Tasha's (aka Beren) Journal

 

For those not in the know, the AtoZChallenge happens every April and this year is it's 10th anniversary. Bloggers from all over the world post everyday using the letter of the alphabet for that day as a prompt (e.g. A on the 1st, B on the 2nd etc), except for Sundays - hence 26 days. Some of us also have a theme.

This year my theme is ghosts and I am writing flashfic ghost stories for every day, inspired by local haunting in Kent, where I live. Today's location and haunting is the Historic Dockyards at Chatham, which have so many ghost stories to choose from. This one's a scary one!

Story description:

Ali has a new job as the night guard at the historic dockyards. Everything is great, except for the odd instructions on what to do at 3am.

AtoZ Post With Textual Story

To read today's story, check it out at my Tasha's Thinkings Blog:

D is for Dockyards - Dead of Night by Natasha Duncan-Drake - Day 4 #AtoZChallenge

Dramatic Reading of the Story

To listen to it, as read by me, check it out on my Patreon (some days are open to everyone, some are patrons only ):

D is for Dead of Night - read by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Please do comment and any re-shares are greatly appreciated - many thanks.

I'll be posting links here for the rest of the month too, so look out for new stories.

 

For those not in the know, the AtoZChallenge happens every April and this year is it's 10th anniversary. Bloggers from all over the world post everyday using the letter of the alphabet for that day as a prompt (e.g. A on the 1st, B on the 2nd etc), except for Sundays - hence 26 days. Some of us also have a theme.

This year my theme is ghosts and I am writing flashfic ghost stories for every day, inspired by local haunting in Kent, where I live. Today's location and haunting is the Battlements of Dover Castle.

Story description:

Ben gets lost on a ghost tour of the castle and meets something strange when he ends up on the battlements.

AtoZ Post With Textual Story

To read today's story, check it out at my Tasha's Thinkings Blog:

B is for Battlements - Boy Meets ... Something by Natasha Duncan-Drake - Day 2 #AtoZChallenge

Dramatic Reading of the Story

To listen to it, as read by me, check it out on my Patreon (some days are open to everyone, some are patrons only ):

B is for Boy Meets ... Something - read by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Please do comment and any re-shares are greatly appreciated - many thanks.

I'll be posting links here for the rest of the month too, so look out for new stories.

Writerly Wednesday 6 is a little different this week because it's an announcement.

Do you like to be scared, at least a little? Do you like creating somewhat scary stories, sharing stories like round a camp fire or making a little bit scary art?


This is a hop for Bloggers, Authors and Artists alike, we didn't want anyone to be left out. If you can share something a little bit scary you're in!

All you need to do is pop over to this post at the Wittegen Press Blog - Share a Scare – Halloween Blog Hop 2015 – Come And Sign-Up!, read the instructions and then sign on up.



Posts don't have to be about anything bone chillingly scary, just a little bit spooky will do if you're not into horror :). Just think Halloween.

I'm doing The Blogging From A to Z April Challenge one and a half times this year :). I'm doing it on my Tasha's Thinkings blog where I will be doing the whole alphabet and on Fantasy Boys XXX which is an adult rated blog I co-run with my sister where I will be doing half the month. That blog is for erotic male/male fiction as you may have gathered by the name.

I have decided on the topics for Tasha's Thinkings which are totally random and will be as follows:

April
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	01 A Android	02 B Bard	03 C Cakes	04 D Death	05 E Effect	06 F Favourite
07 /	08 G Giggle	09 H Harry Potter	10 I Imagination	11 J James McAvoy	12 K Krypton	13 L Love
14 /	15 M Marvel	16 N Natasha	17 O Otherworldly	18 P Publishing	19 Q Q	20 R Romance
21 /	22 S Sex	23 T Tom Hiddleston	24 U Unicorn	25 V Vampire	26 W Werewolf	27 X Xenomorph
28 /	29 Y Yellow	30 Z Zeus

I have started writing them, but I do need to get my bottom in gear to finish them. When it says sex for S; it's not going to be anything explicit, just a discussion of the topic and the affect it has on fiction.


The days marked in pink below are mine. I've already written the drabbles, but not the posts to go with them yet.

April
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	01 A Aliens	02 B Bonds	03 C Cock	04 D Danger	05 E Egyptology	06 F Flowers
07 /	08 G Gods	09 H Horn	10 I Incubus	11 J Joy Riding	12 K Kissing	13 L Lycanthropy
14 /	15 M Magic	16 N Necromancer	17 O Orchestra	18 P Phantom	19 Q Quiet	20 R Robot
21 /	22 S Sorcerer	23 T Turning	24 U Unknown	25 V Vampire	26 W Wings	27 X XXX
28 /	29 Y Yes	30 Z Zoo

*'So, what is a drabble anyway?' we hear some of you ask. And the answer is, a drabble is a piece of prose of (exactly) 100 words.