
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Love Story
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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All consuming pain
A hundred Bullet Ants sting
How losing you feels
Bullet Ant ��� Click the picture to watch a YouTube video bitten by one of these. The worst pain known to man
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Wedding Bliss
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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Whirling through the air
Nuptial flight to test true love
A courageous heart
Have a great weekend everyone!
Tagged: art, bald eagles, bullet ants, Cristina Otero, DeviantART, haiku friday, Love story, poetry, wedding
January 17, 2015
Guest writer: Vashti Quiroz-Vega and ‘The Basement’
Check out this lovely article featuring me and my book ‘The Basement’ prepared by the lovely Olga N����ez Miret from ‘Just Olga’
Originally posted on Just Olga:
Hi all:
As you know on Fridays I bring you guest authors and new books. I���ve known today���s author Vashti Quiroz-Vega for a while, through Twitter, and her blog, but for some reason she���d gone ��under my radar and hadn���t been in one of my Friday blogs. I followed one of her horror stories in her blog at the end of last year and I realised I should bring her here, so much I enjoyed it.
So, here is Vashti:
Author Vashti Quiroz-Vega
Hello! My name is Vashti Quiroz-Vega. I���m a writer of Suspense, Thriller, Fantasy and Horror. I also enjoy mixing in some Humor and Romance into my stories.
From the time I was a young kid, writing has been my passion. I���ve always been a writer I just didn���t know it until much later. For me, it is easier to express my thoughts on paper than with the���
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January 15, 2015
And the Oscar goes to . . .
Hi everyone! If you’re a movie buff like I am than you’re excited about the announcement of the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards. Well, guess what? I will provide you with the full list of nominees right here on my blog. Isn’t that awesome! Now you can go out and see a couple of the nominated movies before the big day. Before I show you the list I must tell you that although there are some great surprises there are also some bitter disappointments. Check out some of the headlines:
2015 Oscar Nominations: ‘Selma’ snubbed; ‘Birdman’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ lead with nine. ~Washington Post
The Internet Is Very, Very Angry The Lego Movie Missed Out On An Oscar Nod ~People Magazine
Everything is awful: Lego Movie snubbed by the Oscars ~The Telegraph
Oscar 2015 Nominations: Only White Actors Received Academy Award Nods and the Internet Is Outraged��~Us Weekly
Oscars 2015: Academy President Commits ‘Dick Poop’ Gaffe��~LA Times (This one just added for laughs)
The 87th Academy Awards will be broadcast live from Hollywood on February 22nd, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. ET
I have to admit I’m a bit disappointed that Ellen DeGeneres will not be hosting this year’s Oscars. I will keep an open mind and try to enjoy Neil Patrick Harris.
Neil Patrick Harris
Click here to see the 2015 Oscars Snubs and Surprises: Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Selma and more . . .
Jennifer Aniston
Angelina Jolie
David Oyelowo
Clint Eastwood
Are you hosting an Oscar Party? Here’s a great link from Better Homes and Gardens that will give your Oscar Night Party red carpet appeal. ��You can also click on the pictures for more party ideas. :D
Alright, it is time for the 87th Academy Award nominees . . . drum roll please . . .
BEST PICTURE
American Sniper
Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro Gonz��lez I����rritu, Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper, Jason Hall
The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro Gonz��lez I����rritu, Nicol��s Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guiness
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman (The Unexpected Virute of Ignorance), Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert D. Yeoman
Ida, (Ryszard Lenczweski and Lukasz Zal
Mr. Turner, Dick Pope
Unbroken, Roger Deakins
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice, Mark Bridges
Into the Woods, Colleen Atwood
Mr. Turner, Jacqueline Durran
Maleficent, Anna B. Sheppard
BEST FILM EDITING
American Sniper, Joel Cox and Gary Roach
Boyhood, Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game, William Goldenberg
Whiplash, Tom Cross
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat)
Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)
Mr. Turner (Gary Yershon)
The Theory of Everything (J��hann J��hannsson)
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
���Lost Stars��� from Begin Again
���I���m Not Gonna Miss You��� from Glen Campbell: I���ll Be Me
���Everything is Awesome��� from The Lego Movie
���Glory��� from Selma
���Grateful��� from Beyond the Lights
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Adam Stockhausen; Anna Pinnock)
The Imitation Game (Maria Djurkovic; Tatiana Macdonald)
Interstellar (Nathan Crowley; Gary Fettis, Paul Healy)
Into the Woods (Dennis Gassner; Anna Pinnock)
Mr. Turner (Suzie Davies; Charlotte Watts)
BEST SOUND EDITING
American Sniper
Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
BEST SOUND MIXING
American Sniper
Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Wild Tales (Dami��n Szifr��n; Argentina)
Tangerines (Zaza Urushadze; Estonia)
Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako; Mauritania)
Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski; Poland)
Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev; Russia)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
CITIZENFOUR
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
Are you hosting or attending an Oscar Night Party? Have you seen any of the nominated movies? How do you feel about the movies and people that were snubbed by the Oscars?
Tagged: 87th Academy Awards, Alejandro Gonz��lez I����rritu, American Sniper, Birdman, Foxcatcher Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel, Jennifer Aniston, movies, Neil Patrick Harris, Oscar Night Party, oscars, Selma
January 9, 2015
Haiku Friday ��� Snow
Let It Snow by Depingo on DeviantART
SNOW
by Hashin
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All Heaven and Earth
Flowered white obliterate . . .
Snow . . . unceasing snow
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I hope you enjoyed today’s haiku. For those of you living in places where it is snowing������keep warm and safe. Have a wonderful weekend!
Tagged: DeviantART, Earth, haiku friday, Haiku poem, Heaven, snow, weekend
Haiku Friday – Snow
Let It Snow by Depingo on DeviantART
SNOW
by Hashin
♦
All Heaven and Earth
Flowered white obliterate . . .
Snow . . . unceasing snow
♦
I hope you enjoyed today’s haiku. For those of you living in places where it is snowing––keep warm and safe. Have a wonderful weekend!
Tagged: DeviantART, Earth, haiku friday, Haiku poem, Heaven, snow, weekend
January 5, 2015
The Best of 2014
The year 2014 was a year of high highs and low lows for me. I kept busy with my writing and blogging which made the lows bearable. One thing’s for sure––I ended the year on a good note. And I plan to make 2015 a positive year––no matter what happens.
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” ~ Buddha
My second book, The Fall of Lilith, should be out a little later this year. It is the first installment of my Fantasy Angels Series. I’ve written a few short stories for this blog––The Cursed Tree, Fall From Desire, and A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance, using the same style in writing I used for The Fall of Lilith and the rest of the series to give you a taste of what it would be like to read the series. Soon I will post an excerpt from the book.
This year I would like to bring you more short stories in the genres I write, which are horror, fantasy, and suspense/thriller. If you know anyone who enjoys reading, especially in these genres, please let them know about this blog. I appreciate the support. I would also love to do more interviews, vlogs, spotlights on writers, poets, artists, and talented people in general.
To celebrate the new year I would like to list my most popular posts of 2014. Please feel free to click on the links, read, like, and comment.
Stories
The Search for the Last Flower – (Horror) 12 Part Series about zombies
The Cursed Tree – (Dark Fantasy) 3 Part Series
Fall From Desire – (Dark Fantasy) 2 Part Series
A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance – (Dark Fantasy) 3 Part Series
The Train Ride From Hell – (Horror) 4 Part Series
Murder She Wrote – (Horror) 3 Part Series
Most Popular Articles
Why I think The World Should End
Work-In-Progress Blog Challenge
Do You Judge An Author by His/Her Genre?
Fantasy Angels Series – (Dark Fantasy)
The Mysterious Origins of Valentine’s Day
Are We Eating Beakless, Featherless Mutant Chickens?
Writer’s Journey
The Basement: Robbie’s Rite of Passage
Popular Guests, Spotlights, and Reblogs
SPOTLIGHT: Photographer Robert Lino
Risky Issues and Lorraine Reguly
Interview With Vashti Quiroz-Vega Author of The Basement – Reblog from Ronovan Writes
I hope you can stay a while and read one of my stories or articles. Please leave your thoughts in the comment section below. Contact me via my contact page or email if you’d like to be a guest blogger or be interviewed or featured in a spotlight on my blog.
Tagged: 2014, dark fantasy, Fall of Lilith, horror, popular articles, Short stories, spotlight, The Best of 2014, writer
January 2, 2015
Haiku Friday – Happy New Year!
Hello, welcome to Haiku Friday. Happy New Year! May 2015 be filled with love, happiness, good health, and prosperity for you and your loved ones.
For Those Who Stayed Home on New Year’s Eve
by ramara ♥
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Time for a new year
we’ve used up the old one, and
are ready to move.
♥
A New Year
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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A new year begins
Eve’s fresh snow covers the old
New dreams in the stars
Happy New Year! ♥
Tagged: haiku, haiku friday, Happy New Year, New Year's Eve, poetry, snow
December 26, 2014
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.
Hello, my name is Vashti and I’m a writer of horror, fantasy, and suspense/thriller. It’s no secret, to those who know me, that I’m a huge fan of author Stephen King. I’ve read most of his books, including the non-horror ones. It is always a bit scary for an avid reader, such as myself, to go watch a movie adaptation of a book I’ve loved reading. Too many times things go horribly wrong. Like when a director or screenwriter change too much of the storyline and mix in a great deal of ‘hollywood’. Like they’re going to tell a better story then Stephen King, really? The directors and screenwriters that have remained within Stephen King’s storyline have gotten it right. Don’t mess with a good thing people.
Anyway, I get goosebumps and chills up and down my spine when I’m asked who Stephen King is. I take a few steps back and imagine a green gooey alien behind his/her skin mask. You’d have to be from another planet not to have heard of Stephen King. He is the bestselling author on the planet and a very wise man. Today, I’m going to list some of my favorite Stephen King books, movie adaptations, and quotes. If you’re not familiar with who Stephen King is you will by the end of this post and maybe you’ve been a fan of his all along and didn’t even know it. ;)
My Favorite Stephen King Books:
2/ Salem’s Lot
3/ Misery
4/ The Shining
5/ The Stand
My Favorite Stephen King Movie Adaptations:
1/ Misery
3/ The Mist
4/ The Shining
5/ Stand By Me
My Favorite Stephen King Quotes:
1/ “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
2/ “And as a writer, one of the things that I’ve always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that’s what we’re suppose to do. Get under your skin, and make you react.”
3/ “Get busy living, or get busy dying.”
4/ “I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.”
5/ “Books are uniquely portable magic.”
Stephen King
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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Mysterious valleys
Distinct from all the rest
The Mind of a king
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Are you a fan of Stephen King? What Stephen King books have you read? What movie adaptation is your favorite?
Tagged: Books, horror, movies, Stand By Me, Stephen King, Stephen King books, stephen king quotes, The Green Mile, The Shining
December 19, 2014
Haiku Friday – Happy Holidays
Hello and happy holidays to everyone! Today I’m posting some Christmas horror haiku. I’m actually in bed with the flu right now. It’s the fourth day so I’m feeling better. The last three days were bad. Maybe next year I’ll get the flu shot––maybe. Anyway, enjoy!
Vampire Santa Claus
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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Blood drips from white beard
burrows deep into the soil
Until next Christmas
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Attack of the Christmas Trees
by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
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Verdant crown
Pine needles like sharp quills fly
Grotesque man-tree trimmed in lights
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Tagged: Christmas, christmas tree, haiku, haiku friday, happy holidays, horror, Santa Claus, vampire santa claus
December 15, 2014
It’s That Time of Year Again! ��� 2014
Welcome everyone! It’s that time of year again! Is everyone ready for Christmas? I’m not but that’s okay. Ha, ha! Last year it took me a while to get into the Christmas spirit but it’s different for me this year. I guess I have a lot to be happy and thankful for������my dad is still with me, for one. That’s a biggy. Also, after a year I’ve finally found a house. It’s half the size of the house I used to live in but that’s exactly what we wanted and I couldn’t be happier with my cozy little home. Anyway, enough about me.
Even though I’m happy as a clam in high tide and busy with my new house I know it isn’t the same for everyone. So I decided to put together some fun and interesting posts and information that will hopefully inspire you in some way and put you in the holiday spirit. I hope you enjoy!
I found this beautiful and inspiring quote by Edith Sitwell at Mrs. AOK, A Work In Progress. I loved it and I thought you might too.
Music always inspires me and Christmas music can��really get those juices flowing. Tricia at The Good Mama put together a great workout playlist of 20 Christmas songs.
I also love movies and there’s nothing like cozying up to a great Christmas movie during the holidays. Maybe with a hot cup of cocoa baptized with a little brandy������or not, whatever. ;) Erin, from No Bohn’s About It put together a great list of Christmas movies. Check it out!
Some people dread the winter months but there’s a lot of fun to be had. Her Campus��gives us a great list of things to do over the winter. 25 Festive Things To Do This Winter
Not everyone travels for the holidays. I plan to stay home this year and I’m sure many of you are too. I found a great article that lists some ways to enjoy the holidays at home. Apartment Therapy lists 9 Things to Do Around the House Just for Fun
Children often get restless while on winter break. Parents often find themselves at wits end trying to keep them entertained. Tess from The Bold Life gives us��101 Things To Do With Children On The Holiday Break. ��Hallelujah!
Some people become depressed during the holidays for different reasons. One of the reasons being that they’re alone. Well, I found a great post that lists 10 Things to Do If You’re Alone for the Holidays. There’s a lot of pressure to be happy and in love during the holidays when in reality that isn’t the case for most people. Check out this post it’s very inspiring.
I found an awesome Christmas Bucket List on FIKED and I just had to share it. So much fun!
What are your plans for the holidays? Are you staying home or are you visiting family? Are you single? If so how do you feel about being single during the holidays?
Love to hear from you!
Tagged: Christmas, Christmas movies, Christmas music, Christmas spirit, Holidays, It's that time of year again, single, winter, winter break
