Category: inspiration
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A year in images that speak
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Writers notice a lot, and sometimes that manifests in photographs instead of words I know several writers who are also photographers, using another medium to convey ideas that have fascinated us, enchanted us, haunted us. We record images that inspire, remind us of something we want to use in our…
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Daytime in the Garden of Bad Tourists
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Recently my hubby and I visited Savannah, Georgia, the setting for a best-selling phenomenon of a book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; it reigned at the top of the NY Times list for a still-unbroken record of 216 weeks. Didn’t read the book at the time, but…
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Happy Halloween!
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Hope you have a fantastically eerie Halloween this year! If you’re not going out, reading books 1 & 2 of my trilogy would be a great way to spend a quieter evening.
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Edward Gorey, master of the macabre
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I suppose fiction writers must seem a little strange to people, spending much of our time inside our heads in imaginary worlds where we make up weird and wonderful tales to entertain you with. Especially those of us who specialize in the eerie and macabre. We love to twist your…
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The Great Art of Light and Shadow
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Phantasmagoria and Magic Lanterns “Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.” Les Brown Terrifying audiences isn’t a modern invention. There’s something about shared horror that has captivated people for several centuries, huddling in a darkened room waiting to be scared out of…
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Dreaming big
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Yesterday was National When Pigs Fly Day. It’s a day to take joy in silliness, but more importantly, it’s a celebration of possibilities. I love this description from one of the many online day calendars: “It reminds us that anything is possible if we are brave enough to take risks…
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Anti-Boredom Month: I have the solution!
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Is July a boring month? I guess it depends on your perspective. I don’t love the summer, as a season – it’s generally oppressively hot and humid where I live. But the month of July does include a couple bits of excitement, for me anyway: 1) stores start selling Halloween…
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Classic murder and mayhem
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It seemed to be the middle of the night when I was awakened by Lawrence Cavendish. He had a candle in his hand, and the agitation of his face told me at once that something was seriously wrong. Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Ever wonder where writers get…
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Hiatus tidbit: What’s Real?
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A brief post, in honour of the famous London Tube map. Such a massive construction, with miles of old tunnels in a very old city smoldering with history and mystery, just fires the imagination. Film and TV producers have had a great deal of fun inventing subways stations that ‘aren’t…