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Louise🌙🐺@moonlitwriting.bsky.social |
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Writer of middle grade and YA adventures. Mostly working on a 10 part series
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Matt Mason: Chaotic horror and fantasy author
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Today's the day, people!
Four questions about you and your horror work. Every Wednesday 7pm UK time.
This week's theme: getting into the head of one of your characters! We haven't done these questions since November last year and they're *always* a lot of fun
#HorrorWritersChat
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Thomas Ha
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do i have any advice? yes, ghosts are real, watch yourself. oh about writing. no.
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Louise🌙🐺
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Moonberry bush, love that! 😍
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Louise🌙🐺
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Plants in WIP
The main source of plant life in Zombie Town: the woods near Clara's home. At night and on cloudy days it's quite spooky in there, but on sunny autumn evenings all the trees light up with bright shades of red, orange and bronze #FantasyIndiesJuly
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Louise🌙🐺
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Day 5 #FantasyIndiesJuly
Hope this doesn't sound too cheesy, but I'm proud of the #writingcommunity and all the amazing books its members have written. Following the progress of so many indie, small press and aspiring authors, and seeing the mutual support is just wonderful
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Louise🌙🐺
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#FantasyIndiesJuly Day 4
I absolutely love The Illmoor Chronicles; they feel so unique, with worldbuilding that's funny and imaginative.
Food by Jeffrey Caston and The Final Act Of Jonas Black by @bookspotlight.bsky.social also pack amazing worldbuilding into very short tales #writingcommunity
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Matt Mason: Chaotic horror and fantasy author
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Oops! Almost missed this one
#FantasyIndiesJuly
My next three indie reads will (hopefully) be: Vanilla by Mona Kabbani, The Long Shadow on the Stage by Nichole Heydenburg, and A Mother's Porcelain by @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
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Louise🌙🐺
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C.B. Blanchard is writing about gay werewolves
@gaycannibalism.bsky.social
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My shapeshifter short horror is currently FREE on itch (though I wouldn't say no to a tip if you like it) owlyowls.itch.io/and-the-silv... #HorrorWritersChat
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Stellan
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Thanks, Matt!
If you want to read what happens when an anxious overplanner discovers an obstacle she never even thought of, feel free to check out Seek Shelter Now.
books2read.com/u/4XNerg
Available all those places, plus Amazon and directly from my ko-fi shop if you don't want to support a corp.
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J.A. Sullivan
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#HorrorWritersChat
If you would like to explore a world after a virus has wiped out much of the world's population and left many of the survivors deaf, I invite you to read A Silent Dystopia, including my short story "Wolf Pit"
www.amazon.com/Silent-Dysto...
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Daniel Lorn🍷🧛🩸
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RED now has 36 ratings on Goodreads and 19 on Amazon!
Thank you to all who have checked out my latest story, especially those who have left a review and a few stars.
Here is a link for those wishing to check it out👇
daniellornhorror.co.uk/gallery
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Rosé Black 🦇💀👻🎃
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#HorrorWritersChat You can find my latest story "Petrify" on my Reddit. It's a sci-fi horror with a found footage vibe. If you want to support me, check out the corresponding pinned posts. I also have two others showing my other stories as well as my articles.
www.reddit.com/u/RoseBlack2...
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Louise🌙🐺
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Thanks as ever! Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday
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Rami Ungar the Writer
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Look for a spooky collection? Look no further than "Hannah and Other Stories," featuring tales of ghosts, budding serial killers, and carnivorous horses. You can grab a copy using the links below.
Amazon: tinyurl.com/ymsb3263
B&N: tinyurl.com/2p8abe8c
Kobo: tinyurl.com/yckkwvad
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Matt Mason: Chaotic horror and fantasy author
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I have no particular promotion or book I want to sell right now, so check out my website for all my books, and to read my blog! Most recent post is my top LGBT+ reads.
mgmasoncreative.com/musings/
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J.L. DuRona's THE STONE HOLLOW CIRCLE out 9/24/24 👻 🎃
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Sorry I didn't have as much to share this go-around, y'all! Also got distracted because my line edits came back! #horrorwriterschat
Buy my books DIRECTLY from me! durona.gumroad.com
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Vivian Moira Valentine
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Thanks for another fun Wednesday afternoon, Matt!
The Amelia Temple Series: Gay Nancy Drew meets The X-Files with a touch of Cthulhu!
Beneath Strange Lights and Against Fearful Lies are available wherever books are sold; Book Three releases March 2025
#HorrorWritersChat
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Scribbler Johnny He/him
@scribblerjohnny.bsky.social
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#HorrorWritersChat I learned there are many different palsy afflictions. Molly has what physicians in Levantus describe as a palsy. Their medical science isn't like our world's yet.
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Paul Jessup says buy a copy of The Skinless Man Counts to Five
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#HorrorWritersChat
being that I'm chronically ill and disabled, my research is my life
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Vivian Moira Valentine
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I already knew ASL had regional variations (I used to be somewhat fluent, back in high school), but I recently learned that apparently ASL signers from the US South have something of a noticeable drawl!
#HorrorWritersChat
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Louise🌙🐺
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Yeah there's a lot of unhelpful stereotypes surrounding OCD
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Stellan
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I haven't done much deep-dive research, but I learned that OCD isn't just one thing like mainstream media likes to make it out to be. It's more like a system of severe anxieties that lead to compulsive behaviors. This is a gross oversimplification, but trying to keep it short.
#HorrorWritersChat
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Rosé Black 🦇💀👻🎃
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#HorrorWritersChat Well, this isn't research, but I do remember reading in the Dead Zone when someone is in a coma for a long time, assuming they come out of it, they need physical therapy since they haven't moved in so long.
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Rami Ungar the Writer
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This is actually something I learned through work, where I help folks with disabilities, but it informs my writing: 97% of disabilities aren't visible to the naked eye. They're called "invisible disabilities," like autism.
#HorrorWritersChat
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HD Beird
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#HorrorWritersChat
I do have a family member who worked with neuro divergent and disabled
And, I don't mean to sound mawkish, but what I've learned is that they are just people
With all the idosyncracies as everyone else
Best way to represent them? Give characters with disability idosyncracies
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Matt Mason: Chaotic horror and fantasy author
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That's it for another week #HorrorWritersChat
BlueSky has no algorithm so the best way to support the community is to share and comment on others posts! The feed makes that super easy for you:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Anything to share? New releases? Sale? 👇
PROMOTE YOURSELF IN THE REPLIES HERE!
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Louise🌙🐺
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So creepy! 👏
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Iseult Murphy
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Great question, #HorrorWritersChat! There are lots of scenes I love with Neci, but to avoid spoilers I’ll go with one early on. She wakes in the middle of the night and goes looking for her husband. She finds snow has fallen, despite it being summer, and an enormous wolf and owl are watching her.
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Louise🌙🐺
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Down to cannon fire and no ear protection?
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Matt Mason: Chaotic horror and fantasy author
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Disability was common among pirates, but not for combat reasons as fighting was actually quite rare. Most life altering injuries were due to crew lacking military training and discipline, and incorrect/unsafe handling.
The most common disability among pirates? Deafness
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Louise🌙🐺
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I haven't learnt anything yet; since I've yet to write my blind character's story there's been no need to research yet #HorrorWritersChat
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J.A. Sullivan
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#HorrorWritersChat Q3
My favorite scene with Yvette is when she checks on her animal trap in the wilds of Algonquin Park, and makes a gruesome discovery. She's such a badass!
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Paul Jessup says buy a copy of The Skinless Man Counts to Five
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#HorrorWritersChat
When Angelique asks the members of her satanic cult to picture their own deaths, in great detail. So that it would empower them to act out against their own conscious and become self destructive killers
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Costa Koutsoutis
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#horrrorwriterschat
Costa Koutsoutis; Graves, graves, & more graves.
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C.B. Blanchard is writing about gay werewolves
@gaycannibalism.bsky.social
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#HorrorWritersChat haven't got there yet! I just know she exists, and is terrifying.
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J.A. Sullivan
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#HorrorWritersChat Q2
I loved creating Yvette, a bisexual 70-year-old doomsday prepper, who became deaf after head trauma as a child. She appeared in a short story called "Wolf Pit" in A Silent Dystopia anthology alongside several other deaf characters.
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Michael G. Williams 🏳️🌈
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I'd say mine is Auntie Ann in The Withrow Chronicles. She's the resident crone of a coven of bibliomancers who call themselves The Book People. She has some mobility issues and maybe some memory issues also, but she is the keeper of the coven's grimoire and carries it proudly.
#HorrorWritersChat
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Matt Mason: Chaotic horror and fantasy author
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Some of Harry’s best moments is when he’s making a joke at Karl’s expense in the main series. But in his Spooky Salmonweird spinoff “Curse of the Storm Harpy” we see his bravery and integrity, just how much he genuinely cares about his crew – and what he’d do to protect them.
#HorrorWritersChat
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Stellan
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I just barely started writing the part from Iris's POV, so I can't say anything for her just yet. As for Parker, I have to say the climax of the story was the best I've written for him so far. It really gets into that 'scared little kid in a mostly grown-up body' headspace.
#HorrorWritersChat
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HD Beird
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#HorrorWritersChat
When we see he's the real deal!
He and main character are at odds and the two of them have to team up to fight . . .
A gang of anthropomorphic space-faring pirates!
In a toilet!
It's a toilet fight to rival the one in True Lies, M:I Fallout, & The Warriors!
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Michael G. Williams 🏳️🌈
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At the end of the series, Auntie Ann confronts a very very very bad vampire who is also by necessity her ally throughout. He has slippery mind tricks for days, and she sits him down, turns his powers off, and tells him what's what like nobody ever has. I loved writing it.
#HorrorWritersChat
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Rosé Black 🦇💀👻🎃
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#HorrorWritersChat He was trying to get away from a giant clawed hand that came from the back of a 12 wheeler parked at a haunted diner. He tripped which you'd think would be his undoing. However, by doing so he caused it to miss which enabled his friends to shoot it and provide him a swift rescue.
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Vivian Moira Valentine
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The Haunting of Pine Hills has in-text artifacts interspersed between chapters, including a couple of Sunny's articles
There's one detailing the death of one of her informants, in which she's stating as clearly as she can that the official "bear attack" story is bullshit
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Louise🌙🐺
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Ouch, poor Daniel 😢
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Emma McElreavey
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I just realised I read the question wrong 😂 oh well, I promoted another book with another amazing character! 🥰
My actual answer: Daniel from Scary Mary is my favourite disabled character creation. He was stabbed in the hand and the ankle which caused permanent damage and PTSD
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Lawrence Harding (she/they) 🏳️⚧️
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The scene when Cleopas is trying to exorcise the miraculous stones, fighting off the faithful and being constantly healed in the process while knowing that every healing causes the relics physical pain, was definitely the most important one for me when writing it
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Dorian Dawes
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The bisexual terrorist protagonist of my superhero novel, Nikolai aka 77 has severe ADHD. I wound up relating to him far more than my usual characters, and then later the next year got my ADHD diagnosis. #Horrorwriterschat
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Emma McElreavey
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Okay back to Daniel! (Sorry Ava 😂😅)
So in Scary Mary, Daniel is the character who is the sceptic for a while. He doesn't believe anything that's going on and refuses to believe it. So my favourite scene is when he sees the horror for himself and tries not to lose his mind...
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Louise🌙🐺
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I haven't written it yet, but it's the scene where he first appears. He and the MC bump into each other and she snaps "are you blind?"
He says, "yeah, I am actually," and takes his glasses off to show her. She's mortified, he finds it hilarious #HorrorWritersChat
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