Happy Halloween!!!!!!

 

Happy Halloween!!!

To celebrate I’d thought I’d share with you some of the challenges and my favourite blogging activities I have done this October highlighting my Halloween Themed posts in case you’ve missed them:

So let’s start off with some photography challenges. I’ve recently joined Instagram https://instagram.com/kyrosmagica/ as has my friend and fellow blogger Hugh over at Hugh’s Views and News.

Hugh wanted to see what lurks in the shadows: http://hughsviewsandnews.com/2015/10/24/hughs-photo-challenge-week-3-what-lurks-in-the-shadows/

Here’s my contribution for Hugh’s What Lurks in The Shadow’s Photo Challenge:

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/28/hughs-photo-challenge-week-3-what-lurks-in-the-shadows/

I also had a go at Ed Mooney’s Capturing History Spooktacular Challenge: https://edmooneyphoto.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/spooktacular-2015/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/26/spooktacular-2015-the-gallows-at-the-caxton-gibbett-inn/

Shadows even managed to sneak there way into my submission for Julia’s Camera Lucinda Photography Challenge, I kind of stretched my interpretation of the challenge, it was meant to be metal and rust so I cheated a bit! The guitar strings were a bit old and rusty! The shadows weren’t too spooky but I wanted to include this in this post to do a shout out for Julia’s challenge. It’s fun to join in.

Here’s the link to Julia’s challenge: https://myredpage.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/camera-lucida-metal/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/25/camera-lucida-metal/

Some writing contests, and challenges captured my interest:

The 5th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest, this one sounded cute so how could I say no? I found it on Susannahill’s blog: http://susannahill.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-5th-annual-halloweensie-writing.html

 

Here’s my entry: https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/27/the-5th-annual-halloweensie-writing-contest-aahhhrrrooooooooo/

 

The 79 Word Story challenge from Chris at The Story Reading Ape:

http://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/2015/10/18/more-new-79-words-story-challenge-entrants/

I went for a jog and wrote about a Halloween brooch. My mind works in mysterious ways!  https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/12/79-words-story-the-halloween-brooch/

 

Rachael Ritchey’s Blog Battle Writing Challenge, a weekly fun place to hang out and do blog battle : http://rachaelritchey.com/blogbattle/

Here’s a couple of my Blog Battle stories:

A paranormal lakeside story about a hidden scar:  https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/13/blogbattle-the-scar/

 

A paranormal/fantasy story inspired by the blood moon: https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/09/29/blog-battle-blood-moon-a-rip-of-a-ride/

 

I love to join in Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge:

https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/category/haiku-prompt-challenge/

The prompt words that Ron came up with in that particular week were Tide and Flesh and they just seemed to fit the bill so well!

 

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/03/ronovan-writes-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-64-tide-and-flesh/

I’ve been taking part in the #redeyereadalong of horror YA books by Stripes publishing. This wonderful event has been run by two book bloggers,  Chelle at Tales of Yesterday Blog and Heather at Heather reviews:

http://talesofyesterday.co.uk/2015/09/tales-post-red-eye-read-along-october-2015/  https://heatherreviews.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/redeyereadalong-qa-with-tom-becker/

Here are my #redeyereadalong posts:

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/26/redeyereadalong-dark-room-by-tom-becker/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/29/my-kyrosmagica-review-of-dark-room-by-tom-becker/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/24/my-kyrosmagica-review-of-bad-bones-by-graham-marks/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/19/redeyereadalong-bad-bones-by-graham-marks/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/16/my-kyrosmagica-review-of-flesh-and-blood-by-simon-cheshire/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/10/redeye-readalong-flesh-and-blood-by-simon-cheshire/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/09/my-kyrosmagica-review-of-sleepless-by-lou-morgan/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/06/redeyereadalong-sleepless-by-lou-morgan/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/09/30/read-eye-readalong-frozen-charlotte/

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/05/my-kyrosmagica-review-of-frozen-charlotte-by-alex-bell/

 

Do check out Colleen’s wonderful blog, Silver Threading, and her open invitation to join writer’s Quote Wednesday: http://silverthreading.com/2015/10/28/writers-quote-wednesday-a-silver-quote-2/

For Colleen’s Writer’s Quote Wednesday I had a go at some Halloween Quotations: https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/07/writers-quote-wednesday-halloween/

My Halloween stuff and Autumn nonsense post, amongst other things celebrated some of the wonderful blogs who enjoy Halloween:

https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/04/halloween-stuff-and-autumn-nonsense/

Also I just finished reading Caroline Peckham’s Creeping Shadow, a pre-release ARC and have just done a quick review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1417107616

Phew!! I have been busy. Don’t expect me to keep this up, or I may just turn into a shadow of my former self!

Oh and with all this blogging I had my best day for likes on October 27th, thank you all so much for liking and commenting on my posts. :))))

Newsflash: I’m having a well earned blogging break soon in early November, probably starting in the first week, and extending for all of November to do some much neglected writing, and I will be making some decisions about the publication of my manuscript Krystallos. More about that to come….

So bye for now.

I hope you have a very happy fun filled Halloween!

 

 

From your magical good witch Marje @ Kyrosmagica !! xx