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I'm A WIP: Reading Vlog

I’m A WIP: Reading Vlog 6/2025 #summer2025

Today, I’m sharing some of my reading journey. I released it a few days early to the members of my Patreon community, whether free or paid, along with some exclusive content in the form of my series, Have U Seen This? Now, the video below is public for the world to see. I hope you enjoy it.

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Here are links to the books featured in the video.

The Age of Video Games
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SCnE6p 
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/82846/9798881601539 

Beezely and the Witch 1-3
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3FiLAIV
Chirp (audio)
1- https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/selective-spells-by-willow-mason 
2- https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/vexatious-voodoo-by-willow-mason 
3- https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/muddled-mutt-by-willow-mason 

The Emerald Circus: Stories
Amazon: https://amzn.to/45i8paw 
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/82846/9781616962739 
Chirp: https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/the-emerald-circus-by-jane-yolen-and-holly-black 

The Summertime Circus:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4jJiUHs 

When the Moon Hatched:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4kRycvb 
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/82846/9780063415805 
Chirp: https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/when-the-moon-hatched-by-sarah-a-parker

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IWSG

#IWSG Oct. 2024- Ghost Stories?

IWSG

Created and hosted by the Ninja himself, Alex J. Cavanaugh, the Insecure Writers Support Group posts the 1st Wednesday of every month. Click here to learn more or sign up.

**This site has been experiencing outages. If you are able to see this post, thank you bunches for stopping by. I look forward to spending time with you this month.**

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Optional Monthly Question: Ghost stories fit right in during this month. What’s your favorite classic ghostly tale? Tell us about it and why it sends chills up your spine.

I’ve read many scary stories in my life, but most of them make me feel either sad or mad. There have been a few that stuck with me long after reading simply because of how scary they were.

When I was much younger, I didn’t think Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart was that scary, yet it stuck with me. The madness of the killer and the depiction of paranoia made me feel sorry for the guy. Still, I would have called the cops on him if someone else hadn’t (Wink Wink). It was later in my early twenties when the story took on a level of terror that I still can’t fully explain. It was then that I learned that ravens can actually mimic human voices and words, even to a greater degree than parrots if they are properly trained. Before I simply imagined the madman hearing the bird say “nevermore”, after learning that, I could envision the scene playing out, where the raven is talking to him from above the door. That’s what got me. To this day, it’s one of the scariest stories I re-read each year.

Update- After writing this post, I realized that I was mashing two stories together- The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart. I still think the talking raven is spooky but the beating heart from Tell-Tale is what really sticks with me. I always imagine the raven is a call back to the other story letting the reader know, “I know what you’ve been doing.”

On a slightly different note, there is one fairly recent scary book I’ve only read once. It’s so scary that I may never read it again, but if a sequel comes out, I will definitely pick it up. You can click the image to read my Goodreads review and I’ve also included a purchase link in case you are interested.

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And now, on to the personal updates…

I have plenty to say, but I’m not yet ready, so nothing to update at the moment.

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What are your favorite or worst ghost stories?
It may take some time, but I promise, I will eventually stop by your blog.

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After hanging out with Alex, be sure to stop by and visit this month’s co-hosts:
Nancy Gideon,
Jennifer Lane,
Jacqui Murray,
and Natalie Aguirre!

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Mark of Bletsian

I’m #writingabook: Mark of Bletsian No.2

Greetings Dear Reader,

Life is hard. Things happen and all your plans go out the window. This year has been rough for me and my family and I’ve had to shift my focus so much away from my writing. Long story short, I’m still processing grief and change but I’m also moving forward with life.

I’m happy to report I’ve made the slightest bit of progress with this project, so this won’t be a long post. I previously mentioned in another post that I lost a lot of the research I used for the original series and some that I’d done for this rewrite. I’m happy to announce that, I think, I’ve finally recreated all that research. While these aren’t words towards a novel word count, it’s the stuff I need to be able to move forward.

At this point, I’m tightening up my outlines and filling in the gaps of changes from the old series to the new, plus I’m developing subplots and characters that weren’t really in the original series, though the ideas were there. I hoped I would be further along than I am, but at least I’m no longer at a standstill. Maybe I’ll be ready to start adding to a novel word count by December.

Before I go, I want to talk about the one thing I’ve already mentioned that will be different in this rewrite. The mark of blessing. The main character has many names but the one his mother gave him is Bletsian, which is Greek for blessing. In the original series, I never explored the meaning or origins of the word blessing any further than to say that’s where the MC’s name came from. In the new series; however, I will highlight characters throughout time who have been given a special mark to indicate they have a significant blessing over their lives; which of course, my MC will be one of those people.

That’s all I have for now. I hope life doesn’t shift again for me anytime soon. I’d like to be settled for a while and simply write.

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