Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell - a review
Ramsey Campbell wrote the first horror novel that I fell in love with. I was a teenager when I first read that one and it stayed with me....
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Apr 17, 20181 min read
Into the Trees ... a few woodland photos
If you go down to the woods today ... A wonderful den that reminded me of The Blair Witch Project. Gentle treescape in spring. Bright...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 17, 20183 min read
Reading as a Writer
In order to write well, one needs to read. The pressure on writers to produce a huge back catalogue if they are to have any chance to...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 10, 201812 min read
It Comes From Beyond
A Daisy Chain Adventure for B2BCyCon 2018, written by Anita, Carmilla, Susanne, Brenda and Naching. The parts written by me (Carmilla...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 10, 20182 min read
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Paulo Coelho - a review
Too often we encounter a thing of beauty at the wrong time in our lives and its layers of splendour and meaning are lost on us. Yesterday...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 8, 20182 min read
A Sunday Afternoon Stroll
I always take a notebook and camera while out walking. Frequently I am inspired to jot down a plot point or record something beautiful I...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 5, 20182 min read
The Art of Dreaming, Carlos Castaneda - a review
Magic and perception are two of my special interests, so this book might easily have been written for me. As well as providing an...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 4, 20181 min read
The Inter-Relatedness of Perception and Reality
Is perception reality? Is magick simply madness? Is there a point in space, time or perception we can access that allows us not only to...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 1, 20182 min read
April Events - Free Download and B2BCyCon and More
April promises to be a busy month in Carmilla’s world. From 1st - 15th April you can find my novella Basement Beauty for free courtesy of...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 21, 20185 min read
Writing Horror While Trying to Avoid Stereotypes
It’s not as easy as it sounds. While tropes, clichés and stereotypes might be easy to spot in others work, they can become embedded in...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 20, 20181 min read
This Month's Netflix Finds
For a Kafkaesque bizarre farce you can't get much sillier than "The Similars" or "Los Parecidos" a Mexican horror. That said, in spite of...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 11, 20182 min read
On the Suffering of the World, by A Schopenhauer - a review
What to say about this book? Well the first thing to say was I almost didn't finish it. Parts of it made me spit with fury. Schopenhauer...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 10, 20181 min read
Mujeres Libres vs Liberal Feminism
“Free Women of Spain” by Martha Ackelsberg made me consider my own relationship towards mainstream feminism or white liberal feminism,...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 6, 20181 min read
Novella for Free
For two weeks in April I'll be offering Basement Beauty as a free read via Art of the Arcane. Check back or subscribe to my newsletter...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 26, 20181 min read
Brain to Book Cyber Convention Teaser
This April I'm proud to be a part of the Brain to Book expo. It will take place across the internet including blogs (like this one),...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 22, 20182 min read
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami - a review
I’ve raved about Haruki Murakami before, but I can’t help it. I’m a fan girl. “A Wild Sheep Chase” was the first of Murakami’s novels...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 16, 20183 min read
Brief thoughts on "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami
After finishing Philip Pullman’s book about writing I returned to Haruki Murakami’s. Either I misremember picking up this book and...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 14, 201823 min read
Bloody Valentine
or Why I’d Ban Valentines Day and Send Romance to the Gallows. Full disclosure – I don’t do romance. I don’t mean simply that I don’t...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 13, 20182 min read
Daemon Voices, by Philip Pullman - a review
I have a soft spot for books about the craft of writing, so when I saw “Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling” by Philip Pullman I knew I...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 13, 20182 min read
Trial and Error
Anna and I are wondering whether Starblood the graphic novel is cursed. It might just be the teething pains of working in a new medium,...
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