Wednesday, August 10, 2023 Welcome, all. Thanks for opening this door to “Atonement, TN” in the middle of the week. If you opened the door to Annie’s Antiques and Consignment Shop, you’d hear the old-fashioned tinkle of a little bell attached to the door. It wouldn’t be unusual for you to smell home-baked cookies. Often … More Wednesday Writing — Atonement TN: Artifact Notes, the Mirror of Truth
Saturday, August 5, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. Thanks for following this wild, urban fantasy serial. When I asked Pat at e-Quips blog for the random reader things for this episode I asked her to think about things that might be at or near a lake. Pat gave us boat house, hammock, and oar(s). … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 21
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Coming Soon to a Steampunk Port Near You! Hello, everyone. I’ve been hinting around now and then, that I’m working on an editing and illustration project. I reached a good milestone with that over the weekend, so now I’m talking, not just hinting. Back in 2016 I wrote the original version … More Cover Reveal: The Delta Pearl, Book-1 — Coming Soon!
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 When you open a door anywhere in Atonement, TN, you’re bound to find friends. I’ve done a lot of long-running blog serial stories (at least eight, but I always overlook a couple when I try to think of them all). At some point during any of them, I do a post … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors to Atonement in Zugzwang — The Good Guys.
Saturday, July 22, 2023 Hello, everyone. This is a rather long episode, although it’s still under 2,500 words. I didn’t want to split it, because we’re going to be hanging on the cliff about Donny Metatron for long enough as it is. So, there’s not much preamble today. Fellow blogger, Fraggle. posted a photo that inspired me, … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 19, Featuring Fraggle
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Hello everyone. It’s good to see you. My post is doing double duty today, for Wednesday Writing and Thursday Doors. I wrote the story below several years ago as a teaser for book-2 of my Atonement, Tennessee series, Atonement in Bloom. In this story I bring up the grandfather of mysterious … More Adelle’s Teapot, a short story of Atonement, TN — Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, July 15, 2023 Welcome back to my sanctuary in the town infested with “supernaturals,” that I call Atonement, TN. Before we get to the story, I need to apologize because I haven’t been around the blog-verse as much as I would like. As you know I’ve had Internet problems ever since I moved into … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 18, Featuring Dan Antion
Thursday, July 13, 2023 Thursday Doors to Indie Books Welcome all. I hope the temperature is not too oppressive wherever you are. Frankly, it’s been rough here for what seems like forever. Books are doors to the imagination. When you open a book by an independent (indie) author, you open a door to… What? It … More #ThursdayDoors to #IndieBooks — A Steampunk Teaser
Saturday, July 8, 2023 Thanks for coming back to Atonement, TN. As you know, I first wrote the Atonement “universe” back in 2012, and there are two novels and one collection of snort stories. This serial uses several of the minor characters from the books, and a new heroine. I’ve avoided using the main characters … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 17, Featuring Anita & Jaye Marie
Saturday, July 1, 2023 Welcome back to the strange little town of Atonement, TN. I’m very happy to see you. If you’re in the USA, you might be doing some preliminary celebrating for Independence Day, so I appreciate it even more that you’re spending part of your weekend here. This is a week when my … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 16, Featuring Kamal Roohani
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Writing for the Senses: Hearing As many of you know, for the past ten years, my shtick in the blog-verse has been writing serial stories that are spontaneously driven by random “things” from readers. While I didn’t do it intentionally, when I finished Episode 15 of my weekend serial Atonement in … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors — Sometimes you need to open the door
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Thanks for coming back to Atonement, TN. My featured guest today has been a blog-friend all the way back to the creation of my Atonement series. She even did the Spanish translation of Atonement, Tennessee. (The Spanish version is called Expiación y Magia.) Of course, I’m talking about Olga Núñez Miret. … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 15, Featuring Olga Núñez Miret
Monday, June 19, 2023 It’s time for Midsummer — Thistledown: Midsummer Bedlam! Some of you are already familiar with Thistledown — Midsummer Bedlam. With Midsummer at hand, I thought it would be fun for us to play the “name game” that got that story started. I had found a “What’s your fairy name” thing online … More Happy Midsummer — Celebrate with the magical friends of Thistledown
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Welcome back to Atonement, TN. Last week I hosted a Roaring Twenties blog party, featuring S. R. Mallery. With all those links to so many other people, it was a big undertaking for me. As a result, I had little time for this serial, or for arranging to feature someone. Roberta Eaton … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 14 — & Recipe from Robbie Cheadle
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Hello, everyone. Longtime followers know that occasionally I do posts about Writing for the Senses. For me, smell and taste are the most powerful senses to evoke the imagination of the reader. Maybe that’s why food and drink has taken a part in many classic stories and films. There’s even a … More Wednesday Writing — Food in Classic Literature
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Update, Saturday June 10, 2023: What ho, everyone! You’re all swell to come to this shindig. As anyone looking for the latest episode of Atonement in Zugzwang can see, I’m running late with the new installment, but it’s on the way. Special thanks to Robbie Cheadle for helping to keep the … More 1920s Party with guest, SR Mallery — All aboard!
Saturday, June 2, 2023 Welcome back to our weekend sanctuary in the weirdly magical town of Atonement, Tennessee. The residents of this town are just like everyone else— Well, that’s way off. Some of them are like everyone else, but others… Anyhow, now and then, they all enjoy watching a game or going to the … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 13 part 2, Featuring John W. Howell
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary in the fictional town called Atonement. I have two novels and a small collection of short stories set in this town. Doors afficionados might not have visited this place yet, but I hope you will for this “short story.” It’s actually an episode of my blog serial. … More Atonement in Zugzwang, Episode 13. #ThursdayDoors Writing Challenge — Old Green Eyes
Saturday, May 27, 2023 Welcome back to Atonement, TN. Today we are joined by Rebecca Budd, who has been a wonderful source of encouragement. On Wednesday I shared a link to a podcast we did together. I was honored to be interviewed. She has quite a number of blogs including Tea, Toast & Trivia, and … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 12 — Featuring Rebecca Budd
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Hello, all. I usually keep it to two posts a week, but yesterday I couldn’t resist sharing my visit with Rebecca Budd. Also, until a little while ago, I didn’t think I would have another short story for Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors Writing Challenge. However, something about a fierce looking metal … More #ThursdayDoors Writing Challenge — Number What?
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Yesterday, the marvelous Rebecca Budd and I had a tea party at one of her blogs. The party is still going. So, click over and join us for a fun discussion. You’ll hear a brief reading from Rebecca along with the podcast discussion about writing in series and serial forms, with … More Join me at Tea, Toast, & Trivia with Rebecca Budd
Saturday, May 20, 2023 Hello, all. Thanks for coming back for part 2 of Episode 11 of Atonement in Zugzwang. As you’ll recall, Jennie Fitzkee from A Teacher’s Reflections provided this episode’s three things. In part-1 the only thing I used was Nancy Drew book. Today I’m using emerald, and grandfather clock. Jennie recently had an in-person … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 11 part-2 — Featuring Jennie Fitzkee & Dan the Tool Man
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Hello, all. I hope your week has been good so far. Today, I have another short story for Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors Writing Challenge. This time I used one of the images I submitted as inspiration to other writers. The mood of my background music is nothing like my story, but … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors Writing Challenge — It’s My Job
Saturday, May 13, 2023 Welcome back to my sanctuary in the very strange little town called Atonement. It’s a relief to be here with all of you. I admit that my “stuff” has made coping with an unpleasant neighbor situation even more difficult. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to write (or anything else for that … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 11 part-1 — Featuring Jennie Fitzkee
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Welcome everyone. I have another short story for Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors Writing Challenge. This one is very short. Also, since it’s Get Caught Reading Month, I’m including a link to a free Victorian novel at the end. Thursday Doors followers were asked to submit “doors” images to inspire writers, and … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors Writing Challenge — Come to My Window
Saturday, May 6, 2023 Welcome back, everyone. Three is certainly my number today. As you know, this is one of my “three things” style pantser serials. So of course, there are three random reader things driving the story. Beyond the three random reader things, I’ve tied this post to three other types of things. First … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 10, & Doors Writing Challenge & the Kitten is Named!
Wednesday, May 1, 2023 Welcome everyone. It’s Get Caught Reading Month, which is all about reading books and raising awareness regarding the advantages of indulging in literature. Get Caught Reading is year-round for children, but during the month of May it encourages people of all ages to read. As many of you know, May is … More The Inyan Beacon #ThursdayDoors Writing Challenge — Story-1
Saturday, April 29, 2023 Welcome back, everyone. After doing various types of refresher posts during the past couple of weeks (here and at my midweek posts), I’m going to move straight into the new episode. Today the random reader things, which drive this episode are from fellow blogger and author, D.L. (Denise) Finn. She already … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 9, Featuring D.L. Finn
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 What lurks behind ordinary looking doors? Perhaps there are grand things beyond? Perhaps things that are not as harmless as they seem? Are you afraid to find out? Or does curiosity overcome caution? Imagine if you will, the Teagan Zone. Or more precisely in the Teagan Zone, Atonement, Tennessee. My weekend … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors — Name the Kitten!
Saturday, April 22, 2023 Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my very strange fictional town, Atonement, TN. Pepper Riley, and the guardians of this small town that is full of (secretly) supernatural beings are about to be placed in “zugzwang.” To over-simplify, zugzwang (German for “compulsion to move”) is a situation found in chess and other … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: a Refresher
Thursday, April 20, 2023 Thursday Doors to Indie Books Featuring A Poet’s Touch by Kamal Roohani Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. Today I’ve opened a door to an indie author and poet, Kamal Roohani. Learn more about Kamal and get a wonderful dose of positivity at her blog, Boundless Blessings. Don’t miss her book of … More #ThursdayDoors to #IndieBooks — Kamal Roohani & “A Poet’s Touch”
Saturday, April 15, 2023 Thanks for coming back to my sanctuary, everyone. I put the chessboard (above) on a tropical shore. It reminded me of the blog, Pacific Paratrooper. Actually, the special guest this week is GP Cox, who runs that blog. He provided this week’s random reader things: Musket, pawn, and barber pole. One … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 8, Featuring G. P. Cox
Thursday, , 2023 Thursday Doors to Indie Books Featuring Death at the Asylum by N. A. Granger Some doors are pretty mysterious. The background upon which I superimposed an “indie books door” is a real-life institution, the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. (Click the name for history.) I might use that side door on the left, just incase… … More #ThursdayDoors to #IndieBooks — N A Granger & “Death at the Asylum”
Saturday, April 8, 2023 Hello, everyone. The month of April has begun with odd weather again for many of us. Not to mention the odd happenings under my kitchen sink. I’ve had the plumber out for my badly leaking sink three times in as many weeks. “Nothing is wrong” with the sink. I guess that … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 7, Featuring Teri Polen
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Welcome, everyone. Since today’s topic is layers, I’ve stacked this writing process post with Thursday Doors. In my twisting mind, they are connected. That’s how I think of layers — they are different from one another, but they still need to be similar or have something that connects them. The layers of … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors — Layers (Atonement in Zugzwang Catch-up)
Saturday, April 1, 2023 Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my new, spontaneously written, reader-inspired serial, Atonement in Zugzwang. If you missed the beginning of this serial, or if you need to refresh your memory about where it began, click here for Episode 1. Each week I feature the person who provided random reader things that … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 6, Featuring Fraggle
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 What a relief to be in my sanctuary. Sit down and relax relax with me. One day about five years ago, I remarked on my dislike of acronyms. Actually, I hate the blasted things. It inspired our marvelous Story Reading Ape to be a bit of a prankster. He spontaneously created … More Wednesday Rerun — The Glowing Pigs Meet Artie the Genius Chimp
Saturday, March 25, 2023 Hello, everyone. Welcome back to our weekend sanctuary. It’s in the weirdly magical town of Atonement, Tennessee. Today’s random reader things are from a blogger-author I’ve been privileged to collaborate with several times. That goes all the way back to Pip’s adventures, set in the 1920s, which were my first blog … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 5, Featuring John W. Howell
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary. I hope everyone is safe, warm, and dry. Sit back, have a cup of coffee, a snack, or whatever pleases you. There aren’t any calories here! Now, I invite you to enter my “Atonement universe” for this story I wrote back in 2018. I never furthered one … More Wednesday Writing — an Atonement TN Short Story
Saturday, March 18, 2023 Welcome back to Atonement, TN, everyone. If you saw my post yesterday, then you know that this new installment of Atonement in Zugzwang was driven by a recipe (from which I chose 3 things) created just for this post by the amazing Robbie Cheadle. Here’s a link to the post where you … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang Episode-4, featuring Robbie Cheadle!
Friday, March 17, 2023 Hello, everyone and happy Saint Patrick’s Day. I put a lot of thought into how to handle the next episode of Atonement in Zugzwang. You see, I asked Robbie Cheadle for a recipe to use to drive the next installment. I randomly chose the “three things” that drive that episode from … More Prelude to Episode 4 — A Special Recipe from Robbie Cheadle!
Thursday, March 16, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary. I call it the Teagan Zone. Take care as you enter — it can be a strange and mysterious place. My fictional town, Atonement, Tennessee is filled with strange and mysterious things. An item that is about to come into play (pardon the pun) in my blog … More #ThursdayDoors in Atonement TN — The Chessboard in Play
Saturday, March 11, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. After another rough week, I hope you are ready to enter this safe place and relax. The random reader things, which drive this episode are from fellow blogger and new author, Dan Antion. Last year he gradually released three books of a series. And a little bird … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 3, Featuring Dan Antion
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 What lurks behind locked, bolted, and chained doors? Do you fear to enter? Or does curiosity overcome caution? Imagine if you will, being both locked in and locked out simultaneously. Imagine if you will, the Teagan Zone. When I started posting stories to Amazon’s Kindle Vella (the first time was over … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors — Author Experience Kindle Vella
Saturday, March 4, 2023 Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my new, spontaneously written, reader-inspired serial, Atonement in Zugzwang. If you missed it, or if you need to refresh your memory, click here for Episode 1. Many of you know Resa McConaghy for the mural photos, Art Gown sketches, and the gowns she actually makes. Did … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 2, Featuring Resa McConaghy
Thursday, March 3, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. A decade ago, I made my “brand” in the blogosphere by writing serial stories. Those stories were completely spontaneous and driven by random things from readers. The things set the location, most of the characters, and the plot. After finishing The Armadillo Files in 2022, I took … More #ThursdayDoors — To a New Interactive Serial
Saturday, February 25, 2023 Hello, everyone. I’m finally ready to take the plunge into an all new, three things style serial. You may have noticed that strange word in the title. To over-simplify, zugzwang (German for “compulsion to move”) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games when a player is forced to … More New 3-Things Serial! — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 1, Featuring Chris Graham
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Hello, everyone. Come in and make yourself comfortable for some writerly thoughts. For those who don’t care about that sort of thing, there’s a short story at the end of this post. Those of you who visit here on weekends know that beginning in January, I was getting ready to start … More Wednesday Writing — Planner vs. Pantser
Saturday, February 18, 2023 Welcome back to my sanctuary, everyone. It’s serene here… and at once it’s utter chaos. How’s that? I have a new family. A few of you from Facebook already know this. Pixabay Of course, I had that longstanding vow that I would never go through the gut-wrenching pain of losing another … More INTRODUCING…
Sunday, February 12, 2023 I know my presence in the blog world has been unpredictable lately. This is a personal update. Don’t worry, I’m not going to delve into my heartache, past or present. When Aspen died, eight years ago, I swore that Crystal would be the final feline. Throughout her 16 ½ years, Crystal … More A Personal Update
Monday, February 6, 2023 Crystal. August 8, 2006 to February 6, 2023 Born to a feral mom in the worst part of the south side of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lived in Rio Rancho, NM then Arlington, VA, and finally in lower southeast NM. A hero and survivor from birth to the end.
Saturday, February 4, 2023 Thanks for sticking around. I was gone for quite a while (without Internet). It seems like a lifetime ago that I created the above party bus for the launch of the second novel in the Atonement series. I was surprised when it showed up today, but it’s fitting for this post. In … More Poll — What Supernatural Creature?
Thursday, February 2, 2023 Thursday Doors to Indie Books Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. Happy Groundhog Day. My Internet “door” finally reopened. I was without Internet for nearly 3 weeks, so you Thursday Doors aficionados haven’t seen me online for quite a while. I got a new setup running, and as soon as I was … More #ThursdayDoors to #IndieBooks — What’s Behind the Door?
Updated August, 2025 Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell Hello, everyone. What’s the fastest way to cause a reader to become immersed in a story? Include the physical senses — preferably more than one of them. With that in mind, welcome to Writing with the Senses. In this series each installment will focus on each of … More Writing with the Senses — Sight
My Internet completely died. I’m not sure how long I will be away.
Saturday, January 14, 2023 Welcome back to my sanctuary, everyone. Ha. Not that kind of look. Although I’ve had my eye on an idea. You see, I’m still not feeling up to starting a new “three things” style blog serial. However, I’ve been thinking about preselecting the setting for the next serial, and the setting … More New Year, New Look — Atonement, Tennesse
Seances, a psychic medium, warnings from a ghost, a manipulative fiancé, a woman who can’t go home, an older woman who might lose her job and home, a freakishly strong woman with a soul tie to an evil entity. All these things and people come together in 1920s Coral Gables, Florida. … More Wednesday Writing — Unexpected Settings
Thursday, January 5, 2023 Doors to Enchantment Welcome to my sanctuary. It’s the first week of January in southern New Mexico, and I’ve already started the backbreaking chore of weed-pulling. That awful “artic blast” only touched the north and east of the state, but temperatures were still very low. This week has been rather mild … More #ThursdayDoors to Enchantment — San Miguel Mission
Monday, January 2, 2023 The first Monday of the New Year just skyrocketed for me. The milti-talented Robbie Cheadle just reviewed the final three installments of my “Dead of Winter” series. I didn’t have champagne on New Year’s Eve, but I think I’ll open a bottle of bubbly tonight to celebrate her reviews. Comments are … More Roberta Writes – Book reviews for Journeys 12, 13 & 14 of Dead of Winter by Teagan Riordain Geneviene —
Saturday, December 31, 2022 Welcome back, everyone. I hope you’ve had a brilliant holiday season and that you ring in a healthy, happy, prosperous New Year. It seemed like a great way to cap off the year when Dan Antion asked me to collaborate on a post. He wanted his bartender character, Skippy, to … More Hullaba New Year’s Eve
December 28, 2022 Not a “Major Announcement!” Welcome, everyone. Thanks for spending part of your holidays here. First, I have a small announcement. As most of you know, I built my blog through engaging readers by writing purely spontaneous serials. Each episode was driven by “three random reader things.” A new three things style serial … More My 2022 Highpoint — & an Announcement
December 26, 2022There wasn’t a “ghost” of a chance that I could resist sharing this mindful review from Olga Núñez Miret. Also, in case you didn’t know, Olga has changed the site of her main blog. I hope you’ll click over to her place and join the conversation. Comments are closed here. Click Here for … More #BookReview A PERIL IN ECTOPLASM: JUST ONCE MORE: Brief, spooky, and atmospheric historical fiction — Just Olga
Saturday, December 24, 2022 I wasn’t going to do a post this weekend. However, my mind can be a noisy place. All the characters in there wanted to wish all of you happiness for Christmas and every other holiday you’re celebrating. If you aren’t familiar with some of these characters, you can find them at … More Yuletide Greetings & Merry Christmas
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 If this sounds familiar, then you’re right. I’m posting a rerun. This story is from 2019 and it’s in my Pip-verse. It’s a collaboration with Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape! How could I resist sharing it again? Over the years, we’ve done several short stories for the Pip-verse, adding Chris’ creation, … More Collaboration with the Story Reading Ape — Pip & Artie in Outer Space
Saturday, December 17, 2022 Welcome back to my sanctuary, everyone. I hope the holiday season is bringing joy your way. I know all of you are busy, so today’s short story will be quite short. Actually, it’s a rerun from 2015, a little slice of life from my Atonement, Tennessee universe. It seems like a … More Weekend #ShortStories — a Rerun from Atonement, TN
Thursday, December 8, 2022 Thursday Doors Welcome, all. Dan’s post inspired me to share at least a little something. At Pixabay I turned up this bright door and window. I admit, I love green, no matter what shade. However, this one prompted a thought that I decided to share and hopefully involve you. I … More #ThursdayDoors — Seeing Green
Saturday, December 3, 2022 “When Evil Chooses You” is now available on Amazon in Paperback and for Kindle Welcome back to the Teagan Zone. This “Shorts for the Weekend” series has taken a turn from reader provided photos to songs from readers. Sometimes serendipity jumps in, and causes me to share more than I ordinarily might. When … More Weekend #ShortStories: Can’t Find My Way Home — & #NewBook Dan Antion’s When Evil Chooses You
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Did I hook you with that question? A waiata is a Maori song. Waiata serve many functions. They can be used to support a whaikōrero (formal speech) or sung to express grief after a death. Waiata were used to help teach children, to urge people to take up a cause, or to … More What’s a Waiata? — Calling for Songs for Weekend Short Stories
Wednesday, November 24, 2022 Hello everyone. In a few hours it will be Thanksgiving Day here in the USA. In addition to the giving of thanks, it’s associated with good food, football games, and shopping. I’m grateful for a lot, but I haven’t been able to write because of my “stuff.” One thing that always … More Birds of a Feather — Book Fair!
Saturday, November 19, 2022 A few of you may have noticed that my Weekend Shorts post has been removed. Here’s why. We’ve been down this road before. Everyone entitled to freedom of speech. (Even if it is harmful speech.) You can have whatever vocabulary you want. (Even if others find your words profane.) Most … More One More Time… About Sweet
Thursday, November 17, 2022 Hello everyone. As you know, I usually limit my blog to two posts per week. However, this week I’m making an exception. Many of you know Robbie Cheadle (Roberta Eaton Cheadle). So, you likely know that her son Michael had surgery this week. In weeks before that, Robbie had been working … More New Micro-Read from Robbie Cheadle
Wednesday, November 16, 2022Welcome, all. I hope the first half of your week has been good. The bright spot in my week is a book review. It’s gratifying and actually humbling to see A Peril in Ectoplasm: Just Once More get such wonderful attention. What a fabulous blogging and reading community we have! I’m honored … More Wednesday Writing — Two #BookReviews from Dan Antion at No Facilities
Saturday, November 12, 2022 Happy weekend, all. I’m afraid my week went sideways, and I didn’t get any writing done. I was feeling bad about not doing a post today… then it hit me that I could rerun something. I’ve posted this short story from the “Pip-verse” a few times over the years, but it’s … More Weekend Shorts ― Turkey Time for Pip
Thursday, November 10, 2022 Thursday Doors to Indie Books Welcome to my sanctuary. In this magical place, we can be any-when. Multiple whens might even colide. My mind is still in the 1920s with “A Peril in Ectoplasm.” When I think of that decade, I also think of all things Art Deco. That style often … More #ThursdayDoors to #IndieBooks — Art Deco Doors
Saturday, November 5, 2022 Hello, everyone. I’m back with more Weekend Shorts. Also, I brought along the Pumpkin Hat Girls again. They were up for some more Twilight Zone-ish fun. Back when I asked photographers and artists to send me three images that were “generally related” one another (unlike the randomness of the reader things … More Weekend Shorts — Do Not Enter, featuring Resa McConaghy
Seances, a psychic medium, warnings from a ghost, a manipulative fiancé, a woman who can’t go home, an older woman who might lose her job and home, a freakishly strong woman with a soul tie to an evil entity. All these things and people come together in 1920s Coral Gables, Florida. … More Spook-tober Snippet: A Peril in Ectoplasm, #Halloween
Thursday, October 27, 2022 Thursday Doors to Indie Books Today I’m sharing some 1920s doors. It was a fun coincidence. I just released a novella set in Coral Gables, Florida of the Roaring Twenties. Meanwhile, to celebrate her upcoming 1920s mystery series, fellow indie author, S.R. (Sarah) Mallery is offering the introductory book for free … More #ThursdayDoors to Indie Books — 1920s Reads from SR Mallery’s #FreeBook! & Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene #TrickOrTreat
Saturday, October 22, 2022 Hello everyone, and welcome back to Spook-tober Shorts. A couple of weeks ago I introduced some new character-friends, the Pumpkin Hat Girls. They’re back for some more Twilight Zone-ish fun. BASED ON COMMENTS, I REVISED THE STORY TO INCLUDE AN EPILOGUE. Haunted Halloween Holiday is a delightful story by Robbie and … More Revised: Spook-tober Shorts — Sugar Fiends, featuring Robbie Cheadle
Wednesday, October 19, 2022Hello, everyone. Today I’m visiting author Teri Polen — and this gleefully ghoulish gallery of Jack-o-lanterns. We’re discussing mirrors, Stephen King, and other Halloweenish things. I hope you’ll click over and join the conversation. There’s a link to the interview below, after the preview. Comments here are closed. I’ve got a treat … More #BadMoonRising A Peril in Ectoplasm by Teagan Riordain Geneviene #horror #paranormal — at Books and Such
Monday, October 17, 2022 Welcome, my chuckaboos! I’m doing an extra post this week, because I’m *almighty* honored and excited about Olga Núñez Miret’s review of“Speak Chuckaboo, Slang of the Victorian and Steam Eras.” Comments are closed here, but I hope you’ll click over to Olga’s post and say hello. https://www.authortranslatorolga.com/?p=14418 ♥ ♥ ♥ Back … More #BookReview Olga Núñez Miret #VictorianSlang
Seances, a psychic medium, warnings from a ghost, a manipulative fiancé, a woman who can’t go home, an older woman who might lose her job and home, a freakishly strong woman with a soul tie to an evil entity. All these things and people come together in 1920s Coral Gables, Florida. … More Spook-tober Shorts — Snippet: A Peril in Ectoplasm, #NewBook #Halloween
Saturday, March 28, 2026 Hello everyone. I didn’t have a post for today… but then I started missing hanging out with all of you. So I decided to rerun a short story from October of 2022. The photos were graciously provided by Dan Antion. Read on for a bit of Twilight Zone-ish fun. The Game … More Weekend Rerun — The Game of Sinful Delights, a short story
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 This is a short post, because I’m busy writing. About six weeks ago I started a story for Halloween. I wasn’t sure it would be long enough to publish, so I felt sure I would finish it quickly. I wanted to present it by October 1st with plenty of reading time … More Wednesday Writing — #Halloween Cover Reveal
Saturday, September 24, 2022 Welcome to my sanctuary. You’re in a safe place. When I started this series of short stories, I had asked readers to send images I would use to spontaneously inspire the tales. Of course, I got off track, when inspiration flew under my nose. I read Kerfe‘s beautiful poem and asked … More Shorts for the Weekend — Red Phoenix, featuring Kerfe
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Belated Happy Anniversary… to me Welcome, my chuckaboos! Yes, I’m in a Victorian state of mind. Many of you will remember that “chuckaboo” was slang in that era for a dear friend. I don’t talk about the details of this, so I don’t often mention it. However, September holds two … More Wednesday Writing — The Letter A. #VictorianSlang
Saturday, September 17, 2022 Hello everyone, and welcome back to this casual series of “Shorts for the Weekend.” They’re written by yours truly, but illustrated with images that were created by and/or supplied by the featured guest, to inspire my stories. I’m enjoying writing these tales, and hope that you have fun reading them. Today’s … More Shorts for the Weekend — The Radio Dial, featuring Olga Núñez Miret
Thursday, September 15, 2022 Earlier this week, author Judith Barrow shared a post she invited me to do for her blog series, “Places in Our Memories.” Her questions about personal recollections somehow brought to mind old amusement parks. That, of course, made me think of Hullaba Lulu, a Dieselpunk Adventure, and the very strange amusement park from … More #ThursdayDoors to Memory — Places in our Memories, with Judith Barrow
Saturday, September 10, 2022 Hello everyone, and welcome back to this casual series of “Shorts for the Weekend.” They’re written by yours truly, but illustrated with images created by and/or supplied by the featured guest. Today’s images were provided by an author you’ve gotten acquainted with here, S.R. (Sarah) Mallery. She took the beautiful orange … More Shorts for the Weekend — Lemon Trees at Sunset, featuring SR Mallery
Wednesday, September 7, 2022What a great surprise from Dan Antion. He featured the slang dictionaries from my “Author Tool Chest” collection among a lovely collection of man-made items. I’m thrilled for the new addition to that series, Speak Chuckaboo, Slang of the Victorian and Steam Eras” to get this boost. Click the link in bold to … More Man Made Items (like slang) — My Author Tool Chest #VictorianSlang #Vocabulary
Saturday, September 3, 2022 Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape, sent me the coolest steampunk image. I’m not sure why, but it immediately brought Hullaba Lulu to mind. I re-created the image Chris sent adding Lulu. However, that’s at the end of the story, so it won’t spoil anything. This little story takes place at … More Shorts for the Weekend — Lulu Returns Featuring the Story Reading Ape
Thursday, September 1, 2022 Join me, and the lovely MuMu in announcing her human’s new book. Congratulations to Dan Antion on the second in his “Dreamers Alliance” trilogy. The Evil You Choose picks up where Knuckleheads left off. There’s no “evil” in choosing this book. Okay, okay… you know I couldn’t resist that. Click over to No Facilities … More The Evil You Choose – #NewBook from Dan Antion
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Rebecca Budd and her sister, Sarah have been looking around in my “Author Tool Chest,” and I couldn’t be happier. What a delight to sit in on their conversation about my latest slang dictionary, “Speak Chuckaboo.” I hope you’ll click over and join the fun. I’m closing comments here, because I … More S2 E15: Speak Chuckaboo! — Rebecca’s Reading Room #NewBook #Vocabulary #Slang
Saturday, August 27, 2022 REVISED INTRODUCTION Hello everyone, and welcome to the first in my series of illustrated short stories. Most, if not all of these will be stand-alone short stories. There are no other episodes of the story below. Writing long-running blog serials is really intensive work. I’ll certainly do another serial, but I … More Shorts for the Weekend — Urban Waterfalls or Can’t Find My Way Home
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 This is a different sort of post for me. I try to restrict my posts to topics related to writing, publishing, and images. This topic has nothing to do with writing — yet it has everything to do with— any and everything, including writing. It’s about one of my quickest triggers. … More From the Julia Sugarbaker Soapbox: About Sweet
Saturday, August 20, 2022 It’s All About Indie! Welcome, my chuckaboos! Come on in and join this fandango. To me, sharing indie books is simply rum ti tum with the chill off! It’s so much better to celebrate my friends than to bubble around. There certainly is a lot to celebrate. So, pour yourself a … More Indie Books — New in 2022 & Coming Soon! #NewBooks!
Saturday, August 13, 2022 You could see that this tale had geared up for the ending, and now it’s here. I’ve made this a double-length episode, because it wouldn’t have been good storytelling to divide it. So, let’s get right to it. The concluding random reader things are from GP Cox. They are: grenade, mousetrap, and … More The Armadillo Files, Serial Conclusion
Thursday, August 11, 2022 Thursday Doors to Indie Books It’s a good thing that I pos-i-lutely love to share, because sharing and supporting one another is a big part of being an indie author. S.R. (Sarah) Mallery is a fellow author who has been a big help to me. I’m honored, because her work is … More #ThursdayDoors to Indie Books — Snippets in Time 1, SR Mallery
Monday, August 8, 2022 Update: “The Armadillo Files” premiered at #1 in its category at Amazon! How should I say this…? Tell everybody, but just don’t tell the ending! Announcing… The Armadillo Files It’s comic, cosmic, colorful, captivatingly calamitous, campy, and charmingly cray-cray! Many of you are not around for the weekends, when I post … More #NewBook, The Armadillo Files, now in book form
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