As pretty much everyone else has said in their yearly roundups and reviews, 2020 was, to put it mildly, a bit rubbish. One of the best things I did this year was to start outlining monthly goals and tracking data with a Life Journal.
Life Journaling
2020 Round Up
I had big plans for 2020. Yeah, I know, me and everybody else, right? But I really did... And then… everything went to Hell in a hand basket.
A Regular, Normal Christmas
My final story of 2020: DIE HARD meets Hallmark (kinda) in this crazy, tongue-in-cheek holiday mashup. Content warning: contains profanities, PG13.
Merry Christmas, Other You
A weird, seasonal horror story for anyone who has ever wished they had a second pair of hands or more time to get everything done over the holiday period. Content warning: includes some profane language. PG13
THE WAR ON BLANK-PAGE TERROR: a personal approach to scriptwriting by Jamie Delano
All writers must confront that blank-page terror. Daily. Unless they’re soulless hacks content to shovel junk food. Feed undiscerning appetites with fast-fiction plotted by committee. At least I assume they do. I speak only from my own experience. - Jamie Delano
New Release – Poetry Chapbook
Around this time last year I released RISE, a collection of poems about motherhood, family, old friends, spiritual journeys and the sea. This year is the turn of BEACH GLASS & OLD BONES, poems with a strong focus on belonging, becoming and mental health. Both ePubs are, and always will be, free on Smashwords. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/tabathawood
Awards Eligibility Post — Published Works 2020
I thought it was time to pull together my awards eligibility post for 2020. This also serves as a nice round up of things I achieved throughout this incredibly strange and surprising year. Most of these are eligible for any horror and speculative fiction awards including the New Zealand Sir Julius Vogel Awards, and the
Breathing Room
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Friends Are The Family You Chose For Yourself — Why Horror Blogs are Essential
by Mx T. / @meringutang To celebrate the upcoming rebrand of DHR — something which I am very excited about and thrilled to be a part of — it seemed like a good time for me to share some thoughts about Horror blogs and the review scene in general. Strap in, this might get a
Sneak Peek — New Witchy Fiction
Halloween may be officially over, but the witching hour doesn’t abide by any particular day, and spooky can be celebrated at any time. I wanted to share with you an excerpt of some witchy fiction I’ve been working on lately, to be released in 2021. This excerpt is copyright. No part may be stored or