Day 2 of the 30 Day Writing Challenge! I hate this question. It comes up a lot in journal prompts and character sketch worksheets – what is your earliest memory??? I don’t know what my earliest memory is. I know from my studies that the earliest we can start retaining memories is 3, but I’m … Continue reading
I’ve decided to break out of my comfort zone and go against my own “writing rules” to share with you what I’ve been working on. I’ve been trying to beat out my second revision of my novel A Mouth Full of Teeth, and it’s kicking my butt. I thought being a NaNo Rebel and dedicating … Continue reading
Ok, so I posted an excerpt from my zombie novel a little while ago and I was just so gosh darn excited it ended up being 5 pages long! I just couldn’t handle making it any shorter! It was the first time any other eyes besides mine would see it, and I felt kind of … Continue reading
I. Freakin’. LOVE. Halloween. The whole month of October is 31 days of pumpkins, blood, and candy. What else could you ask for?? (Well, brains if you’re a zombie) To get you in the proper mindset of a good ol’ horrifying Halloween, I have specially crafted a list of 31 Movies to Watch in October. … Continue reading
With Halloween, my most favorite time of the year, looming in the near future, I have decided to resurrect a short story I started nearly a year ago and get down to business with it and kick its ass into something awesome. A while back I had been looking for writing contests to enter so … Continue reading
Last week I got to cross a big item off the Bucket List. One that I never really thought would get crossed off, so I actually had forgotten about it until the opportunity presented itself in crazy, random sort of happenstance way. Stephen King was in Dallas last week promoting his new novel 11/22/63 (about a guy who … Continue reading
I have a deep and profound love of horror. I have my whole life. As a kid (and still to this day quite frankly) my favorite part of Willy Wonka was when they take the boat into the tunnel and Gene Wilder is reciting that eerie poem with a look of insanity in his eye while … Continue reading
Living, moving and eating well in Portland, Oregon
aka the ramblings of Candace
Striving to create a that life that's greater than the sum of its parts
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A little about everything, a lot about nothing.
