Tag: Ghosts

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Monday, but a Thursday Doors Challenge #1, @DanAntion, Deborah M. Zajac

May 9, 2022

Monday, May 19, 2022 Welcome, all.  You wouldn’t believe how down on myself I’ve been, because I haven’t been able to plunge through the PTSD-anxiety that keeps me from finishing “Dead of Winter.”  I had also forgotten about the Thursday Doors writing challenge, hosted by Dan Antion. I had promised to participate and was looking … More Monday, but a Thursday Doors Challenge #1, @DanAntion, Deborah M. Zajac

Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 13, The Harbor

March 2, 2022

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 What a “Journey” it’s been.  We’re near the end of that road.  Sometimes it was sunny, other times dark.  I have heartfelt gratitude for everyone who has been with me.  I’m glad you’re part of the Journeys of “Dead of Winter.”  There’s still one more to go. The Penultimate Journey Is … More Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 13, The Harbor

Hallgeir Hallr, Borgund Stave Church, Wikipedia. Tomfoolery by Teagan

Thursday Doors to Enchantment — the North-country of Dead of Winter

February 17, 2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022 Doors to Enchantment Welcome to my sanctuary.  Spring is on the way in the Land of Enchantment, but Winter will be on my mind for weeks to come as I finish the final two installments of “Dead of Winter.”  In response to the Thursday Doors challenge, hosted by Dan Antion, I’ve looked … More Thursday Doors to Enchantment — the North-country of Dead of Winter

Dead of Winter, Journeys 11 and 12

Wednesday Writing — 2 #BookReviews from Olga Núñez Miret

January 26, 2022

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 I wasn’t going to do a Wednesday post, because I had something for Thursday Doors.  I’ve been having a personal difficulty that left me exhausted, but when I saw two wonderful reviews from Olga Núñez Miret, I felt rejuvenated.    As Olga said, “Winter is no longer coming. It is here … More Wednesday Writing — 2 #BookReviews from Olga Núñez Miret

Theatre of Bardic Rumination Door altered Unsplash

Wednesday Writing & Thursday Doors — Answering Diana’s Challenge

January 19, 2022

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 Welcome to my sanctuary.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week.  In the magic of Teagan’s Books, today it’s both Wednesday and Thursday.  I’m combining my response to a writing challenge from D. Wallace Peach with Thursday Doors, hosted by Dan Antion. https://nofacilities.com/2022/01/20/old-wethersfield-business/  What can I say? There was a … More Wednesday Writing & Thursday Doors — Answering Diana’s Challenge

Dead of Winter, Journey 12 Goddesses book and cover by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

Announcing Dead of Winter: Journey 12 — Goddesses

December 24, 2021

Monday, December 28, 2021 Announcing the December issue of Dead of Winter! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.  I’ve been working hard to finish the next novelette in “Dead of Winter.”  Happily, I published it on Christmas Eve.   Here’s the Blurb Dead of Winter: Journey 12, Goddesses So far in the Journeys … More Announcing Dead of Winter: Journey 12 — Goddesses

Dead of Winter 8 Characters promo by Teagan

Thursday Doors Challenge & Free e-Book (UPDATED)

December 16, 2021

Thursday, December 16, 2021 Thursday Doors Challenges Thursday Doors Badge Challenge I’m updating this post to include an entry for the Thursday Doors Badge.  Here’s my humble offering. Thursday Doors Favorite Doors Challenge This time, I’m the one responding to a challenge.  The host of Thursday Doors, Dan Antion has a few challenges going this … More Thursday Doors Challenge & Free e-Book (UPDATED)

Jack Frost Cake Robbie Cheadle

Wednesday Writing — Dead of Winter Challenge Responses

December 15, 2021

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Dead of Winter Creativity Challenge Welcome, everyone.  I hope the week is going well for all of you.  Today I’m showing links to some of the wonderful responses to my Dead of Winter Creativity Challenge.  Each is a different form of creativity.  I’ll continue to collect responses until December 24, 2021, … More Wednesday Writing — Dead of Winter Challenge Responses

DoW 1 Forest Promo

Wednesday Writing — Dead of Winter Challenge

December 1, 2021

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 Welcome December! Welcome to my cozy sanctuary in the Land of Enchantment.  For many years I lived in dread of December’s weather… and January, and February, and even March when I lived on the east coast.  However, in the high desert southwest, I love December and the rest of winter.  Speaking … More Wednesday Writing — Dead of Winter Challenge

Giving Thanks

November 24, 2021

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 Happy Thanksgiving In my country, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.  I’m giving thanks for all of you no matter where you are.  Despite the many times “we” (as a country or segments of the population) have brought shame upon ourselves, I’m also thankful to live here, to have been born here. I’m … More Giving Thanks

Dead of Winter: Journey 11, The Sumelazon, cover by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 11, The Sumelazon Escarpment

November 19, 2021

day, November , 2021 Announcing the November issue of Dead of Winter! Thanks for your patience this month.  Allow me to present the latest novelette in Dead of Winter — Journey 11, the Sumelazon Escarpment  I know you’re wondering how many installments are left.  Don’t hold me to it, but I think there will be two … More Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 11, The Sumelazon Escarpment

Wolf, Emlyn, Osabide, Gethin, Baki, & Zasha, by Teagan

Wednesday Writing — Dead of Winter is coming

November 10, 2021

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Dead of Winter is coming However, it’s taking more time to get the November novelette ready. I didn’t simply choose stop/start points in the 1,000+ epic I wrote a decade ago. Each month, in addition to editing the manuscript, I reorganize things for a better “serial” flow. Also for this format, … More Wednesday Writing — Dead of Winter is coming

Dead of Winter: Journeys 9 & 10 by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

Wednesday Writing — Readers Outside Your Genre & #BookReviews

November 3, 2021

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Happy November, everyone! Thanks for visiting my sanctuary.  Pour a glass of your favorite beverage, and maybe get a snack, put your feet up and relax here for a moment.  One of the things that delights me most is when a reader enjoys my stories — even though they don’t usually … More Wednesday Writing — Readers Outside Your Genre & #BookReviews

Dead of Winter: Journey 11, The Sumelazon, cover by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

Wednesday Writing — Cover Reveal for Journey 11

October 27, 2021

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Hello, everyone. As the Journeys of Dead of Winter draw near their end, so does this year.  For my location, the approaching solstice (Halloween, Samhain, and other names) falls halfway between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice.  In most of the countries of Dead of Winter, it also marks the … More Wednesday Writing — Cover Reveal for Journey 11

Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 10, Pergesca

October 13, 2021

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 The October issue of Dead of Winter is here! Welcome everyone! Thanks for your patience this month.  Today I announce the latest novelette in Dead of Winter.  It seems like only a few weeks ago that I started these Journeys.  Now we are on the tenth month. Wow.  We are nearing … More Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 10, Pergesca

Cover Reveal — Dead of Winter: Journey 10, Pergesca

September 29, 2021

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Welcome, my friends.  I’m hard at work on the October issue of Dead of Winter, so this post is just a quick cover reveal.  In the tenth installment of this epic fantasy, the travelers set out for the far away city which is the ancient seat of power of the Society of … More Cover Reveal — Dead of Winter: Journey 10, Pergesca

Pixabay image altered by Teagan

Wednesday Writing — Animals, Horses

September 22, 2021

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Hello, everyone.  It’s hard to believe that autumn is already here.  Particularly since my area has been having hotter than normal temperatures for three weeks.  Horsefeathers!  Maybe that’s why the procrastinator part of my brain is in overdrive. (That’s my excuse and I’m stickin’ with it.)  While I should be getting … More Wednesday Writing — Animals, Horses

Dragon Eye Looking through portal

Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 9, Doors of Attunement

September 2, 2021

Thursday, September 2, 2021 The September issue of Dead of Winter ready! Welcome to my sanctuary.  Try not to let that giant eye worry you.  During the past ten days, I’ve put in so many long hours each day, but I’m on track and here to announce the latest novelette in Dead of Winter.  To … More Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 9, Doors of Attunement

Dead of Winter: Journey 9, Doors of Attunement, by Teagan Riordain Geneviene

Wednesday Writing — I write like who? And Cover Reveal

August 25, 2021

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Just before I started writing this post, the part of my brain that I call “Squirrel” because it bounces around like a dog who’s just seen a squirrel… Squirrel!!!  Where was I?  Oh, yeah. I had landed on something about the “I Write Like” place that most writers have visited at … More Wednesday Writing — I write like who? And Cover Reveal

Dead of Winter Journey 8 The Lost Library by Teagan R Geneviene

Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 8, The Lost Library

August 11, 2021

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 The August issue of Dead of Winter is here! Welcome everyone.  Thanks for visiting my sanctuary.  The “lost library” is one of the mental places where I like to relax.  Although, in Dead of Winter, it may not be a safe harbor.  Our characters definitely need to proceed with caution.  In Journey … More Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 8, The Lost Library

Dead of Winter Journey 8 The Lost Library by Teagan R Geneviene

Wednesday Writing — Cover Reveal, Dead of Winter: Journey 8, The Lost Library

July 28, 2021

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Hello, everyone.  It’s hard to believe that July is almost gone.  Where does the time go?  This is only a quick post.  I’m trying not to freak out, with “Dead of Winter: Journey 8, The Lost Library” and the new blog serial — which I hope to launch this Saturday, competing for … More Wednesday Writing — Cover Reveal, Dead of Winter: Journey 8, The Lost Library

La Ghirlandata (1873) modelled by Alexa Wilding, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Wednesday Writing — Research & Character Creation

July 14, 2021

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Welcome, all.  Even though I engage in full-on whimsy, and often pantser (fly by the seat of my pants) through stories, everything I do is for a reason.  Today I’m explaining what undoubtedly seems like a strange quirk on my part — the color green.  That also relates to a character … More Wednesday Writing — Research & Character Creation

Pride n Flowers Amazon Promo

Wednesday Writing — Beware the Fearsome Boobrie!

June 30, 2021

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Hello, everyone.  Today we bid farewell to June.  However, it is still June.  The July issue of “Dead of Winter” is on schedule for release on the first Wednesday of the month.  (Although I don’t commit to a firm publication schedule, that’s my own generally desired date.) I’m sharing some of … More Wednesday Writing — Beware the Fearsome Boobrie!

Dead of Winter: Journey 6, The Fluting Fell. Promo image by Teagan Geneviene

#BookReviews — Olga Núñez Miret on Dead of Winter 5 & 6

June 15, 2021

Tuesday, June 15, 2021   One of Dan Antion‘s baseball playing crows stopped to check things out.  Promo image by Teagan, crow by Dan.  Olga Núñez Miret provides not just a double-feature review of both the May and June issues of “Dead of Winter,” but reader guidance through the story.  Click over and join the … More #BookReviews — Olga Núñez Miret on Dead of Winter 5 & 6

Dead of Winter: Journey 6, The Fluting Fell b cover and book y Teagan Riordain Geneviene

Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 6, The Fluting Fell

June 2, 2021

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Update:  The paperback is now also available.  Universal purchase link: relinks.me/B096CPJNSX Welcome June — and welcome to you too, everyone. Last month the May issue of “Dead of Winter” ended with a ginormous cliffhanger at “Llyn Pistyll Falls.”  Today I’m pleased to announce Journey 6, the Fluting Fell, and get us … More Announcing — Dead of Winter: Journey 6, The Fluting Fell

Wednesday Books — Roberta Cheadle, Through the Nethergate #RRBC #Bookreview

January 29, 2020

Wednesday, January, 29, 2020 Welcome to the first installment of Wednesday Books! This post begins a new quarterly feature for Teagan’s Books.  I’m not a book reviewer.  Although I post a few at Amazon and Goodreads, I never do “real” reviews.  However, when I recently bought my membership to the Rave Reviews Book Club (RRBC) I … More Wednesday Books — Roberta Cheadle, Through the Nethergate #RRBC #Bookreview

Doris Kenyon wearing pajamas in January 1920 Shadowland

Jazz Age Wednesdays — The Cat’s Pajamas

October 9, 2019

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Sheiks and Shebas, it’s another Jazz Age Wednesday.  Today I’m here with a little trivia. If you’re a regular, then you know that I like to use Roaring Twenties slang in my replies to comments.  They had such fun with language back then.   Twenties Tidbit One of my favorite 1920s compliments is You’re … More Jazz Age Wednesdays — The Cat’s Pajamas

All the Pip stories by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

Jazz Age Wednesdays — The Renaissance Era to Fantasy

October 2, 2019

Wednesday, October , 2019 I’m still celebrating the launch of A Ghost in the Kitchen.  Sheiks and Shebas, welcome back to Jazz Age Wednesdays. Thanks again to everyone who supported and visited my book launch for A Ghost in the Kitchen.  It’s hard to choose a category for this latest novel, or any of the stories … More Jazz Age Wednesdays — The Renaissance Era to Fantasy

Jazz Age Wednesdays — Toasting a Ghost in the Kitchen

September 25, 2019

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 I’m still celebrating the launch of A Ghost in the Kitchen.  I wonder if Pip will ever learn how to cook.  It seems like she always lands in hot water, but I don’t think that’s what Granny Phanny had in mind.  As if Pip didn’t find enough distractions on her own, now … More Jazz Age Wednesdays — Toasting a Ghost in the Kitchen

All the Pip stories by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

A Ghost in the Kitchen — Launch Party Trolley through Haunted Savannah!

September 21, 2019

Saturday, September 21, 2019 Welcome to the launch party for A Ghost in the Kitchen!  It’s a wild ride on a magical trolley through haunted Savannah, Georgia. All the Pip books by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene. Purchase links: The Three Things Serial Story, Murder at the Bijou, and A Ghost in the Kitchen Hi everyone. I’m sorry to … More A Ghost in the Kitchen — Launch Party Trolley through Haunted Savannah!

Oscillating Fan, by Dan Antion

Jazz Age Wednesdays — The Three Things Serial Was “Born”

June 26, 2019

Wednesday, June 26, 2019  Hi there, shieks and shebas. Welcome to Jazz Age Wednesdays.  Horsefeathers!  Look at that date…  June is more than half over, and I still haven’t gotten back to work on finalizing my third Roaring Twenties novel about Pip and Granny. Maybe it’s hard to have my head in two different eras at once … More Jazz Age Wednesdays — The Three Things Serial Was “Born”

Jazz Age Wednesday — Pip & Artie, Epilogue

May 22, 2019

Wednesday, May 22, 2019  It’s still May and #GetCaughtReading Month!  Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape, and I got together to support this initiative that promotes the fun of reading for all ages. I meant our short story last week to be a single episode.  However, with an ongoing (and itchy) allergy problem distracting me, I’m having trouble getting … More Jazz Age Wednesday — Pip & Artie, Epilogue

Fearful man and woman circa 1926

Jazz Age Wednesday — Pip & Artie, Aghast at a Ghost

May 15, 2019

Wednesday, May 15, 2019  May is #GetCaughtReading Month!  Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape himself, and I are together again to support this initiative that promotes the fun of reading for all ages. Chris and I have collaborated on several short stories that include his character, a genius ape named Artie and my first flapper, Pip.  It all started … More Jazz Age Wednesday — Pip & Artie, Aghast at a Ghost

Coming Soon!

April 20, 2019

Saturday, April 20, 2019 Happy weekend, everyone!  I’m still settling in at my new digs in the Land of Enchantment, painting the walls, putting furniture together, and generally keeping every muscle in my body sore.  Crystal the cat seems to have made the adjustment. A few nights I’ve heard her making a midnight romp, and this … More Coming Soon!

Fearful man and woman circa 1926

Coming in Spring — Why are they screaming?

March 23, 2019

Saturday, March 23, 2019   Because there’s A Ghost in the Kitchen! Coming in Spring Another Roaring Twenties Pantser Tale Continuing the adventures of Pip and Granny, it’s… Three Ingredients 2 A Ghost in the Kitchen! Hi there, shieks and shebas!  Thanks for all the good thoughts, vibes, prayers, and luck you’ve sent about my relocation.  … More Coming in Spring — Why are they screaming?

ghost woman old brick building

Coming in Spring — What ghostly place is this?

March 17, 2019

Sunday, March 17, 2019   Coming in Spring Another Roaring Twenties Pantser Tale Continuing the adventures of Pip and Granny, it’s… Three Ingredients 2 A Ghost in the Kitchen!  The brick building in the featured image reminds me of one of the settings in Pip’s next adventure, A Ghost in the Kitchen — Three Ingredients 2. Stay … More Coming in Spring — What ghostly place is this?

Jazz Age Wednesdays 6 ― Reviews & a Crossover Story

October 18, 2017

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 I’m so excited to get reviews!  So I hope you’ll forgive me for crowing. Today author and “fairy whisperer” Colleen Chesebro* posted a review of my debut novel,  Atonement, Tennessee.  What a delight it was to read her mindful review with my morning coffee! I’m thrilled.  Since Colleen is “the fairy whisperer“ I … More Jazz Age Wednesdays 6 ― Reviews & a Crossover Story

Three Ingredients II – 6: Turnips, Onions, Sauerkraut

July 19, 2014

Welcome back everyone! I’m pleased to tell you that today’s ingredients were sent by a reader who hasn’t always been with us here at Teagan’s Books — Jo Robinson. Jo lives in beautiful South Africa, and has written quite a remarkable collection of stories.  She has a wonderful imagination.  For instance in her novel “The Shadow People, The … More Three Ingredients II – 6: Turnips, Onions, Sauerkraut