Writing Challanges 2023

Hellhound Sunday

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For Jim Adam’s song lyric Sunday I chose a song that was recorded  in 1937 and to this day best performed ‘unplugged’ both live and in the studio.

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When I was young, someone played this song for me on the guitar.

It was a spooky song about a Hellhound chasing a man to his death.

The song painted a picture in my mind’s eye of a man running through darkness, sadness and in terror.

Afterwards the person who sang it to me said, ‘ this is a song about a man who is running because a lynch mob is after him.’

I knew what a lynch mob was- and I knew I had understood the song perfectly. It was a horror song about a man being chased to his death by a monster.

I got to keep movin’, I got to keep movin’
Blues fallin’ down like hail, blues fallin’ down like hail
Hmmm-mmm, blues fallin’ down like hail, blues fallin’ down like hail
And the days keeps on worryin’ me
There’s a hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail
Hellhound on my trail
If today was Christmas Eve, if today was Christmas Eve
And tomorrow was Christmas Day
If today was Christmas Eve, and tomorrow was Christmas Day
Aw, wouldn’t we have a time, baby?
All I would need my little sweet rider just
To pass the time away, huh-huh
To pass the time away
You sprinkled hot foot powder, mmm
Mmm, around my door, all around my door
You sprinkled hot foot powder
All around your daddy’s door, hmm-hmm-hmm
It keep me with ramblin’ mind, rider
Every old place I go, every old place I go
I can tell the wind is risin’, the leaves tremblin’ on the tree
Tremblin’ on the tree
I can tell the wind is risin’, leaves tremblin’ on the tree
Hmm-hmm hmm-mmm
All I need’

A Ghostly Reminder

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For Fandango’s Flashback Friday, I thought I’d repost a fun thing I wrote about telling ghost stories at Christmas back in November of ’22

Last week my day job has expanded a bit, so I’ve been focused on learning some new things- which is okay but it is NOT okay for my writing time ( which has suffered ). This post is going to get me  back on track so I thought I’d share it with you just in case anyone needs a little creativity boost themselves.

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Earlier this month I posted a story about my family telling ghost stories at Christmas- it’s a Victorian Tradition and one that I really enjoy taking part in. I’ve posted some links here for a little inspiration and if this Winter you have that feeling in your bones ( that can only be a ghost story trying to make it’s way into the world ) then you might find these useful too.

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How To Write A Victorian Christmas Ghost Story

Best Thriller and Suspense Writing Prompts of 2021 (reedsy.com)

Writing Prompts About Ghosts

I Hate It Here

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Daily Prompt; What is your favorite place to go in your city?

I live outside of Seattle in the zit on a deadman’s ass  that I refer to as ” toilet town “.

On a good day in toilet town I don’t see someone with a doNaLd tRump  flying from the back of their little Toyota Truck with US flags stuck all over it or a family of gunhumpers strolling through the grocery store in their pajamas with a firearm strapped to their person.

Before I came here I thought that life in the suburbs was Hell and I was glad to get away from it.

Now I miss Hell.

I miss it so much.

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The Glow

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RDP THURSDAY: NEON SIGNS

Some neon signs are neon signs in the truest sense of the word:

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They are hand crafted by artisans, they require special care during their life time and they look great in the fog as well as on clear nights and in the day light too.

Photo A.M. Moscoso
French Quarter New Orleans
October 31st 2012

But Sometimes neon signs are little snippets of reality that shine and glow just as brightly as the best crafted a neon sign:

Photo By : A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery
Beaver Dam, WI
October 2023