s_g_browne Okay, how would you write the creepy sound from the Friday the 13th films? Is it: “Chee chee chee chee, ah ah ah ah?” And I want references!
AdviceToWriters Anne Lamott: “Turn off Twitter”: bit.ly/b8X3l3 #Twitter #writing
leatherzebra Is this for real? Dexter Ben & Jerry’s flavobit.ly/prLkaQ6NhX
Dark Promptings: For the Bible Tells Me So with Lee Allen Howard - @ Michael Arnzen’s weird weblog. fb.me/1bszb3gFl
LeeAllenHoward Check out my divinely inspired dark writing prompts at Michael A. Arnzen’s Gorelets. fb.me/xnwZFSGu
Unfortunately, “lollygag” does not mean to choke someone with a Tootsie Roll Pop. See Safire in NYT: nytimes.com/2006/06/25/mag…
scottsigler A print book is really a kind of tree zombie.
The Devil at Group Therapy: “Ola! I’m Satie / and I’m a mother of three / adorable little / whipper-snappers / aged six / six / and six.”
Uberlink to the “Dark Promptings” series: michaelarnzen.com/dark-prompting… You will want to recall this come #nanowrimo!
More dark promptings: Natalie Duvall @natt444 starts you off with some “romantic dialogue” of a twisted kind… fb.me/1gFnq68vW
SpectrumCulture Even if you hate horror films and can’t stand 3-D, FRIGHT NIGHT (with Colin Farrell) is worth the price of admission. is.gd/acGlVz
torforgeauthors Ann VanderMeer on No Longer Editing Weird Tales bit.ly/q8y4qD via @jeffvandermeer
Hodgman is brilliant! Daily Show on the death of Borders, in case you missed it: thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-augu…
Veinz 57 post.ly/2wdjL
mubi Late Summer Horrors bit.ly/nJ2xRH
The Incredible Shrinking Writer post.ly/2verA
creativity idea for writers: draw the mind map that YOUR CHARACTER (not you) would draw in an effort to problem-solve.
AnnKingman Damn, Booktour.com is shutting down. I suspect they were ahead of their time. The bookworld needs such a service.Anyone?
Many Genre fans: check out Portable MFA in Creative Writing by New York Writers Workshop amazon.com/gp/product/B00… FREE 2day FOR KINDLE!
It’s not human. Yet. slashfilm.com/the-thing-trai…
Michael Bracken asks “If you can’t write about your family, who can you write about?” Check out the new… fb.me/ORyLqFIm
NEW Dark Promptings: “Fear the Family” with Michael Bracken gorelets.com/blog/instigati…
NonHorrorSurvey #ManyGenresOneCraft Interview - Ecto Bits with Scott A. Johnson http://wp.me/p1dJji-9l
A friend yesterday mentioned a new ‘problem’ with ebooks he doesn’t have w/paper: the endless queue of the suckage that never goes away.
@allthingsnoisy @CrimespreeJon Wow, that’s literally a GALLON of coffee down the coffeehole. Impressive! Wish my carafe was that big!
CrimespreeJon I woke up with too much blood in my coffee stream
jkwarman Best writing advice I’ve ever heard? “You can’t fix a blank page” - Mike Arnzen. This has gotten me through I-don’t-know-how-many days.
Thanks @jkwarman! All the best in your writing.
William Castle is back from the grave: williamcastle.com @scareitforward
Next in the Dark Promptings story starter series is @SallyBosco with a number of “Uncanny Surprises”… http://fb.me/ZQrDrkiV
call for participants in @uncannyvalley research: gorelets.com/uncanny/theory…
heidirubymiller MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT Signing at #Confluence (Pittsburgh, 2011) manygenres.blogspot.com/2011/08/many-g… #manygenres @MikeArnzen #shuwpf
RT @joelansdale Urban Fantasy anthology edited by Peter Beagle and myself is now out<-Get this and Crucified Dreams from tachyonpublications.com
Horror media fun for the weekend, part B: Exploring the expressionistic game by Play Dead Games: “Limbo” limbogame.org
Horror media fun for the weekend, part A: Rediscovering the Dark Side of the 1980s (music) thanks to @KittyLectro dark80s.com
Dark Promptings: A Series of Story Starters from Authors in Many Genres, One Craft http://post.ly/2nMVx
uncannyvalley @MikeArnzen I’m looking for people to take part in a study exploring the #uncannyvalley. Can you help? bit.ly/FaceExperiment Please RT?
New “Dark Promptings”: Alone in the Dark with Mary Sangiovanni:… http://fb.me/BYImgl5M
NoraThompson For followers finally awake in the US: My book project is up on Kickstarter kck.st/r4W98F (with a blurb from @MikeArnzen)
The horror audiobook market is desolate. Publishers: get on this! With the right atmosphere and voice, scary stories are the BEST in audio!
What Steers Vampires to Blood: ucsf.edu/news/2011/08/1…
Arrival of the Blood Collector http://fb.me/Bf6vybEy
Cowboys & Smurfs….now THAT would have been a blockbuster I’d pay to see.
New on Pedablogue: QR Codes and my Campus Office Door http://post.ly/2irnB
