A to Z Theme Reveal - Murder Most Foul!

Well, another year, a new A to Z!!! And I am excited to reveal that this year, my theme is inspired by my love of old fashioned detective fiction, especially those involving murder most foul! I love the likes of Miss Marple, Miss Fisher, Inspector Alleyn and some modern investigators as well, like Gillian Larkin's Grace Abrahams.

Being a writer, I have decided to use the 26 days of the A to Z to develop my own cosy mystery:

The Case of the Cursed House. 

Each day I will be revealing a little more of the plot outline (don't worry, I'm not making anyone wade through the full text, I know you have other blogs to get to), some character details and a few clues, and each day my visitors will get a chance to vote on whodunnit and let me know what they think of the story ideas.

I look forward to seeing you during the AtoZ.

Other bloggers, I'll do my best to get to everybody in the list, but leave me a comment with your link and I'll definitely drop by.

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My Other Blogs

I am sharing blogging duties with my sister, Tasha, on two other blogs for the AtoZ as well and we are also part of the theme reveal:

Wittegen Press | Fantasy Boys XXX (AC)

And Tasha also has her own blog and is doing the theme reveal too:

Tasha's Thinkings

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Other People's Blogs

Now check out all the other theme reveal blogs by visiting the theme reveal site (I recommend leaving it open in another tab :)).

A to Z Challenge 2015 Theme Reveal - Writing Emotions and Reactions

The A to Z Blogging Challenge starts soon (April 1st) and there are loads of folks already signed up, so it should be an interesting month! :) As part of the fun, I'm joining in the A to Z Theme Reveal Blog Hop, where we commit to our theme for the month!

And, so here goes!

Since I'm an author, I always pick a writing theme for my blog, and this year, I've chosen to write about emotions and reactions, those important things that hold a plot together. So, I'm going to discuss how I see different emotions and reactions, what they mean to me, and their uses in fiction, both written and TV/Film. 

Emotions & Reactions Schedule

Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		01 A is for Amusement	02 B is for Boredom	03 C is for Chagrin	04 D is for Desolation & Delight	05 N/A
06 E is for Embarra -ssment	07 F is for Folly	08 G is for Gratitude	09 H is for Hate	10 I is for Isolation	11 J is for Judgement	12 N/A
13 K is for Knowing	14 L is for Lust, Love and Loathing	15 M is for Madness	16 N is for Numbness	17 O is for Originality	18 P is for Perspicacity	19 N/A
20 Q is for Quarrel -someness	21 R is for Rage	22 S is for Shock	23 T is for Terror	24 U is for Unhappiness	25 V is for Violence	26 N/A
27 W is for Wit	28 X is for eXuberance	29 Y is for Yellow	30 Z is for Zest

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Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles Theme Reveal for A to Z Challenge 2014 - Ghosts

The A to Z Blogging Challenge starts in just a very small number of days (there's still time to sign up) and there are loads of folks already signed up, so it should be an interesting month! :) And, to kick start this little venture and to remind me to get all my ducks in a row, I'm joining in the A to Z Theme Reveal Blog Hop (for more entrants to this hop, check out the main post)!

So, ta dah - my theme is:

Ghosts

Ghosts stories are one of my favourite genres to read and watch: I love being spooked :). I have a large collection of ghost books, both fictional and factual, and if there's a ghost story on TV, or in the cinema, you can bet I'll be there watching it. I have been fascinated with phantoms since I was very young, even though I can scare myself silly with such stories. It probably has something to do with growing up in a haunted house, but I'll save that story for the A to Z ;P. I'll be sharing that story, and lots of other ghost trivia in my posts throughout the A to Z Challenge.

I'm a writer too, and I enjoy writing ghost stories as well as consuming them, and so I'll be talking about different aspects of the ghost story genre and how it appeals to me.  I'll be taking my inspiration from the greats such as M R James, Dickens and Susan Hill, but I'll also be creating a new ghost story for my blog readers as the month goes on, each post providing a new instalment.

I hope you'll find my theme engaging and will pop by and share your own ghost stories as well. :)

Ghost Posts Schedule

Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	01 A is for Apparition, Gertrude Atherton, Anne Griffiths	02 B is for Backdrop, E F Benson, Borley Rectory	03 C is for Contrast, Wilkie Collins, Chilham	04 D is for Disturbing, Dickens, Dean Castle	05 E is for Endurance, Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, The Enfield Poltergeist	06 N/A
07 F is for Friend, Anatole France, Annie Farie	08 G is for Gift, Elizabeth Gaskell, Sir Fulke Greville	09 H is for Human, Susan Hill, Hairy Hands Ghost	10 I is for Is It Real?, Peter Ibbotson, Islay	11 J is for Jeopardy, M R James, Jamaica Inn	12 K is for Kick, Rudyard Kipling, Knebworth	13 N/A
14 L is for Love, Sheridan Le Fanu, Ladies	15 M is for Mystery, Louisa Murray, Mother Leaky	16 N is for Nuances, E Nesbit, The Nag's Head	17 O is for Obscure, Vincent O'Sullivan, O2 Millennium Dome	18 P is for Pause, Edgar Allen Poe, Pluckley	19 Q is for Queer, A T Quiller-Couch, Queens	20 N/A
21 R is for Risk, Mary Raymond, Raynham Hall	22 S is for Secrets, Bram Stoker, Thomas Skelton	23 T is for Tension, Mark Twain, The Tower of London	24 U is for Urgency, Peter Underwood, Uley	25 V is for Vacuum, Pamela Vincent, Verdley Castle	26 W is for Wrong, Edward Lucas White, Wittersham	27 N/A
28 X is for X marks the spot, X?, X-roads	29 Y is for Yield, You, York	30 Z is for Zing, ?, Zennor

All the links will become available to view on the days specified.

A few of us discovered that we all had supernatural themes for the AtoZ so we got together and did a mini list. If you also have a supernatural theme (ghosts, monsters, witches, spells etc), please feel free to add yourself to the list.

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