Hello blogging friends (if I have any left!) Out of sight, out of mind? Hope I can claw my way back to this much-loved community. As said in my last post before disaster struck, I prefer blogging over all other social media. And I will come by to say hi!
I'm too late for the IWSG this month. I told Alex of my situation, but I've been away too long and no longer have my exalted position near the top of the list. 💔
So...where have I been?
On April 4, my son was taken gravely ill with respiratory failure and has just been released from hospital after 4 months! So from that you will deduce he is still not out of the woods, so my husband Geo and I are helping take care of him at his home in Brisbane. We used to live here in the city and love it, so it's not such an impost although we miss the beach like crazy.
Now we don't have to bus it to the hospital every day, I've taken some time for myself and here I am at the gorgeous Brisbane Square Library in a nice little possee with a view over the Brisbane River and the new bridge connecting the South Bank with the new casino complex and reconnecting with the writerly world.
So, hello again, fellow writers! I'm so glad to be back!
Anyway, anyone who knows me knows of WEP (Write...Edit...Publish) and how we had to close down, some insisted temporarily due to overwhelming life challenges, and turns out they were right. Many said they needed WEP to write to a challenge every two months and some said they'd not written anything since we stopped with the challenges so Yolanda, Nilanjana, Olga, Jemi and Sonia all agreed to reopen for a challenge in October, our funnest month, with a Thrillfest.
So, thanks to some clever artwork from Olga Godim, our badge guru, we have prepared a challenge for all those who like to have a crack at flash fiction of the scary kind, or non-scary if you can't bring yourself to horrify readers.
This is going to be my first foray into writing for four months! I have two completed novels which I will be rereading and sending to editors, but I fear I've forgotten more than I ever knew about publishing. Hmm. Going to be a tough road home. Found anything that works for you? Do share!
Here I present WEP's October Horrorfest!
Are you ready?
Thought we were caput didn't you?!!
Nope, just dealing with life's issues,
but we're ready once more.
For a NEW CHALLENGE!
Just in time for Halloween!
Write about what scares you.
Whether it ghosts, or goblins, or ghouls...
Or it's relationships, spiders, or snakes...
Maybe you fear tomorrow, or yesterday,
the past, or the future.
With so many fears, there's no reason
not to participate.
So we'll see you there!!!!
Post your masterpiece
OCTOBER 1st through the 16th
Just affix your link and get ready for
some amazing writing!!!!!
Don't forget, comments count!
See you then with a link!
Thanks Yolanda Renee for letting me steal the promo which is found at the WEP website.
Sadly, two of our original members have passed - Sally Stackhouse and Nancy Williams. They are sadly missed by us all.
Hopefully we will see some of you posting your stories with us in a celebration of the gift of life!
