There are no Monsters Under your Bed

You’re looking after a child, not your own child. Halfway through the night the child wakes up and comes to find you. They had a bad dream. They can’t get back to sleep cause there’s a monster in their room. What do you tell the child and explain to them about monsters and being afraid? How do you get them back to sleep?

You are the Monster

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself. – Wes Craven

When did you last scare yourself? When were you last really scared by something and what was it?

Fictional monsters like zombies, werewolves, vampires and such are not nearly as scary as real things like mortgages, collection calls, being unemployed, law suits, health problems, danger to children and other family. Real things are far scarier because there is less we can do about them and they are real, part of our reality. It is so much easier to read about fictional monsters and just close the book, finish watching the video, at the end. They all go away but for the memory. They go back to being unreal.

Think of the scariest thing you have faced and write about the feelings but change it around to one of the unreal monsters. Put all the fear, the real fear, into an unreal monster. See how real you can make it feel.

Monster Self Help Guides

Molly Harper writes a series of paranormal fiction books about Jane Jameson, vampire librarian. I just finished reading the second book this morning. So nice to be lazy and finish a book while snuggled under the covers in bed.

There was a preview of the next book in the series along with her traditional pretend book excerpt which appear at the start of each chapter in her books. (Confused? You’ll just have to find one of her books and take a look).

The title of the imaginary book being quoted in the third book is: Love Bites: A Female Vampire’s Guide to Less Destructive Relationships. It made me laugh.

Write some ideas for your own self help guide books for monsters, fictional creatures or paranormal types.

Let Them Eat Cake!: 1,001 Fish Recipes for Lake Monsters with Finicky Appetites.
When Your Shedding Gets on Her Last Nerve: A Male Werewolf’s Guide to Helping Out Around the House.
A Real Scorcher!: Help for Lonely Dragons in Love with Human Sacrificial Virgins.

Monday Musings

“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.”- Horace Greeley

This was on the back of the t-shirt of kids at a tennis event on Sunday. The shirts and event were part of Simcoe Tennis

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

– Andre Gide

Heroes of War and Money

Heroes of War and Money. An RPG game to play on the web. Just joined and giving it a try. My nephew, Zack, found it yesterday and asked me to join so we could battle each other. They have a link for inviting others to the game but don’t have a graphic to add as a linkback. So no pictures, just the link and some information from the site itself.

We are glad to announce the long-expected premiere of our game, the Heroes of War and Money: World Edition.

Warm welcome to all those willing to explore this world of adventures, unforgettable fights and sophisticated interrelations.

Game features:
? The game is absolutely free, it runs right in your Internet browser, no need to buy, download or install anything
? Tactical duels and group combats of up to 6 players on one battlefield
? Cleansing territories from neutral monsters controlled by Improved AI
? Large variety of dynamic combat-oriented quests
? RPG-system of hero development
? Castle construction
? An economic model of resource mining and artifact production
? Over 100 different artifacts and about 1000 diverse combinations of their modification
? Over 100 fantasy creatures with their unique abilities
? Possibility to play with 7 different factions, with an option to switch between them nearly anytime
? Auctions and trading artifacts, resources and even exotic wares like skeletons
? Multiple professions and varied development paths
? The “Two Towers” (Arcomage) card game matches against other players
? Forum, chat, inset private mail to provide a comfortable communication means

We hope that our game would give you fun and pleasure and let you spend your time with interest!

Best Regards, HeroesWM Team.

One of the Other Games I Play

Adventure Quest – It’s an online (via web browser, no need to download anything special) role playing game. My nephew and I play it and compare scores, monsters fought and so on. There are special events, more often now than when I joined a few years ago. I just recently became a Guardian (paid player) but you can play free as long as you like. Guardians get extras but freebie players don’t get shafted. I played free a long time before paying the one time fee to join. Mainly I did it cause Zack still likes the game even though he is 12 now and very seriously becoming a man, not a boy. Don’t call him a boy! 🙂