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"QOTD: Friday 31 October 2025"  Open in new Window.

I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2 (continued)" Open in new Window.:
         "20251031 External Writerings October 2025" Open in new Window.

Two Halloween playlists, but... warning!

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran might be here!
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         "20251030 Novel #27" Open in new Window.

The writing journey hits a bump in the road.
So... heads up.

Life has taken one of those turns for the worse that my life does too often.

I will either be leaving for a while come start of November or start of December, if things follow their regular pattern.

I have paid for Upgraded membership until 2027, so my stuff will remain there for people to use, and the QOTD forum will remain open (just not pinable).

I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, but, really, I'm just another member here.

I will be back eventually, but this is just letting you know if I disappear suddenly (I have not missed a 5 in a day since it started and have not missed a day for 688 days), don't worry.

It's just life.

Sorry.
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Sorry, I hope life gets better or at least bearable.*Hug*
Well, to me you are an extra-wonderful member. You will be missed, and welcomed back when you return. I hope that things get better for you.
Halloween playlists from my Weekend Notes columns:

Songs about bleeding and blood!  Open in new Window.

Songs about Hell!  Open in new Window.

I tend to do 2 or 3 a year, and these are the 2025 additions to the pile.


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Garbage's Bleed Like Me
ACDC Hells Bells
Songs about blood bring back a memory from my youth, my older brother playing guitar and singing this song. My mother had a fit, sure that the song would give us nightmares.

FairyFailWrites Author Icon - One song per artist and I like 'Highway To Hell' more... *Wink*
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         "20251029 Killing Tension" Open in new Window.

A quick how-to guide...

Could have sarcasm involved...
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         "20251027 Conspiracy Theories" Open in new Window.

Something a little more serious.
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Have you written about the antidote to conspiracy theories? You, Waltz in the Lonesome October or Elisa, Stik-or-Treat may have. Anyone else?
Kåre เลียม Enga Author Icon - Hey, now. No need to tag me twice.
A term for something all too common:

OBSCURE WORD OF THE DAY!

Today's word is Teknonymy.

This is something we do all the time, and it means, "the practice of referencing a parent through their offspring." This is from the Greek "teknos", child, and "nymos," name. So an example would be: "She's Jim's mother." Note, the person we are talking about - "she" - is not named.
         However, in recent parlance, it has been extended: "He is Jane's brother;" "He is Max's best friend;" etc. are also referred to as a Teknonymy.


You challenge today is to not use a Teknonymy at all for a week!
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Is the phrase "He's a son-of-a-..."

Never mind. Hahaha!
👻Trick o' Monkee👻 Author Icon - that's called Patronymy or a Patronomic surname. In some northern European countries, girls are called, for example, "Jackdottir."
S🤦‍♂️ Author Icon, somehow, son-of-a-stud doesn't sound like a bad thing to be called. HAHAHA!!!
R.A.T.!
Random Aussie Tune!

This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists.

Ol'55 hit the Australian stage as a throwback act, doing covers of 1950s and early 1960s songs and their own songs in that style. Their Take It Greasy still stands as one of the best Australian albums released. When they broke up, lead singer Frankie J Holden went on to become a successful actor, Wilbur Wilde, the saxophonist, went on to appear in nearly every Australian song with a sax, plus being a music constant on Hey, Hey, it's Saturday!. But Ol'55 was, to me, their peak.
Seen live? No.
Overseas success? No.

'Looking For An Echo' by Ol'55 (1976)

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It definitely doesn't sound 70-ish. Not a bad song, not bad at all.
So...

Another book reached me...

The Monster Dictionary is now 533 pages and 316,803 words...

It's never going to end...

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While part of me doesn't want this book to ever end because I don't want anything to ever be left out, part of me definitely does want it published! I know you say it will never be published, but I 100% want you shopping it around! Surely, someone will want it! I want it!!! lol
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         "20251025 10 Under-Utilised Horror Settings" Open in new Window.

Horror specific... but maybe something for everyone?
Trad published short story number 99!

99!


It's in here, it's weird, and I really like the ending...

ASIN: B0FV4TVXHT
Amazon's Price: $ 3.99

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That’s amazing, Steven. Perseverance pays off.
Congratulations!!!!
Congrats, that's fab *Smile*
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A horror tale based on a movie quote (Scream).


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