Wednesday, August 14, 2013

From Blog Blitzing to The Walking Dead Comes Alive: An Eclectic Post

Here are some things you all might find interesting.... 

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Have you signed up for DL Hammond's Blog Blitz yet? 


I joined early on and it's been so much fun surprising totally unsuspecting fellow bloggers with a day of focused support and encouragement. I've met some great bloggers through the Blitz, like Dana at The Daily Dose, whose Friday posts ALWAYS make me laugh.

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Some book and writing related posts for you:

Over at Writer Unboxed, Robin LaFevers does it again - she talks about how fear affects creativity in "The Uninvited Guest" and then how we have to watch out for ruts in our writing life in "When Nothing Goes Right, Go Left."

I am a big fan of Hugh Howey's The Silo Series - WOOL introduces the silo. SHIFT is the story of their beginnings, and DUST - out this month! - will chronicle their undoing. This post, "Two Years...," shows how much a great story, good writing and a lot of hard work can make dreams a reality.

Literary agent Janet Reid's post, "The Shoe Test," is a great reminder to take out all those unnecessary words in our writing. Check out the comments, too - they're a hoot!

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And this...well, I don't know whether to cry with delight or to scream in total fear.


(The video is short and shows a bit of what went on during the last TWD - Halloween Horror Nights. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go hide under the bed....)


"Fans of AMC’s The Walking Dead will have a chance to walk in the footsteps of human survivors when Universal Studios Hollywood andUniversal Orlando Resort debut all-new terrifying mazes inspired by Season 3 of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning television series at this year’s “Halloween Horror Nights” events beginning Fri., Sep. 20...

Universal Orlando is also dedicating its entire “Halloween Horror Nights” street experience to The Walking Dead – making this the first time ever that all of the scare zones throughout the park will be themed after a hit television series. Guests brave enough to walk the streets of Universal Studios Florida will encounter iconic scenes from all three seasons of the hit show — including the perilous city of Atlanta and Hershel’s dismal barn — and fleets of blood-thirsty walkers who are hungry for their next victim."

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Are you a member of The Blitz team or do you plan on joining? Are fear or ruts stalling your creativity?  Are unnecessary words bogging down your writing? Are you a fan of The Silo Series? And does the idea of The Walking Dead coming "alive" freak you out as much as it does me? 

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  1. I love the Blitz and am so glad DL came up with the idea, it's a lot of fun.

    I still haven't watched The Walking Dead and keep meaning to catch up with all I've missed. I feel so left out because it seems like everyone I know loves it.

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    1. Make sure you watch TWD from Season 1 - I love how the characters change and grow...but I hate when they die. Eek! :)

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  2. I am a HUGE fan of The Walking Dead!! I am through season 2 but I haven't seen season 3 yet. I am waiting on it to come out on DVD :)

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    1. I bet they'll re-run Season 3 on AMC some time before the new season starts. Maybe even have a marathon. I wonder when Season 3 is out on DVD? I'll have to check....

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  3. Awesome. I LOVE Dana's blog, and the blitz group? It's just good fun, eh?

    My hubby is salivating for the Walking Dead to start again. Me, I like it, but it's a little too cold for my taste, if you know what I mean. Actually, it's the music, or lack thereof. I'm such a music Nazi that I have a hard time enjoying it--the silence. It just feels empty. Do you know what I mean?

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    1. Dana's Friday posts are the best! :)

      I actually like the mostly eerie emptiness of music on TWD because then when they do have music, it's almost a shock to the system and it's always so fitting to the scene and/or the episode.

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  4. I am going to have to check out some of these blogs they sound great.

    Love Walking Dead I don't know if I could handle it as an amusement park type of thing. I'm afraid I'd drop dead of a heart attack.

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    1. I think you'll like the blogs I mentioned!

      I hear you about the Halloween Horror Nights. I was too afraid to go last year, but maybe this year.... Eek! I get scared just thinking about it! :)

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  5. I'm a Blitzer! Signed up on the first day.
    I'd run through that maze.

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    1. Alex, with all the blogs you regularly visited, you were a Blitzer before the Blitz was official! :)

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  6. I never miss a Walking Dead episode but you wouldn't catch me setting one terrified foot in that maze-thing. NEVAH!!!!!!

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    1. I know! It's one thing to watch it on TV, another to "live" it.

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  7. I've never heard of the Blitz team. That's pretty cool.

    I laughed at Janet R's post. I usually catch those things on editing, but I'm sure there are still some of them in there. It's hard to get them all.

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    1. I hope you signed up!:)

      I am sure I do some - if not all - of those things Ms. Reid mentioned, but I hope I catch most of them before subbing.

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  8. Love the Blitz team!! I have trouble with fear running over my writing now and then, but I jump back in and beat it back with typing.

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  9. i blitz! and dana is a peach of a girl!
    janet cracks me up!
    and i just dont get the walking dead... a soap with gross bad guys...ha!

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    1. TWD is way more than that, but to each their own. :)

      I like the contests Ms Reid runs, too.

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  10. I'm enjoying the WOOL omnibus -- so well-written. Unnecessary words are my downfall; flash fiction forces me to work tighter, and I need to transfer that skill to my longer tales. Waiting for WALKING DEAD's 3rd season to stream on Netflix so I can get caught up!

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    1. I liked SHIFT also, and I'm looking forward to DUST, out this month. Howey really is a good storyteller, isn't he?

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  11. Thanks for sharing those. I could use some encouragement, and I'm really trying to get away from the debilitating perfectionism I've been struggling with.

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    1. You're welcome! And thanks for Following us here at TSR. :)

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  12. I've heard really good things about the Blitz team though I haven't joined yet.

    If I'd encountered zombies at the theme park, I'd stop to make sure I get a few good shots of them with my camera before I run screaming. I could be such a tourist at theme parks, LOL. =)

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    1. I'd be more likely to throw the camera at the zombie, but I do like the visual of you taking pics first. :)

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