Happy Halloween! I wish all of you the finest and spookiest of days. May your spine tingle, your ghosts haunt, and your day be full of portents and ominous signs. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo! And now for a few necessary announcements. Don’t forget to sneak over to FlamesRising.com this week, for the site will fill you up with […]
Month: October 2012
On This All Hallows Eve, For You a Free Tale
Provided just for you, dear Readers, is an atmospheric tale to get you in the mood for Halloween. May your trick-or-treating yield fantastic results, and may the spirits be kind. . . A Different Kind of Treat Written by Monica Valentinelli Blood-red shafts of sunlight filter through a dirty cabin window, kissing a row of […]
Progress! Reward. Dragon Age: Origins Replay
Re-aligning my schedule means that I’m also plotting out free time and marketing-related activities. With the weather getting colder, my work-outs remain inside the house rather than outside, and time spent with friends and family is typically holiday-or-hobby related. I had a little slip-up last week, where I delved into Whiny Mc Whine Whine Pants […]
Editor’s Afterword from Haunted: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror
This year, we’re celebrating the one-year anniversary of Haunted: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror. The anthology won a reader’s choice award and has earned a spot on many reader’s shelves of ghostly favorites. I was lucky to edit the anthology. I say “lucky,” because I worked with a group of very fine writers, indeed. To […]
Oh, Glorious Pumpkins
I carve pumpkins, sure, but certainly not as well as Villafane Studios. This is one of my favorites, because it uses other fall-riffic elements in interesting ways to add texture and color. If you’re feeling so inspired, they sell video tutorials so you can create your own and master pumpkin carving kits, too. There’s a […]