This is probably my favorite time of year!
We get to celebrate horror movies because they have their own holiday 😊 I had been in the mood to watch Halloween. Not necessarily the first one – just one of them. It was the perfect October night for that. Dark, rainy, cold – and there I was... A bag of buttery Pop Secret popcorn and a blankey. I have always enjoyed the Halloween movies – all of them except the third one, “Season of the Witch” I think it was – where Michael Myers wasn’t in it at all and it was just about children putting one of three masks on that a factory created – and when they put them on they were in a trance. Spoiler alert! Sorry if you didn’t watch it – but in my opinion its not part of the Michael Myers empire. It’s just everything about October – they captured the music, the tone of settings, the season, and of course can you believe that a man says nothing, grunts nothing, and still captures attention all these years? It’s kind of fascinating really. Then after that was over, I chose between The Cave which I’ve over watched in these past x number of years or the 1979 version of Dracula directed by John Badham starring Frank Langella. I don’t know why I enjoy that one so much but I do. Honestly though I love Dracula movies I’ve probably watched almost of them to be honest – the good and the bad. Those and werewolf movies. But these films are good all year round not just reserved for October because of Halloween. Speaking of that…a new movie came out The Invitation (2022) that I saw. It was a Dracula themed movie with various twists and spins. I really enjoyed that one. Nathalie Emmanuel is perfect in this film! I couldn’t picture anyone else! Oh…and I heard the new Dahmer tv series by Netflix is really stirring the pot amongst people – I have really looked into it yet but I just heard there’s been a lot of opinionated activity both good and bad. Stay safe && as always, I appreciate ya! Today is the day I think of when I picture Fall - rainy, windy, accompanied by something lovely in the crisp air
The pitter patter of the rain hitting your window to wake you Watching the wind pick up as the trees and leaves dance together Beautiful colors of orange, yellow, and red The slightly gloomy look in the air While the chill of the temperature runs down your back And although I love this time of year probably more than any other - I still manage to get sick during this time when the weather changes I just wanted to take a moment to say (I think I've said this before months ago but) it's days this when watching the news is enough to make me cry - war, fires, floods. It's just terribly sad. I'm praying for all those lives in Florida impacted from Hurricane Ian. Can you imagine losing your home, your family members, and your belongings? Everything is just gone. And those who didn't lose their shelters are left without power and water while trying to deal with flooding for days and days on end. You're in my thoughts and prayers Floridians </3 There's something about starting a new book that gets me so excited. It's like Christmas finally arriving and opening a new gift that you've been eyeing up for months under the tree. The wait is finally over. That taunting comes to an end. And just like that it's time to start at the beginning once more. That twinge comes usually when I'm setting it up for the first time followed by various spurts throughout. Just seeing some kind of words that signifies the first chapter makes me smile a little bit. EKKK! Stay dry and warm out there in the coming days and months ahead - try not to catch a cold! Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! I had to laugh while I was driving this afternoon
It seems only now does it rain while the sun is shining I guess even the weather has trouble deciding what it wants to do Just makes no sense to me but it always makes me laugh Glad to see the weather is just as confused as I am My favorite part when the season changes to fall is watching all the leaves change color Watching them bounce across the road or fly into your windshield - then you know it's really fall I love fall <3 Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! Hey All!
Foreseen (the sequel to Unforeseen) is now available on both Amazon and the Google Play Store! You are able to get the e-book or paperback through Amazon && then through Google Play the e-book is available! The e-books on both platforms are available for free - so please take advantage of that and spread the word! I hope you guys have prepared yourselves for the ride ahead because it's gonna get bumpy! :) Thank you for patiently waiting through the summer for this to be wrapped up - it feels like a dream to be closing the cover of yet another book! I think I let out the biggest sigh of relief when I got to actually hold the finished copy in my hands. Looking to my bucket list I'm trying to figure out the road ahead... For as long as I could remember I always wanted to write a mafia style love story. I grew up watching the Godfather movies and fell in love with them. I guess you could say my own take on that topic came from the words within Unforeseen. My next love was of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Yet another dream of mine to grow up and write something that had to do with this world. I found that inspirational feeling while I began writing the pages of The Queen of Hearts. And although I literally have so many books started and a list of ideas for a bunch of others - the last item to be checked off my bucket list is something in the horror genre. I watched too many scary movies to count, honestly, I've watched more of those than anything else and I would love nothing more than to write a scary story. You would think that watching so many I could really write something that would scare my own socks off! And I think that's what I should think of when I am writing it because they don't make a lot of scary movies anymore that really scare you. Like want to cover your eyes scary or throw the cover up over your head scary. I have received many questions mostly about "The QOH" and if it will have a sequel - the answer is yes, it will have a sequel. "I will take you to the hare and the hatter but that's the end of it." Since the first was about her childhood growing up - I think it's only right that the last one be about her teen years and into adulthood - the years before Alice would arrive which in theory would meet Lewis's time as he would have written the original. Just not sure what the timeframe looks like yet on that one. Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! Hey Everyone,
IT'S ALIIIIIIIIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! The sequel to Unforeseen - which has been named "Foreseen" is in the process of being posted. Please allow a few days for Amazon to change the price of the Kindle to free. Also - the paperback could take up to 72 hours to post but it is my belief if it is not available sometime tomorrow for purchase then it will be by Friday. On my "Books" menu at the top of the page - if you click on the word "Books" you'll see what Foreseen's cover looks like and there is a link to view the book that will take you to the website. Once the paperback posts and the price for the Kindle adjusts itself then I will feature Foreseen on the front page of the website. Stay tuned for continued updates. In other news - what should we write about next?? Horror Story maybe? Orrrr sequel to the Queen of Hearts? Also - this is super random, but I passed a guy today who was cleaning the material of his motorcycle in his driveway, and he could've been Napoleon Dynamites twin - like no lie! The hair, the glasses, the stance. I almost wrecked the car. LOL! Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! It has been my experience that nothing soothes me better then coming home to get cleaned up for the night and blasting the stereo as loud as I can.
The music just helps to drown out all the unnecessary noise that's been created from a long day. Your psychological noise which is when your thoughts consume your attention when you are trying to listen to someone/something speak or even when you're trying to read. When you're so consumed with your thoughts that you reach a point where you're not listening to anything else happening around you. Your own intrapersonal communication. The music distracts me and helps me to clear my mind so that when I turn the radio off, I can start fresh - like hitting the reset button on my brain basically. I had to laugh that the first voice I heard coming through the speakers was Brian Johnson's when the shuffle started. And then shortly after I watched my mother head bang and play air guitar in the hallway as it rang through the radio. LMAOOOO!! Try some music therapy sometime :) let me know how it works out for you! Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! Hey readers!
The sequel has now finished being formatted and edited - there are a couple other things I need to take care of before its ready to go on sale - but we do look to be on track still for the end of this month - which is great news! Who is excited?? Are you ready to know what happens next???!! In other news I passed a car the other day on the turnpike that literally looked like a remote control car. It was a little car with a huge antenna on the top of it. I don't know how it fit under certain things with how long that thing was! I swear it weighted more than the car itself LOL! The other day I decided to make some crab cakes for mom and dad and when I went shopping I put the change in first like always and then the cash and you know how when you hear the coin you put in not take you can actually hear the machine sending it back out to you. So I hear this happening and I'm thinking oh my gosh what is coming back at me. At a quick glance I could see it was a quarter and being confused as to why it was coming back to me I scooped it up to see what was up. Here it was a quarter I had saved a long time ago that was an English quarter. When I pulled it out Queen Elizabeth II's face was on it - smiling up at me. Merely hours after I had heard she had passed away. At the time I had been stressed out and tired and looking down at the coin and remembering that she had just passed away I stopped and took a deep breath. Allowing myself to smile a little bit that this is what made me slow down enough to come to a stop and just try and relax. Thank you Queen - you will be missed <3 RIP Queen Elizabeth II One of my favorite things about cooking is when I can just relax and take my time doing it while listening to my favorite CD. Dean Martin is my cooking companion LOL! There's a kind of peace that falls over me when I listen to his music while I'm cooking. It just puts me in the mood and transports me to Italy. It's a strange sensation that flows through my vein when I get into the mustang. From starting the car, listening to the exhaust, to shifting him into gear. And just like that the shifting twitch that I crave so much is gone. Before long its just me and him going for a ride on the open road. Windows down, music up. If you don't have the music up so loud that I can feel it thumping in my back against the seat then we can't be together - period. Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! So dad taught me how to change my rotors and brake pads - that was cool!
Another function I didn't know how to do that I should for the future that way I don't have to take my car in for every little thing. I'm sure T was happy because she needed them - they were really low. Too bad I won't always have the T - I guess it'll just be something to get used to with another car one day. I can't imagine not driving it when the time comes. We've been together for 12 years through all the shitty weather and the pleasant. It's sad to think that there will be a time that I'll have to get something else. I feel so safe in that car especially in the worst of the snow and ice storms. If I could tell you one thing it would be spend time with your parents. Learn the lessons they have to teach you and enjoy the time you have with them. Live in those moments with them - don't be half listening or half pay attention. Because one day they won't always be there. Respect that time you have with them. Love you Daddy <3 Stay safe out there, && as always I appreciate ya! I'd like to say I'm a magician but that's not true.
I know I did the disappearing act for awhile - for those of you that didn't know I ended up catching COVID - missed almost two weeks of work - three days of a 103 fever - bedridden for an amount of days I can't even remember. And the relentless 24 hours headache - which hey I'm used to that - I get one of those every month but it was tough trying to deal with that while fevering. And the body aches I had that day driving home - the soreness in my legs especially I didn't think I was going to be able to finish driving the last 30 minutes home. Wild ride! There was just no relief present anyway - in any shape or form. It was one crazy sickness to say the least - I don't who else had these same symptoms but my throat was on fire! And then I lost my taste and smell so what's the point of eating when that happens? So yeah - I'm trying to get caught up on life and work - the usual. I remember the day before I returned to work I was carrying a gallon of milk in one hand and a gallon of OJ in the other and I was literally huffing and puffing trying to get up the stairs carrying those. And the driving aspect I literally had to do a little bit of driving three days before I returned to work because that's how bad my driving was impacted. Just my hand eye coordination, my concentration, keeping the car in the lane, response time for hitting the brake. I was so uncomfortable and unsafe behind the wheel - it was rough. And working an hour away from home - doing that into work and out of work is no small trip. I'm glad I prepped myself early or I probably would've been in an accident honestly. It was that bad! I couldn't even bring myself to go over 50 mph for the first week because I still wasn't with it. I do have exciting news for you though :) As of today I was able to take the sequel from 22% editing completion to 70% - so about 71 more pages to finish editing and we are gold! By the looks of things it will be out by or before the end of September! Siked! I can't wait to see what the cover looks like in person - that part always excites me! Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! I lost myself into the night
And I flew higher Than I had ever, but I still felt small I clipped my wings and fell from flight To open water And floated farther away from myself And I swam in the wakes of imposters Just to feel what it's like to pretend There's no dreams in the waves, only monsters And the monsters are my only friends They're all that I was And never could be Eyes in the dead still water Tried but it pushed back harder Cauterized and atrophied This is my unbecoming Knives in the backs of martyrs Lives in the burning fodder Cauterized and atrophied This is my unbecoming You found me drifted out to sea It's automatic It's telepathic, you always knew me And you laugh as I search for a harbor As you point where your halo had been But the light in your eyes has been squandered There's no angel in you in the end And all that I was I've left behind me |
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