Wow, what a
weekend. I went to the FenCon conference and roomed with Angela. While I didn't
run across any paranormal happenings, as I have previously, it was a lot of
fun.
At the Simmons
household, there's been something going on, and I still haven't figured it out.
Hub always sets the TV timer and falls asleep with Letterman on. After he zonks
out and the TV is silent, I read until I get sleepy, which can sometimes be a
couple hours. But things have been sort of weird around here during those hours
this past week. At first, I thought, Kids
are prowling the streets again and talking their heads off. The problem
was, I couldn't understand anything they were saying; it was a lot of mumbling.
And it didn't move away, as it would have if a group of kids was walking past
the house.
This happened virtually every night last week until I left for FenCon. I could tell it was a conversation going on, because there was more than one voice, both female and male, and different tones of voice. It sounded as though there were several men and women talking about … something. I just couldn't understand them well enough to hear what they were discussing, no matter how close I listened.
This is all
probably part of the delayed cleansing I need to get my butt in gear and do to
the entire house, not just the bedroom. It definitely is on my list for next
week. This conversation sounds really interesting, no shouting or arguing in
the tones, so I don't feel threatened. I wish I could understand it … or maybe
I don't.
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As I said, I had
fun at FenCon. The main thing about this conference is the load of creativity
in the air.
Then there's
Angela in her costume for the afternoon/evening:
There are
authors there, but from nearly every imaginable genre: sci-fi, horror, mystery,
romance, and lots of mixtures of the various genres. There are also song
writers, and you see them with their tablets all over the place scribbling down
lyrics or fine-tuning them. And the artists! Not just paintings, but awesome sculptures
and pottery. Most of the stuff in the art room is in the fantasy/sci-fi genre,
but there are a lot of Dr. Who fans at this conference, also. I sat in on the
art auction, and there were some great bargains; there was also a lot of money
raised for charity. I brought home a beautiful box carved with a Celtic Cross
to store my Tarot cards in, plus a cute, feel-good print of a tiger kitty in a
witch's hat, sitting on top of a crystal ball.
The creativity
is so thick, dozens of people seem to be jotting down ideas for their personal
creative path. Floyd, one of my SRT members, told me he nearly had a new song
written. I never leave this conference without either an idea for a new story
or, as happened this year, figuring out a problem in a story I was working on.
I had this great
idea for this year's Halloween story, but not only did I not have a title for
it, the setting just wasn't working. When Angela critiqued what I actually had
written, she said, "It's seems like it has a steampunk bent to it, but
then it doesn't follow through on that."
Ahhhhh, my muse went,
and he also went to FenCon with me. We definitely have that story all worked
out now. Well, except for the title. But as soon as I can get a couple other
tings out of the road (like this weekly blog), I'm going to sit down and let my
fingers fly.
I also met this
wonderful lady on Saturday who agreed to be the cover model for this story.
Here is Alyssa, and isn't she gorgeous! She's going to be a fantastic Eartha.
I'm adding her Facebook url at the bottom of her photos. The first is from her
Facebook page. The other one I took at FenCon.
www.facebook.com/queenvonware
Here, also, are
a few of the titles I've weeded out. I'm leaning toward the first one. However,
feel free to comment in the blog or tell me on Facebook if you like one of the
others.
Deliver Us From
Evil
Dogs of Darkness
Hounds of
Destiny
Death Whispers
Hellhound Harbingers
The other news
this week is that Dead Man Talking is
now an audio book! How cool is that? Shelley Lynn Johnson did a fantastic job
narrating it, and she's going to do Dead
Man Haunt next. It's available at the links below the cover:
The Beckham
Spirit Fest is coming up on us fast. October 18 is nearly here. We've already
gotten in quite a few pre-event ticket sales, and the ghost hunts are filling
up fast. The one at the hotel is sold out, and the Chamber one only has a few
spots left. There are still ten at the cemetery, but if things keep up like
this, they'll be gone soon, too. Three are all we have people to lead, and ten participants
in each is what they will all be capped at. So holler at me if you'd like to
get a reservation.
Hope to see a
lot of you there. Also, I don't say this too often, but I'd appreciate any
shares of the blog and the book information.
The Veil will
continue to thin and communications from the spirit world will be more easily
accessible. But that also means there might be some unwelcome visitors from the
other dimension. Stay safe!
Boo!
T. M.
Deliver us from evil is the title of Ralph Sarchie's book (and the movie based on it) so I would ditch that one....
ReplyDeleteAlso, I finished that song (a filk, actually) about ten minutes after I last saw you. We came very close to actually performing it later that afternoon in our 3 o'clock show... LOL
Floyd