OtV: Pumpkin Progress 3

All five of my seeds have sprouted!  I also planted a second mound with five more seeds.

(Second mound.)

(Pumpkin Guardian at work.  You see four sprouts here.)

(Fourth sprout that's in the corner.)

(Three sprouts on the mound.)

(The newest sprout on the right.)

(The second sprout off the mound.)

OtV: Pumpkin Progress 2

Not only has 2 more sprouts emerged, a fourth one was found growing better than the rest in the corner, under my water fountain.  Two of the four sprouts are not on the mound and seem to have washed down the mound while I watered them.  My first sprout has a third leaf yet seems to be wilting in the summer heat.  My second sprout has also gotten a third leaf.  I am so stoked!

(First sprout with third leaf.)

(First sprout wilting!)

(Second sprout off the mound.)

(Second sprout is getting bigger.)

(Third sprout is on the mound.)

(First and third sprout on mound.)

(Fourth sprout!)

(Fourth sprout is the tallest.)

Poem Acceptance!

My poem, The Fires of Summer, has been accepted for the August issue of The Literary Hatchet by PearTree Press!  The Fires of Summer was written for Kyle for our 3rd year anniversary.  Next month we celebrate our 5th year together.

Feverish Chixxx Vol. 2 Arrived!

My copy of Feverish Chixxx Volume 2 by Sleazy Viking Press has arrived!  My picture, er poem, Siren, O Siren, can be found within.  I also got this awesome little pentacle charm with it.

OtV: Pumpkin Progress 1

I planted five pumpkin seeds in the mound and so far one is sprouting very well!  It's getting pretty tall.  It's been here for awhile but I just thought it was a weed and not a pumpkin.  So today I decided to look up what a sprouting pumpkin should look like and behold... it is a sprouting pumpkin!

Artwork!

In an effort to promote Steve Santiago's brilliant art as well as my book that it will be featured in, we discussed showing one of the current four interior illustrations finished.  This illustration is drawn after my poem, Witch Lord of the Hunt, and is the first of ten b&w interior illustrations that will appear in my debut poetry collection, Diary of a Sorceress​ by Hippocampus Press​.  Witch Lord of the Hunt was originally published in Eternal Haunted Summer​.

 

The Order of the Thinned Veil: Pumpkin Planting

So my super, awesome Halloween-obsessed boyfriend bought me the Candy Corn level membership from the mysterious Order of the Thinned Veil.  Here is what this order is all about.

"We are a society of like-minded individuals who choose to live our lives steeped in the legends, lore and customs of Halloween. What does that mean? Well, for us Halloween is anything but just a day in October, it is a lifestyle and a lens by which we view the world around us.

The Order of the Thinned Veil is a tiered style of membership for the year. There are three levels of membership and each has it’s own set of perks such as exclusive artwork, a newsletter, certificates, contests and invitations to special events!  

 Members will also have access to exclusive items available ONLY to current Order of the Thinned Veil members.

 Additionally,  members will engage in the cermonial planting of their own pumpkins to eventually carve into Jack O’Lanterns with included seeds. This will be an OTV community event! (More details forthcoming!)

Options for membership are as follows and are a ONE TIME FEE. This is NOT a recurring monthly subscription. Once you sign up, you’re a member for the year!"

Here is the Candy Corn level package.

(I might have been a bit excited opening it....)

(Pumpkin seeds in the bag on the bottom left.)

The Order also hosts contests every month and so far there has been two.  Show off your membership pin and post a previous Halloween costume.

I didn't win either time but the contests are super fun!

The Order of the Thinned Veil has recently announced that now is the time to start planting those pumpkin seeds.  So today I embarked on that mission.

(The green witch presides over the mound to bless it.)