Welcome to the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means! It's time to let our insecurities hang out. Yep, it's the Insecure Writer's Support Group blog hop. If you're a writer at any stage of career, I highly recommend this blog hop as a way to connect with other writers for support, sympathy, ideas, and networking. If you're a reader, it's a great way to peek behind the curtain of a writing life.
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. The awesome co-hosts for the October 2 posting of the IWSG are Nancy Gideon, Jennifer Lane, Jacqui Murray, and Natalie Aguirre!
October 2 question - Ghost stories fit right in during this month. What's your favorite classic ghostly tale? Tell us about it and why it sends chills up your spine.
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I adore ghost stories. I could probably list a top 10 and still have dozens of favorites left to list. But the one that lives in my heart is Jane-Emily by Patricia Clapp.
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I first read this one when I was pretty young, an older child or younger teenager, so that's part of it--books that you read at that age imprint on your soul differently because you don't have wider experience and so many things get to the first one of their kind in your life.
I've read it many times since, and it still delights me every time.
It's got everything: an atmospheric old house, mysterious family history, an evil child, and even romance. Honestly, this book explains a lot about me. To this day, I am suspicious of gazing balls in gardens. This is probably why one of my upcoming projects is a Gothic romance, too.
How about you? Do you love to read spooky stories? Tell me about them and add to my spooky season TBR!
Sorry, never heard of it.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear someone else enjoys horror! Seems most people don't like spooky tales.
I've seen that all over the hop today. Always surprises me. I find horror so cathartic, both to read and write.
DeleteI don't read a lot of spooky/scary stories because I'm too much of a wimp.
ReplyDeleteI've never read Jane-Emily, but I'm curious about the gazing ball thing. I can never decide how I feel about those... :)
I always have one in my garden.
DeleteHi, Samantha! I agree that stories read in childhood elicit strong primary emotional reactions, like fear, more so than in adulthood. Sounds like a gripping tale!
ReplyDeleteThere is something about stories that find us young.
DeleteI'm in love with old houses, (I live in one!) but prefer to fill them with light.
ReplyDeleteI like my horror on the page, not in my life for sure!
DeleteI haven't read this one, but thanks for the recommendation! I'm trying to find some good horror stories to go with the mood of the month and Jane-Emily sounds like it ticks all the boxes.
ReplyDeleteI hope you love it!
DeleteIt's fun to think about books that had impact on us as children. It's even more fun to go back and read them.
ReplyDeleteYes. It's often a lovely trip down memory lane.
DeleteI love them and now I have another on my TBR list. Thanks so much. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnna from elements of emaginette
I hope you love it!
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