What a week this has been, with much work and rather too much chronic pain! But here’s what I’ve got for you.

Thing that I wrote:

Become Your Heroine this Halloween, over at ISA Professional’s blog.

Things that I read:

“11 of the Most Savage Burns in Literature” by Jessica Misener, being full of brilliant insults.
“If Women Wrote Men the Way Men ( Read more... )

It’s almost Halloween, and that means you need to settle your cocktail plans now. Luckily, I’m here to help with that, whether you’re planning an intimate get-together or a full-on All Hallows’ Eve Shindig. (Just let me slip my alchemist’s labcoat on.) Let’s take a bat’s eye view of a Halloween Hootenanny in progress… and spy on what drinks they ( Read more... )

I haven’t been to too many haunted houses in my time, which is a shame: the thrills of a ridiculous and macabre haunted attraction are great fun. And stress-relieving! You can scream and it’s expected, considered better than applause. There just aren’t many haunts of quality around my hometown: I went to the “Judgement House” once in high school, ( Read more... )

Yep, it was another week of writing behind the scenes on projects yet to be published! This happens often to the working writer. However, I should have some publications to share soon, and I’m putting together a special Halloween freebie to drop in the last weekend of October. You can make sure you don’t miss it by signing up for my biweekly ( Read more... )

My mom is one of those creative DIY types that’s super great at Halloween. My brothers and I basically never had a store-bought costume, and pretty much never wanted one - except for that time I lobbied hard for a pair of cat ears attached to a headband to have one just like my best friend. Honestly, though, if we weren’t wearing something homemade ( Read more... )

Happy Halloween, y’all! We’re celebrating here at Casa Quixote with some laid-back indulgence: I picked up a new-to-me Harry Dresden novel today (Proven Guilty), popped The Nightmare Before Christmas into the DVD player, and am planning on watching the latest The Walking Dead and American Horror Story after it gets dark. I’m surrounded by jack-o- ( Read more... )

Happy first day of October, y'all! It's scarf weather, and I do believe it feels like a The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack sort of morning. Bliss.

Once more this year - except for the part where I should actually make it to the post office - I'll be sending out Halloween greeting cards via the postal service! I am limiting this to 8 cards ( Read more... )

Welcome to October! My dear friend and Pumpkin Queen seanan_mcguire has already written a lovely paean to the autumnal season, and I exhort you all to read it. Although her post has crystallized the realization that I am, in fact, a winter girl, I still favor autumn heavily and attend all the Pumpkin Queen parties ( Read more... )

The Wheel turns, and I am once again left with two dates upon which I begin a New Year. There's Halloween, the night when the veil between the worlds is the thinnest, and swiftly on its heels follows Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. I observe this New Year both due to spiritual reasons and personal milestone reasons. And then there's ( Read more... )

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