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October 31st, 2007
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{Edition II}
Thirteen Things about WHY LESLIE LOVES WRITING GOTHICS!
1. The heroes are mysterious and brooding.
2. The heroines (in modern versions) are fiesty and resilient.
3. The settings are often spooky mansions and act as a character to the story.
4. There are often paranormal events, or at least the reader thinks there are.
5. The reader doesn’t know if the hero is a good or bad guy until the very end.
6. Sounds and visions aren’t often what they seem.
7. The Phantom of the Opera
8. The weather can play into the storyline like a secondary character.
9. There can be cool stuff like gargoyles and ravens.
10. It’s one of the few subgenres where First Person really works well.
11. Jennifer St. Giles
12. The tone is dark, mystical, and often has a sexual undercurrent.
13. My own gothic is currently under consideration at three publishing houses!!
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October 31st, 2007
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According to MadameTalbot.com, Halloween began when the Celts marked the end of summer and start of winter. They also believed the dead revisted the world on that day and thus would dress as ghosts and devils to disguise themselves, thereby ensuring the real spirits would not carry them away.
The Irish would carve turnips into cheap lanterns. If one kept a lit, carved turnip lantern in the window, it would drive away evil spirits. In America, turnips weren’t so plentiful and so pumpkins were used instead.
By the the later 1800s upper and middle class Victorian Americans downplayed the Irish Catholic connections. However, back then, the parlor games and Halloween parties were intended for Victorian adults, not children. And I don’t think candy corn was served either. 
By the way, you can buy the above poster at Madame Talbot’s site for $14.95. Free shipping to the US and Canada.
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October 31st, 2007
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The naughty Halloween. The scary Halloween. And the cute Halloween:
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October 30th, 2007
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Another tagging with Tagcloud. This time the first half of my new short story, IMPROPER NIGHTS. These are fun. I’ll probably ending up tagging all of my stories at some point.
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October 29th, 2007
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These are various pictures (sorry for the poor quality) of wildlife IN MY YARD!
Munching on clover and all of the daylilies around the tree.
The Dicken yard is on the breakfast buffet each morning.
Our large Green Frog. The kids named her Scout.
Another of Scout. The snail is not real .
One of the smaller Green Frogs. At one time there were a total of five frogs in this little pond.
This is a picture of the whole pond and waterfall.
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October 27th, 2007
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So here’s a TagCrowd I did for the first half of Taboo. This is cool because it picks up on the frequency of words. Of course my two main characters’ names are repeated the most, but I cracked up at some of the others: tongue, taste, mouth….
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October 27th, 2007
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Hmm, had a program run a Tag Cloud for me…which basicially shows visually which tags I use most often…not very exciting. Jordanna Kay is the largest because I *have* to use it to have those posts show up on that template. The others are mostly even. Although it is interesting that the Gerry Butler tag is used more than my stories. Either I’m overly obsessed with him (not!) or I haven’t had much to say on my writing lately…
Jordanna Kay Potpourri Books Secret Intentions Gerry Butler Excerpts Reviews The Lady’s Bargain Improper Nights Mark of the Monster Return to Rivercross Thursday Thirteen
Created by WordPress.com Tag Cloud Generator by //engtech
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October 26th, 2007
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There’s an interesting conversation going on over at the Barnes & Nobles Book Club Discussion area. Started by Eloisa James, the thread has expanded to include Susan Grant, Linnea Sinclair, and Lisa Paitz Spindler.
If you’re interested in this subgenre (and you just might be if you’re reading this Jordanna Kay blog) then go check it out!
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October 26th, 2007
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The Telegraph has a column dedicated to the Science of the Bleeding Obvious. It’s hilarious. The latest profile is: The more you work, the less time you have to sleep. Imagine that! And they interviewed 50,000 people to get to that conclusion. Me thinks these researchers need to – well, work less and get some more sleep.
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October 26th, 2007
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I was thinking I’d use Fridays as play days. I’ll post pictures (mostly of Gerry, but not always) that either ARE frisky in and of themselves, or make me have “frisky” thoughts! LOL! Don’t worry – no hard core nudity!
Just to show I’m not completely Gerry obsessed, today’s picture will not be of him.
We’ll call this one: Checking Out The Goods!
