Tag: Halloween

There’s no foot inside, but there’s candy.

Sara Mazariegos

Halloween is next week. Am I the only one who thinks this month has gone by really fast?

That means NaNoWriMo starts next week! Ahhhh~ As I mentioned last entry, I’ve been watching Christine Riccio’s YouTube channel (particularly her writing journey vlogs) and it’s been inspiring me so much. I have my outline and characters all written down and organized. I feel so ready to start working on my next novel!

My plan is to start reading through the latest draft of my other novel, Doors Opening, at the beginning of December. I’m not giving up on it, even though it might feel like it. I feel like I’m in a better place with it now that I’m giving myself a chance to breathe and think about it before reading it and working on fresh edits/rewrites.

Wow, I said “it” a lot just now.

Oh! I made a playlist for my new novel project. Check it out if you’re interested. Also, add me on NaNoWriMo if you’re participating. 🙂 We can cheer each other on.

Happy Halloween-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve!

Chilling challenge.

Sara Mazariegos

My husband and I are going on a week-long anniversary adventure up the East Coast. We’re visiting Eastern State Penitentiary (supposedly haunted and probably sad), Atlantic City (if ghosts were real, definitely haunted because of all them gangsters, see?), and the Lizzie Borden House (we’re staying the night! I’m so excited!! I don’t care if it’s not really haunted, some spooky stuff really happened here!)

Calm down, Sara. This isn’t a Haunted Mansion blog anymore.

When we told family we were staying in the Lizzie Borden house, the reaction was “You’re STAYING there?!” Mwahaha. 😈 I think she definitely killed her parents, but she had her reasons. (That doesn’t mean it’s okay, but life was hard for young, single women back then, so I also can’t say I blame her.)

In case you can’t tell, this trip will help me write an upcoming novel… in the future. I’ve got three books in the pipeline now.

I’ll have lots of fun stuff to report back next time!


Unless a ghost gets me, à la The Haunting of Hill House.

Restless bones etherealize.

Sara Mazariegos

I finished my revision yesterday! 🎉

The plan now is for me to take a nice, long break and not think about writing this story. 👀

Easier said than done, when I know I have a list of things I need to change. But I’m going to be good and take a break. It helps that we’ve got fun anniversary vacation plans coming up. I can devote time to be excited about them, instead of using up so much headspace on my novel.

I printed all 314 pages of it and put the manuscript into a binder, for editing. Funny, it’ll probably coincide with me writing the first draft of my next novel. Funny should really be in quotes here. I don’t want to put off either project, but the thought of working on them at the same time seems daunting, to say the least.

Anyway, enough about all of that. I feel like I only write about writing here. It’s my main theme for this site, but it’s not the only thing I care about!

Spooky season is finally upon us. I’ve had my Halloween costume since February. My husband and I have been watching scary movies. We get a jump on Halloween* because our anniversary trip takes time away from it (for good reason, though!)

It’s my favorite time of year. It’s only fitting I should have a writing break now to fully enjoy it.

* I don’t usually get my costume this early, though. Let’s just say I was extremely inspired.