Monthly Archives: October 2011

I can’t believe this happened to me (or “Nightmare Makeover”)

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Marie Loughin

I didn’t get a blog written this weekend.  I didn’t get my copyediting done either. It wasn’t my fault, though. See, I went out to check the mail yesterday afternoon, and I heard this noise behind me. The slow clomp-drag-clomp-drag … Continue reading →

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Halloween’s not all about being wicked…

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Marie Loughin

This beautiful Halloween story came in from Catherine Hedge, who doesn’t yet have a blog.  I decided to use it as a guest post.   Reading her story and the comment from Merry Simmons, I start to feel that there’s … Continue reading →

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Fenrir: Monster or simply misunderstood?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Marie Loughin

As a member of Sommer Leigh’s League of Monstrologists, I’m going to tell you about Fenrir, the great wolf of Norse mythology. Even if you’re not a fan of Norse mythology, you’ve probably heard of Loki. He’s shown up in … Continue reading →

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Ruminations on Spam

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Marie Loughin

Those of you who don’t maintain a blog may not know this, but there are people out there who think it’s fun or somehow productive to spam comments on blog posts. The spam never seems to have anything to do … Continue reading →

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Pondering the whims of editors (a history of Marie’s “Rose in Winter”)

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Marie Loughin

If you’ve visited my site recently, you might have noticed Vanessa Chan’s lovely artwork in my sidebar. This is actually the cover of my newly published e-book, Rose in Winter, a 20-page short story that was originally published in Marion … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the October country – Giveaway (Or “I wanna be Ray Bradbury”)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Marie Loughin

It makes perfect sense that Halloween should come at the end of October, the month when our gardens die and the birds flee.  When we shiver in our last breath of sunlit air before scurrying into our caves to watch … Continue reading →

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