When Horror Writers Go on Vacation… They visit cemeteries and consult creepy fortune tellers and seek out local lore of haunted places. Photos: The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA; The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, NY; The Carousel Museum in Hartford, CT (fortune teller); Maine Ghosts & Legends: 10 Encounters with the SupernaturalContinue reading “When Writers Go on Vacation”
Category Archives: Writing
Where Ideas Come From
I just picked up an old journal from January of 2011 and found the first, very rough, draft of my poem “Enchanted Rock in September” which was published in the 2012 Texas Poetry Calendar. If you’d asked me yesterday, I would have guessed I wrote that poem in the summer, or maybe during a poetry lessonContinue reading “Where Ideas Come From”
Driven to Distraction: How to Avoid Losing Focus When Writing
The internet gets a bad rap. People are always talking about what a time suck it is and how “these days” we have such difficulty staying away from distractions. While I agree that it’s easy to get lost in social media, educational blog posts, and cute pictures of puppies, the interwebs are not solely responsibleContinue reading “Driven to Distraction: How to Avoid Losing Focus When Writing”
Carie Juettner 