We Are Family! Link to Horror Genre Guest Post and ROW80 Check-In

“Living life is fun and we’ve just begun
To get our share of the world’s delights
(HIGH!) high hopes we have for the future
And our goal’s in sight
~ Sister Sledge “We Are Family”

Get out your boogie shoes!  That was one of my jams back in the day and it is fitting for this week.  Today, I’m talking about all things writing horror at Nicole Basaraba’s Uni-Verse-City.  Then tomorrow guest blogging over at my buddy Natalie Hartford’s Life Out Loud site.  I’m beyond ecstatic to have both opportunities and hope you take the time to swing by and say hello.

Writing/Craft

  • 1,500 words of new fiction a week either on novel WIP or short stories.  I’ve been away from my fiction writing since Saturday.  The mini-break was good to get past the stuck “uggies” I felt last week.  I shall not be stuck!  I met with my writing group last night and was inspired by the pieces we reviewed and critiqued.  Then I found a handwritten page in my notebook of a start from a short story prompt I’d forgotten and cranked out 759 more words on it when I got home.  Now I’ll carve out time the rest of the week to focus on the novel WIP and the outline/plot tweaks I know I need to address.   Continue reading
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Some Upcoming Guest Postings and a Taste of The Voice

Hello party people!  Okay, are you as tuckered out as I am from the weekend of Super Bowl festivities?  I’m sitting here waiting for the sugar high from the Kellogg’s Fruity Snacks I just snarfed to kick in.  Who knew voguing with Madonna would take so much energy?!  That was so much easier 20 years ago.

Now that I’ve gotten my bearings, I wanted to update you on a few places I’ll be this week.  Tomorrow, make sure to stop by Nicole Basaraba’s Uni-Verse-City for my horror post as part of her Literary Genre Blog Series.  Then on Thursday, watch me come out of hiding at Natalie Hartford’s Life Out Loud blog.  Continue reading

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