This week, I’m bringing a Youtuber to your attention. Emily Bourne has a channel on Youtube where she discusses everything writerly.
Here’s a look at one of her videos: What is Writer’s Block?
Her videos are fun and informative for budding writers, so head over and let her know I sent you her way.
Do you have/know of any blogs, vlogs, or social media pages you think I’d be interested in? Let me know.
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Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly 4/5
Ten Days in A Mad-House, Was Written By Nellie Bly in 1887, after she lived, undercover, at a women’s insane asylum at Blackwell’s Island in 1887 for ten days. This was an assignment given to her by Joseph Pulitzer. The living conditions and treatment of the Patients were Horrible.
Review:
Although the story of Nellie Bly going undercover in an asylum is truth, it reads as fiction. The horrific treatment of patients is the stuff out of a nightmare: making all the women use the same towel, rotten food, staff choking patients for being noisy etc. The list of atrocious behaviour by those in a position of care is endless.
It was also shocking to read how quickly sane women were deemed insane for quite different illnesses.
Taking a look inside an asylum in 1887 is eye opening. Nellie was incredibly brave to put herself through that ordeal for ten days. It makes you think about the poor souls left behind in similar institutes.
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Did you know that I have a writing prompts ebook available from Amazon? Prompt Me is the basis of this series and will be just 99p for the duration.
This series will run for 10 weeks. Each week I take a different prompt from the book and expand on it.
You can join in too. Whether it be a paragraph or a short story, follow me in getting creative, tag me to let me know, and I will feature a snippet of your interpretation on Writerly Bookish Stuff and send my readers your way.
If you are just here to read and not partake, that’s great too. Thank you for stopping by.
What would you do if you heard your nextdoor neighbour giving your name and address to a hooded figure?
The build and height are that of a man. Who wears a hooded coat in this sunshine? Mr.Cathson points across the road to my house, directing the stranger right to me. I duck behind the wall. Why the hell am I hiding? This person is obviously looking for me, but something feels amiss. The fine hairs on my arms are standing on end.
Peeking out from behind the wheely bin, I watch the man shake Mr.Cathson’s hand and make his way back down the garden path. My heart thuds as he crosses the street, but instead of heading toward my house, he takes a left and disappears down the lane toward Parc-Rose Avenue that leads into town. Even Mr.Cathson watches on in bewilderment. Why ask after me and not call by?
As I straighten myself up, Mr.Cathson hurries over in his slippers and robe. “Lilah, a gentleman came to my house asking after you. He said he wasn’t sure of your address, but you left this at the pub yesterday.” He hands over my grandmother’s silver pin.
I touch my lapel, realising for the first time that I had lost my most important possession. “Oh my God, I hadn’t noticed. I wonder how he knew it was mine?”
Mr.Cathson helps me drag my recycling bins to the curb. “Oh, it was quite odd actually. He said he knew it belonged to a Helena Quinten, so assumed it was passed down to her only living family member.”
There go those hairs on my arms again. My mouth is suddenly dry and my tongue sticks to the roof. My grandmother died when I was seven. Mum had kept her pin under lock and key in a safe for years. I only found it once she had died and I sorted through her belongings. How would a stranger know anything about this pin or my grandmother?
Remember, if you are joining in with this series, let me know in the comments and tag me in your posts. Whether they be blog or social media, let me have a read of your interpretation. It can be anything from just a paragraph to a short story.
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Today’s Teaser Tuesday has a little bonus. If you follow me on Twitter, then you may have seen my tweets from Sunday’s session of #storycrafter. If so, then you already know a little more about my MC, so it’s not really a bonus for you. You also know that this WIP involves cosplay. (Some of you messaged me asking if this was the case after last week’s teaser, and you are correct.)
If you haven’t seen my tweets, then head on over for a little look into the mind of my MC. Give me a follow and I’ll return the favour: KJ86CHAPMAN
Anyhoo, back to business. This week’s teaser is a snippet from what I’ve written this week.
At the moment, it is getting hard to pick teasers without giving too much away. I thought now you know there is cosplay involved, this teaser would be perfect.
Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to come back next Tuesday for another teaser. Better yet, come by tomorrow for Prompt Me #3.
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Today’s Sharing Sunday post is to draw your attention to a Facebook street team that I am a part of.
This one is for those of you who enjoy paranormal romance books. Brianna West writes books in the Promiscus Guardians universe, and she has a street team on Facebook, Brianna’s Sexy Guardians.
I reviewed Brianna’s latest book, Demon’s Bloodlust, on Friday: Full Review.
If you want to join a friendly, humourous group, click the link above. If you head over, let Brianna know that I sent you.
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Althea and Nikolai are already meant for greatness. The children of infamous Promiscus Guardians, it is only natural that they would be expected to be nothing less than perfect when it came to their own careers as the protectors of Light and defeaters of Dark.
But when a super villain and an old, unfortunate blast from the past come a-knockin’, Al and Niko are forced to see their long-standing friendship in a totally different light. And it might just put to test these childhood friends who do not know the first thing about love.
The New Guardian Generation ventures into the already well-established world of the Promiscus Guardians. Old faces join new ones in this brand-new series. But the laughs, adventure, and romance are what you come to expect of the Guardians.
The babies are all grown up!!!! If you haven’t read of West’s extensive Promiscus Guardians universe, then you won’t know what I’m on about, but following the lives of the parents, and now, the babies (who are now adults) is totally awesome.
Seeing Izzy and Lucas as parental figures is just eeek! And the relationship between Althea and Nikolai is like watching an Izzy and Pavel play-out that never happened in the Promiscus Guardians Series. Juicy juicy!
I always say that slipping back into one of Wests Guardians books (there are many books and spin offs set in the one universe) is so easy because the world building is so extensive and built upon that I know everyone to an extent, and old characters pop up in a new narrative and are seen through the eyes of the main character in each book, so each book shows a new aspect to our old and trusty Guardians.
I never know how West is going to expand her universe, but she manages it with ease and keeps it fresh and intriguing.
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All books reviewed on this blog have been read by K.J.Chapman
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