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Melanie & The Other Stories

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Hey all, As most of you have followed along on Melanie and her witch journey, I wanted to share with you my links for Melanie's story and a collection of my short stories. Short Stories by Debbie Aruta This is a collection of all sorts of shorts I wrote. I thought it would be a great idea to put my favorites into one place. My Melanie Book with all the final edits can be found on Amazon.com  Melanie's Magical Woes Also if you want to keep up with more of my writings you can find me on Medium.com Medium _Debbie_Aruta I hope you are all well and this Sunday I will start my Sunday Stories back until Halloween. A Little Haunting story never hurt anyone. 95 here today so I do not believe it got the word about Autumn, but its coming!! Happy Haunting, xo Debbie

Horror Writing

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                                                                                                             Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash It is that time again, horror. Halloween is fast approaching. Those who have followed me along know that the genre of horror writing is not my thing, but at this time of year I dip my quill into the pot and see if any ink comes up. This year I have been inspired by Icelandic tales and try my hand at one. My first attempts done,but it needs work. Can you write your best work on your first try? I believe no. You need to cultivate the weeds and pick the flowers, so that what you are left with is the soul in which the bones lie. You will be left with the skeleton of a great story, but you still need to cultivate the soul to get your best work out of it. Recently one of my writing pieces has so much attention. Here is the link to it for you to read at your leisure.  Why Is Writing So Difficult Why is writing so difficult for s