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Spinster Aunt: February 2013
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I Medicate With Fiction". Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Well, this is a whole lotta crap: Detox Diary. And so I decided it was time for the Homer Challenge: No Deer For A Month. Here's what's really happening:. 1 Cognitive function not improved. When you're relaxed, you perform better at everything. When you're drinking soda water with lime, you are not relaxed, therefore you arse up the pub quiz and forget things like the fact that Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. Man, am I irritable! In conclusion, this...
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Spinster Aunt: YA Favorites
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I Medicate With Fiction". Thursday, March 20, 2014. There are more Nancy Drews hidden behind this one! I've been answering lots of interview questions lately, doing promo for my YA novel Glamour. And one that pops up a lot is, of course, "What are your favorite books? A recent Twitter discussion about The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Made me realize I have this whole shelf of my YA favorites in my bedroom, so I reckoned I'd share a snap with my tens of readers. Is it because I have shaky hands? A Swiftly Til...
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Spinster Aunt: February 2014
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I Medicate With Fiction". Monday, February 10, 2014. O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? The Haunting of Hill House. O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear! Your true-love’s coming That can sing both high and low; Trip no further, pretty sweeting, Journeys end in lovers’ meeting— Every wise man’s son doth know. - See more at: http:/ www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20239#sthash.NjbWYqvM.dpuf. O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear! Your true-love’s coming. Your tru...
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Spinster Aunt: Rosemary's Baby
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I Medicate With Fiction". Friday, August 31, 2007. Sometimes when the moon is full and I'm in a certain mood, namely a monthly/cyclical mood if you know what I mean (oh, you do, you unloved, fruitless spinsters! I crave rare steaks, and Rosemary's Baby. In other words, the most fun I've had all summer. But seriously, there are few movies as metaphorically rich and genuinely horrifying as Rosemary's Baby, and I take fresh pleasure with every viewing. Here's a classic mental manipulation scene:. G: "Fine, ...
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Spinster Aunt: January 2013
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I Medicate With Fiction". Wednesday, January 23, 2013. In the midst of January's cinematic dumping-ground. Comes a solid and well-crafted ghost story, marred only by a few strange aesthetic choices: Mama. 2013) Exec produced by Guillermo del Toro, the film was based on Barbara Muschietti 's 2008 Spanish language horror film of the same name in a bit of a dream-come-true scenario ("Hey, del Toro likes your short and wants to finance a feature. Sound cool to you? Friday, January 18, 2013. Poe belongs to Ne...
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Spinster Aunt: Revisiting the Classics: The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, and The Haunting of Hill House
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I Medicate With Fiction". Monday, January 27, 2014. Revisiting the Classics: The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, and The Haunting of Hill House. I've been on a bit of a re-reading rampage lately, and I just finished Rosemary's Baby. For the fourth or fifth time. I've written (shallowly) about the film adaptation of Rosemary. But it's been extremely enlightening to revisit the book again and re-examine it on a structural level. The Haunting of Hill House. To me, the most surprising thing about The Exorcist.
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Spinster Aunt: GLAMOUR release day!
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I Medicate With Fiction". Tuesday, March 18, 2014. My Young Adult novel GLAMOUR is on sale as of right. now! Read it, then do this fun quiz I made up to see Which Witch you are. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;Are you goin' to let me have a good time in my own quiet way, or must I take this place apart? Author of "Boroughs of the Dead," a collection of short horror stories set in and around New York City, and "Glamour," a YA novel about body-swapping witches. On Twitter @SpinsterAunt.
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Spinster Aunt: O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? The Haunting of Hill House
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I Medicate With Fiction". Monday, February 10, 2014. O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? The Haunting of Hill House. O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear! Your true-love’s coming That can sing both high and low; Trip no further, pretty sweeting, Journeys end in lovers’ meeting— Every wise man’s son doth know. - See more at: http:/ www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20239#sthash.NjbWYqvM.dpuf. O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear! Your true-love’s coming. Your tru...
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Spinster Aunt: A Bunch of Not-Very-Bright Bitches: Rosemary's Baby, Structure and Criticism
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I Medicate With Fiction". Friday, February 07, 2014. A Bunch of Not-Very-Bright Bitches: Rosemary's Baby, Structure and Criticism. One of the half-dozen most influential horror novels of all time.". Today: part two in our look back at classic horror novels! I recently sat down and did a structural analysis of novel and if you'd like to know how Levin pulls it off, here it is. For those who are not horror or suspense writers, feel free to skip the next section. He's up late at night, smoking a cigarette&#...
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Spinster Aunt: GLAMOUR Goodreads Givewaway
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I Medicate With Fiction". Monday, March 10, 2014. I'm super excited to announce the publication of my first Young Adult novel, GLAMOUR, forthcoming from World Weaver Press on March 18th! We're giving away two free copies to the winners of our Goodreads giveaway! Enter now to win your free copy, and stay tuned for more info and updates! Giveaway ends March 18, 2014. See the giveaway details. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Boroughs of the Dead. I've Been Reading Lately.
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