HOW Conference This February!

Happy 2019 Everyone! 

I don't know about anyone else, but I need to get on the writing ball! It's tough to focus and get on schedule post holidays. It feels like the entire month of January becomes a hibernation month!

Fortunately, HorrorAddicts.net has our writing backs! This February 24-28, I'll be taking part in the HorrorAddicts.net Online Writers Conference. 

It's Free, It's Online - all I have to do is show up from my easy chair. This I Can Do! 

I am a supposed to be a writer, but I need a refresher on HOW (get it?!) to do the little things. It also seems like folks have forgotten how to use internet forums, because everyone keeps asking me HOW the Conference is supposed to work. Writers, Staff, Editors, and Publishers from HorrorAddicts.net and company will post articles, essays, prompts, and workshops on the forum, and participants can comment and interact all week at your own speed and leisure. There will be some chats too and live events, but again, I like a go at my own pace project, none of this deadline stuff! 

Big caveat also, this is NOT JUST HORROR! It's important to gain general writing and non genre wisdom, amirite?


So where is all this happening? Again, simplicity:
http://horroraddictswriters.freeforums.net

If you would like to participate or submit a workshop, all the details are already on the Conference Forum.

You can also forcibly remind yourself to check us out with our Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1998091380240780/

 

See you at the Conference! 

 

South Jersey Writers Conference Media and Mayhem!

Was YOUR November busy? 

Ditto, in no small part thanks to the South Jersey Writers Conference that was November 7&10. This 2 day conference is the inspiration that keeps on, well, inspiring thanks to the wealth of photos, videos, and media captured by Yours Truly!

To those who didn't want to be photographed and were reluctant to be on video, I am so, so glad we have your words of wisdom and author stories now saved for posterity! 

 

But enough grandstanding! Here is a complete rundown of the videos and playlists from the South Jersey Writers Conference on my Youtube Channel, and dual coverage can also be found at HorrorAddicts.net.


Networking Night speaker Ilene Schneider

Brainstorming 101 Workshop

Authorship 101 Workshop

NaNoWriMo Community speaker K.A. Magrowski Part 1 and Part 2

Paranormal and Horror Author Panel Parts 1-5 Playlist

Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Panel Parts 1-5 Playlist


You can also follow along with more happenings from the South Jersey Women Authors or visit the South Jersey Writers Conference on Facebook for MOAR!

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In case you haven't heard yet, we're also taking the Conference theme one step further, as Horror Addicts.net is hosting a Free Online Writers Conference this February! If you're interested in participating, visit the HOW (get it?) forum. Register early and join the Pre-Conference area or submit your workshop!

Keeping it simple, right? http://horroraddictswriters.freeforums.net/



And lastly, my article on Military Records Research is feature in the latest All Veterans issue of Search Magazine. Hip, hip huzzah!

Horror Addicts.net Round Up and Beyond!

Happy Halloween one and all!!


For those looking to revisit my Halloween DIY Craft series at Horror Addicts.net - you know this November when you are supposed to be writing for NaNoWriMo! - here is the complete run down:

DIY Stuffed Pumpkins Video
How to Make a Pumpkin Cat House
Creepy Cloches 
Tea Stained Labels and Spooky Bottles
How Not to Make a Spooky Spell Book

I was also able to take in a Batty for Bats visit by the Rancocas Nature Center at the Monroe Library, and you can find my write up of the event on Horror Addicts.net as well.  Everyone is all up in the spooky events for October but they forget how the rest of us morose folks remain so 365 days a year. Now that things have somewhat quieted down, I'm hoping to do some scary Pine Barrens reporting, but we'll see. 

I enjoy doing audio, video, and new types of media as a companion to my writing work. The key is to not let all the fun extras or bells and whistles over take the "real" writing job. 


Which means we can't forget about the big South Jersey Writers Conference! 

Sign Up ASAP with our Online Registration Form:
https://goo.gl/forms/OI7e16s1dlDKjsYL2


Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2166228133640112/

Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/southjerseywritersconference


This has been a tremendous undertaking expanding the Conference to multiple days and venues, but our local author community, including the South Jersey Writers Group and South Jersey Women Authors, is ripe and eager for area opportunities to hone writing skills, network, and learn from other authors. I enjoy working with authors who are a step above me, gaining insight from their experiences, so I am looking forward to all the speakers and panelists at the Conference and I hope to see YOU there!


For those taking part in NaNoWriMo, you can also join us at South Jersey NaNo. I don't officially sign up as November is truly the worst time to try and rush the writing journey, but I enjoy the extra motivation and write ins. There were times in my youth when I would take November and December off from writing, it was too busy and I needed the time away from writing in order to want it more. Now, I just want more time to write!

 

Crafts, Crafts, and More Crafts!

So I'm supposed to be a writer, right? Above all, the things writers are supposed to do is write. 

This month, however, I'm crafting, yes crafting, and it has been quite a boon to stretch my creative muscles in a different way.

Like an athlete who cross trains in a different sport, this October at Horror Addicts.net, I've done a series on Halloween DIY Crafts that are affordable and recyclable. I'm a cheap pack rat writer, but maybe there are crafters out there who can benefit from the ideas that came out well and the crafts that almost didn't turn out so great. 


Here's a List thus far of where you can find my Articles, Step by Step pictures, and How to Videos:

How to Make a Pumpkin Cat House (That your cat ultimately probably won't like but whatevs...)

How to Make Stuffed Pumpkins (That's Puffed Stumpkins according to my on camera flub)

Tea Stained Labels and Spooky Bottles (with Shakespearean quotes because I'm a dweeb like that)

And if you can imagine, there's more to come! Follow my Kbatz tag at HorrorAddicts.net or join our Facebook Community to share your thoughts. 


Do please also note that HorrorAddicts.net is a ten year old podcast and publishing brand by Horror Addicts, For Horror Addicts. There is a new upstart company going by HorrorAddictsTV soliciting for pay on Patreon and everywhere else. It is absolutely irritating to see our Amazon anthology links and Itunes podcasts intermingled in a search with these obnoxious swindles.

I was frustrated for an entire 24 hours until I put all this bonus energy back into some creepy crafts. It's Halloween season and I have a job to do. I can't waste my time worrying about shit people who obviously didn't google to see if the name is in use. At least there's a certain solace in knowing that not researching is the wrong way to upstart yourself.

Fortunately, my mother gave me a creepy cat doll that she thought was cute. It won't stop smiling at me. You can see him in every picture, can't you?