Garden of Shannon

A lady tries not to overthink her writing craft while getting spooky inspiration from the masters of horror.

I sit at my altar looking out to my balcony. The sliding door is open, and the room becomes light and airy. I watch my bunny clean his ears with comfort and ease. I sit here looking at him thinking this exotic pet of mine has a good life. I have been doing some studying to pass an exam to continue my business path. I have also been doing some short story writing. I have not been able to come up with a good ending for the one I was recently writing. I have changed it three times already and I am still not pleased. I am going to put this story on pause like I have done the other three stories. I am overthinking it and that is something I refuse to do with the writing craft.

I am writing something else in the meantime, anyways. A story about a misunderstood woman who faces adversity in her community/small hometown. Specifically, one person continues to spread hate and bring harm her way until a hard truth comes out – a veil has lifted. I will possibly place some spooky elements throughout the story to pay homage to the Halloween season, who knows?

For the past two weeks I have been too tired to do much as late as if I unknowingly have a personal Mr. Sandman at my side waiting for me to sit on the couch or lie in bed so he can start his sleepy sand shenanigans. But being the person that I am, I always force myself to do something whether it’s reading, cleaning, writing or studying even if it is for a very short time I showed up for myself somewhere, somehow.

Well, for the remainder of the month I am going to get my one-thousand-word daily limits. Watch some Over the Garden Wall and continue reading my spooky books throughout the month. Tonight, I will get my husband to read me a short story aloud from what he is reading currently: Stephen King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes then maybe we can get into some Poe and Lovecraft for the rest of the month. I need all the inspiration I can muster up. Finally, we usually end our nights watching some horror films. Gosh I love this time of the year!

Happy spooky reading!