This morning, I indulged in some fun and used the Coding Robots writing analyzer to analyze a snippet from the Manuscript That Shall Remain Nameless to see which author I write like. It concluded I write like Stephen King. Whenever I visit my friend Willow Croft’s blog, I see herContinue Reading
Recently, a friend who writes for Horror Tree published a review of The Ghost of Laurie Floyd. It’s the best review I’ve ever gotten —but not because it sang my praises. Instead, it’s the most honest review I’ve ever gotten. It’s also, I now realize, the sort of criticism IContinue Reading
The second I saw the trailer for The Blackening a few months ago, I pitched Carla (the site editor at 1428 Elm) to write about it. A funny slasher? Yes, please! It had me LOLing —and hopeful the movie would be as good (or better) than its trailer. I alsoContinue Reading
I’ll begin with the full disclosure that social media expert I am not. Nor am I an influencer, even though I’ve done moderately okay with Haunt Jaunts’ social media over the years. At least by my standards. I’ve never amassed tens or hundreds of thousands of followers, so I’m probablyContinue Reading
Last night I made a decision to pull the plug on something I enjoy doing, but that I’m actually failing at. I’ll get to all that, but it all started thanks to dread. Which is a heavy feeling, but isn’t all bad. It has some silver linings too. Quotes TwoContinue Reading