Writing again!

So I'm writing again, found inspiration! Got 64 pages down for my new book. Just can't decide on the title yet, torn between two but I'll figure it out. My manuscripts are being sent to Vendetta Publishing which is huge for me! and I'm hoping for a new publishing deal :-) some more coffee and quiet nights and I think the book might be finished during the early months of the new year. Hope you've all had a good christmas and a great new year.

accomplishment!

Just read the first official review of my book "Tragic Stories and Tall Tales". I am awestruck at the words about my writings, it always helps that the person reading understands that I am not anti-religious but rather  socially critical! I am very happy about this review and must send a lot of thanks to scullfucker magazine who chose to read and review it!

here´s a link to the fantastic review:

http://scullfucker.blogspot.no/2012/08/stephanie-rose-walsh-tragic-stories-and.html

Written a lot lately

I forgot about this song that I adore by CocoRosie, it´s titled "Werewolf". It´s fantastic and I love it... words just flow out of me when I listen to it. Thanking music for inspiration! Was in a chat-room talking to people who read a lot when a woman came in with the nickname "cocorosie" and my memory was shot back to this band. Inspiration is everywhere. Fantastic!

It´s been a very rainy Summer so there´s been plenty of time for me to sit inside and write, but time passes by so quickly and life gets in the way. I should´ve gotten a lot further with my third book, and I wish I was. Like a black cloud over my head when I know there is so many words left in me that I need to get down on paper but can´t get into that almost meditation-like state I need to reach in order to write. It will come, and luckily nights are getting dark again... which I love.

Ach well.

Time will tell how this goes. Will keep you updated.

Be Safe,
Stephanie.

it's been a while

I have been working really hard on my third book. seems to take a lot of time, my creativity isn't flowing in the same way as it did with my first books. I have a wish to write a full story, not built up by short stories. In the style I write it will be hard to accomplish but I want it so bad that I will do my best at getting it done. I wont make my deadline for numerous reasons... I recently moved from Bergen, Norway to Oslo, Norway which has been quite a hard process both emotionally and creatively. I don't have as much time of silence to write as I used to which is a huge factor for being able to write. I refuse to hand in any work that I haven´t put my heart and soul into creating.

So until next time... Be safe,

Stephanie

I've started working on my third book, I may have it finished by August but one never knows about these things. It's been pretty hectic around here lately. Not sure if I should write my book the way I originally had intended back in 2009 or if I should write it in my style with rhymes. I tried writing it again from the beginning and it kind of works, surprisingly enough! but I doubt that anyone would want to read an entire book written in my style... think it would make anyone go loopy. Oh well. I'll give it a try and keep updating here!

Be safe,
Stephanie

Hello again! I am really excited today because I have two books for sale on amazon.com (only available for kindle until later this year). I wrote a book where I have gathered all my posted and not posted horror and dark fantasy stories and another compilation of my more tragic fiction.

I hope some of you will consider buying one or two!

My published horror stories: "Horror Stories and Tall Tales"
and
My published tragic stories "Tragic Stories and Tall Tales"

Please check it out sounds the plea of a struggling writer!

Be safe,
Stephanie

I just finished reading a great article on the site InternetService.net. The article is "Ten Tweets That Summarize the Book Angels And Demons". I have read Dan Browns books and this article was a good read!

yeah seems to me I do like writing about demons, two stories already. 
Early in 2009 I started writing a book, this was long before my style of short stories had begun. The book is based on a series of strange dreams I had about angels and demons and a war in Heaven... the dream was so f***ed up seeing as I don't believe in such things that I decided to make a story out of it. I guess some of my ideas in the 2009 book are seeping through into my short stories. 


Maybe time to write the angel side of it, huh?

I am currently working on a story about a supervillain who can generate fire from his hands and climb walls. I'm really excited about this story... it is of course tragic, that seems to be what I do best! I've had a major lack of inspiration lately... which is VERY frustrating. Keep trying to watch things, messed up movies or vids just to jog the crazy part of my brain that generates these stories, but it didn't work. Then suddenly I sat down staring into nothing and a picture of this villains face just popped into my brain. Smiling because I knew he was an awesome character that would help me write, and that's exactly what he did! I like this character so much that I actually think I will let him live at the end of the story so that I can write about him again at a later date! YAY! sweet inspiration, you have been sorely missed!


Be Safe, 
Stephanie

So I've been really busy lately, unfortunately. I've had exams in biochemistry and organic chemistry. Needed to study A LOT so my writing has had to take a break, but I've finished my exams now and can let creativity flow once again. As usual I have written a few stories that just wont do for a public forum but will be published in my book. I feel myself getting excited about the new characters I'll create during the Summer, maybe I wont kill every single one of them... but maybe I will.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Be Safe,
Stephanie.

Got a comment on my webpage in Spanish, which I do not understand... but my webmaster tried to translate it for me, turns out he doesn't speak Spanish either. at any rate, it may seem that someone thinks I have issues with God or depression or both and to that I can answer NO! I actually don't have issues with either one of those things, I am not depressed and I am not angry at God because I don't believe there is one true god. I think the whole thought of it is bollix and ridiculous. I was born and raised Irish Catholic so I have plenty of first hand knowledge when it comes to religion.

I believe that people throughout time have needed something bigger than themselves to believe in and fear and blame instead of taking the responsibility of the earth actually being in their hands. Molecules, atoms, the building blocks of our existence, evolution, birth, death, natural disaster... Trying to tell me that any natural disaster is Gods punishment is useless. The earth is pissed off because we keep building and spoiling and destroying our home that is slowly but surely becoming unsafe for humans seeing as we are in fact frail beings of immense intellect that we just don't fucking use.

My writings are not about religion or Christianity or any of that non sense, but the fact that some of these questions come up in my stories are inevitable. They are my stories, so obviously they must obtain my views and my criticism towards whatever I am writing about...but I have no anger or issues with god or whatever one chooses to call it...I simply just don't believe something because it's written in a book, that's been rewritten a dozen times by man.

I just wrote quite a long story about a woman who saves her family by letting her husband accuse her of being a witch. I follow her from the decision is made until she is burnt at the stake. It will hit my webpage by Sunday!

Now today something really fucked up happened, and whenever I feel anger I don't take it out on other people or go into a spiral of aggression. Oh no, I write. So tonight I've written four new stories. I've written a part two of Hit my head and died, doesn't seem like a story that has room for a part two... but trust me. There really was more to share there! Besides I really like that story, and it was fantastic for my creative side to write more and make a proper ending... as if I make proper endings... but yeah, it's an ending at least. Not sure if I should post it on my site, if anyone remembers it or if I should stick that one in my book too. 




Be Safe,
Stephanie.

Hello again!
I feel a bit stuck lately... I've been writing a lot but I feel myself going very political and I figure it may provoke some people who read it. So a part of me is thinking "fucking publish it! it's your mind! it's your voice, your forum" then another part of me is thinking that maybe I should keep my pages clean of political views... THEN at the same time tho' I've already dabbled a tad into religion. If I stick my little toe into the waters of religion can I not try to make the waters seem inviting for my big toe with some politics?

Mr. Reaperman is actually a story I was saving for my upcoming book of tragic tales. I've decided to publish it on my author page nonetheless. Personally I really like this story. I've refused to over romanticise it...let me try to explain... 
In my understanding a Reaper(man) has always been the bringer of death and the taker of souls, hence forth in my imagination there is no way a mere human would or could make either of them act dramatically enough to risk their occupation which also is the reason for their existence. 


The idea of a Reaper(man) (imaginary of course...) falling in love is not far fetched for me as they have their own personalities and minds, but the idea of a Reaper(man) breaking every law that binds them to the universes and allows them to fulfill their duty and the task of their entire species only to keep love? No... I just can't go that way with it. Well...not yet of course. I have left the story open enough for my readers (Haha if I actually HAVE any) to expect another Reaperman story sometime in the future. 


Thank you for reading my ramblings! Hope you've read the story, this may have made more sense if you did. 


Be safe! 
.Stephanie.

Ed Gein inspired horror story is in the making! Figured out that in order to meet the deadline I put up for myself I needed to force some inspiration. So I sat down in my favouite cafe in Bergen and stared at the wall for about five minutes with a fresh cup of java in hand. Suddenly an image appeared in my head, my hand reached for my pen and out of the blue a short story just flowed out of me. The only issue is that this short story is another horror story, much darker than the bloodthirsty tragic tale of Winfred The Teddy and might not be suitable for my author page. Having my self publishing deal wish amazon.com fresh in my mind and still in need of 12 pages to reach the 24 page limit I figure I will save this Ed Gein inspired horror story for my book. Still need inspiration and creativity to publish another short story tho'. Wonder were my mind will take me when nightfall comes, I have a cup of tea in hand and my pen near by. Will be an INTERESTING night! 

See you on the dark side, reader!


Be safe!
.Stephanie.

I fell asleep way too early, then woke up after two hours. Wide awake. I had some strange dreams, writing fantasy/fiction and horror stories seem to be taking their toll on my mind. I'm not complaining, I love writing. Not sure how I feel about killing off some of my favourite characters though. Maybe I should do something about that... I can always write more about them later, I do enjoy writing about ghosts!


Just wrote about 5 pages in three hours. That's not bad, I think. I'm working towards publishing a book and for that I need at least 24 pages! woah! Will have to work overtime in the creative department.


Wish me luck!

I was out and about last night, supposed to go out for a coffee but ended up with a beer in my hand at the Studentpub in Bergen, Norway called Kvarteret. In the café there was a poetry reading and usually I wouldn't sit and listen because I find it extremely pretentious but then my webmaster had an idea of me going up to the mic and reading one of my darkest stories just to give them a theoretical kick in the nuts. Then for the first time I noticed a bit of stage fright. Which seems ridiculous as I am often on stage talking seeing as I am one of the two founders of Dr.Sketchy's Anti-Art School (which is a burlesque art session where anyone above 20 years old can bring drawing/painting/sketching equipment and draw live models. We have a session every-other month in Garage) in Bergen! Then it dawned on me that when it comes to my own writings I am very shy... I need to work on that so I have given myself the task of "crashing" a pretentious student poetry reading the next time I have a chance to. Which wont be a problem because I do bring my notebook everywhere I go just incase I get an idea. 


So bottom line; I SHALL OVERCOME MY FEAR OF READING MY STORIES OUT LOUD TO STRANGERS! 

I write dark fantasy/fiction short stories at www.sbribblesandshortstories.com 


I wanted to start a blog about writing, the process...the thoughts...the frustration...the inspiration. I guess writing the stories aren't enough of a ventilation for my brain. So here goes, I will attempt blogging. I may fail miserably but then again maybe not!