Monthly Archives: August 2020

A Writing Prompt for a Rainy Day by Susan Hanniford Crowley

She is standing outside St. Peter’s Basilica, Città del Vaticano, Vatican City waiting for someone. Who? Let your imagination run free! * Remember! Stay safe and wear a mask. -Susan Susan Hanniford Crowley, Amazon Kindle Bestselling Author of Vampire Romance … Continue reading

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Be Your Change

I spent the time last week writing about less fear and more positivity and I want to continue this theme this week for a couple reasons. One, my oldest son is a pessimist. Don’t ask me how this is– he … Continue reading

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Favorite Things (That Are Really Favorite Places), Part Four By Susan Hanniford Crowley

Today I’m giving you a selection of some of my favorite places. #1. The Drive-In. Over the years, many drive-ins have disappeared from the country as inside cinemas grew in popularity. With the pandemic, some are making a comeback. One … Continue reading

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For The Love Of…Excerpts #3 by Artemis Crow

by Artemis Crow Today I’m happy to present the first chapter in the third book in the Zodiac Assassins series, the novel, “Libra’s Limbo”. I hope you enjoy it! ———————— “IT WASN”T a proper paranorm party until a troll dropped … Continue reading

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Less Fear, More Positivity

Why do we spend so much of our life in fear? I speak to folks every day who let fear rule their lives or even others who use fear to drive results from those around them. I love to read … Continue reading

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Favorite Things, Part Three By Susan Hanniford Crowley

In this part of “My Favorite Things,” I’m giving you more fun things. Favorite thing #1. My latest book The Vampire with a Blanket is in more places per the requests of readers. Here’s the list: Amazon Kindle and Print … Continue reading

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Turn On the Lights Paranormal-Scope

  Hurricane Isaias hit Connecticut and it was a slam dunk, even though it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. At this writing, there are around 144,000 people still out of power. Can you imagine without electricity for 6 … Continue reading

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A Writing Prompt to Inspire Creativity By Susan Hanniford Crowley

The power of the storm and what it can do to our lives is amazing. As I write this, a half a million people in Connecticut are still in the dark from Tropical Storm (with more attitude than people expected) … Continue reading

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For The Love Of…Pinterest by Artemis Crow

I love imagery. There, I said it. Photographs, paintings, movies and TV with rich, complicated sets and scenes are my jam. Capturing a moment in time with all its baroque glory and splendor, or simplicity and sparsity, I’ll take it … Continue reading

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Educate Yourself

Knowledge is power. I’ve heard these words since I was a little kid. I always felt I understood them and never really paid them much attention because I’ve been a voracious learner and reader my whole life. Only as an … Continue reading

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