Then end of 2024 was rough for me and my family. Loss and illness made me want to skip the holidays entirely and my posting suffered for it. With a new year ahead, I am committing to focus on this blog, posting regularly working to make it the best it can be. For this first post of the year, I wanted to outline my plans for how I will structure the blog going forward.
Short Stories and Fiction
Each Monday I will post a short story or work of fiction or fiction related content. This includes stand alone short stories, continuing the Meadow Lake series, the start of a new short story series, and a post about the history of a specific paranormal or horror trope. I have a lot of plans for the Meadow Lake series and want to keep that going. I also want to expand my writing skills through short stories, utilizing different POV, settings, tropes, and topics.
The paranormal and horror history series is something I am looking forward to. Ghost and monster stories have existed in society since our ancestors started telling stories around campfires. Where did vampires come from? What about werewolves? Zombies? Bigfoot? I want to find out and record that here.
Blog Posts
Each Wednesday I will post to the blog, like this. The posts will include reading inspiration, general life updates, reviews of horror movies and games, and anything else I feel like writing about that doesn’t fit in with short stories or book reviews. The majority of my posts will be horror and reading focused, but I do plan to include other things such as my garden and small home projects I have planned for the future.
Book Reviews
Fridays will be for book reviews. They will still be horror, but they won’t necessarily be new releases. I can only read so many books each week and I want to include past releases as well. After all, the horror genre has been around for a long time, and a book that’s been out for a couple decades will be a new story to someone.
Other Plans
Some additional goals I have include a weekly newsletter with a post recap and a discord server. These are both things I need to learn more about running and will likely not happen for a few months.
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Alicia Coast 