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November 2015

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#MidnightBooks Poll for Booklist–Please Respond!

Booklist, the American Library Association's book review database, wants to feature profiles on various book clubs. I'd love for #MidnightBooks to be one of them! To put us in the running, I need to answer their questions, but I can't answer them without you. Please answer the poll questions below, so I can represent us accurately. This is a great opportunity to share what we're doing and bring more people into our conversations. Yay! Booklist's Questions Please let me know in the comments if I should add anything to my answers for these questions. Tell us a[...]

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Curious Things Found on the Internet – Part I

  Hello, good day, bonjour. It's been many months since we chatted last. I took a much-needed hiatus from everything excepting real life -- hence my absence -- but as things go, I'm back like a bad case of herrrrr--- herpy derpies? Bunny rabbits. It's been long enough that you ought to suffer a re-introduction from me. So I'll keep this brief, sparing those who are familiar already: Hello! My name is Kira. I write low-key horror fiction and dark urban fantasy for young adults, I'm pre-query on my first novel, and I'm a senior-level graphic designer.[...]

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Terrifying Tots

Morning, Kittens.   As most of you know, children are kind of disgusting. They grow INSIDE another person, FFS. They come into the world screaming and covered in goop, and that's just the beginning.  Now don't get me wrong, I love my tiny human. He is my teenie best friend and I wouldn't trade one second with him for the world. But he is, for lack of a better word, a little bit gross. Some of my favourite horror movies of all time are speckled with creepy kidlets. So in honour of Thanksgiving and kids everywhere, here are some terrifying tots I'm thankfu[...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving boys and ghouls, shrieks and goblins, readers and robbers!   I just wanted to shout out for a second to my amazing crew here at The Midnight Society.   Amy, I am grateful for you. Faith, I am grateful for you. Kim, I am grateful for you. Timon, I am grateful for you. Kathy, I am grateful for you. Jenna L., I am grateful for you. Brian, I am grateful for you. Kira, I am grateful for you. Jennifer, I am grateful for you. Jenna J., I am grateful for you.   Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to this blog.[...]

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Spooky All Year – The Second!

    Welcome to the second #SpookyAllYear! You can find the introduction post here. It essentially tells you that this is a blog hop here on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. You post something Spooky on your blog, and submit the post to the linkup at the bottom of this post. You’re encouraged to visit around to the blogs listed there and enjoy the spooky fun. The ideas for posts are endless (review of a spooky movie you’ve seen, a picture of the mist in your backyard, a spooky book cover, a spooky story you wrote, a recipe for the best[...]

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NaNoWriMo: On Finishing

Alright guys, we’ve finally made it to the final stretch! We’ve finished 3 weeks of writing furiously and we’ve got just one week left to finish it out. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve had a LOT of feelings so far in this process. There’s been a lot of: And also some: and: There’s even been a little: But the best parts have been: And those are the parts that make this whole thing worth it. If you’re like me you’ve still got quite a bit of writing left to do, but you can see the finish line out there in the distance. Any[...]

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NaNoWriMo Tip: Don’t Forget to Feed Your Muse

As we close out week three of NaNoWriMo, we can see the finish line in sight. For some of us, 50k is easily within reach, and for others, there may be a few all-nighters ahead on the road to 50K. But no matter where you are on that spectrum, there’s a good chance that you’ve hit some creative lulls by now. You might even feel lost at this point in your story, stuck in a morass of half-formed ideas and feeling like your creative tank is empty. I know I’ve had days like this over the month, but I learned an important lesson from NaNos past that helps me turn[...]

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NaNoWriMo… The Fear is Real

We’re celebrating NaNoWriMo this week at The Midnight Society. Because, let’s be honest…it can get a little scary. I am not participating. I have never attempted the crazy race to write 50,000 words in one month. Dude, that’s insane. So I have been watching the tweets and FB posts as the month progresses and cheering you on, because you’re nuts and by nuts I mean FANTASTICALLY CRAZY AWESOME! The month began with hope and planning, with excitement and readiness to write all the words. However, the excitement has faded. Word counts vary from ahead of[...]

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Writing Bloody NaNo Week 3

It's week #3 of NaNo, so let the craziness continue! This week should be full of writing the middle 1/3 of your novel. This is often the hardest part, but can also be the most fun to write! In horror--whether it be a novel or movie--I look forward to this part. I mean, this is where the tension should be really high and I should be scared out of my wits (think Michael Meyers stalking and beginning to kill the friends of Jaime Lee Curtis). While watching the middle is fun, writing it can be really difficult. This is where all the doubts come flying in. It's[...]

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5 Tips to Writing Horror for NaNoWriMo

Currently for NaNoWriMo, Brian and I are writing our new series, ORCHARD POINTE #1. Without giving too much away (though Brian did give away a few more hints today...that's right Brian. I see you.), it’s a young adult novel series that was inspired by some of our favorite creepy movies and novels and television shows and our HUGE imaginations. Currently we are sitting over 30,000 words, and if I’m being honest, it’s mainly due to the unwavering dedication of my incredible writing partner Brian LeTendre. I am so proud of our book. I really can't explain it o[...]