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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃

@jldurona.com

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Spooky middle grade author, Nintendo nerd, music and movie friend. #SCBWI #HWA. 🚫AI Troupes are the ropes on which we joyfully swing!

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · Aug 7

Song is Pumpkin Night from Lo-Fi Girl. Berge Sisters cover art by Blair Shedd #books #halloween #middlegrade

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 12m

I'll do some fiddlin'

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 1h

I scare middle schoolers. Do they have enough to be scared about? Yes, but my scares are safe!

#horrorwriterschat

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1h

#HorrorWritersChat Q3.

Who do you scare? As a writer, it's our chance to bite back, perhaps.

Q3
Do you write horror that scares the poor, the wealthy or everyone equally?

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 2h

The same to you! We should play Dr. Mario soon!

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 2h

Finally available for a #horrorwriterschat, but the question is a bit too triggering atm, so I'll just say hi and that I miss y'all!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 2h

Oh right then here we go, if it glitches I'll wait till it's back up then fire the next.
Can't say fairer than that. Hi #HorrorWritersChat, let's talk riches. Or poverty. Moral or cash, I don't mind which.
Horror is one of the more egalitarian genres I think. More room for poor...

No links please.

Question One
Assemble, horror bods!
Tell me what kind of horror you write, and how poor are you - financially or morally? You choose....

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 4h

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 4h

I gotta start doing crime. Seems like the only way to make money in the publishing industry 😆 😢

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 4h

Authors: I was just on the Ingram website checking on something and they have a big notice about that IngramSpark fraud that is going around (fraudulent links and asking for money from you to publish), so a reminder to make sure you are on the legit Ingram website before doing publishing business!

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 4h

I AM in need of some faith-renewing, but I'll need something closer to New England 😆

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 5h

Hark! Spooky season is upon us!

Make my day by buying a copy or three!

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · Aug 7

Song is Pumpkin Night from Lo-Fi Girl. Berge Sisters cover art by Blair Shedd #books #halloween #middlegrade

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 5h

These cool kids (finally) have an album coming out Friday, and y'all should check it out

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 5h

I saw it coming from a mile away, but the atmosphere alone kept me invested!

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 5h

YES! The slow reveal of the monster! Super 8 is a great example, I agree. Lights Out is another good one!

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 6h

Real, hand-made art alert! So awesome-looking!

Nicole @fairiesandfancies.bsky.social · 1d

Glamour Shots from my latest YouTube video! I love how these guys came together but I’ll be honest I didn’t LOVE this project till the very end 🫢 It was such a struggle, but I’m so glad I didn’t give up!

youtu.be/csIWjST81s0?...

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 6h

This is third-act Sinners level sky right here!

Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 1d

Sunrise on the lake this morning. I knew I wasn't going to get the boat in the water fast enough to catch this, so I ran around to the other side of the point to see it from the shore.

A brilliant red band of sunlight warms the cold lake water and lights the low clouds on fire as the sun breaks the horizon.

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 6h

Long story short, I'm not in the best place at the moment

What's bringing y'all joy these days? I need suggestions ❤️

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 6h

I think silly horror has its place for sure, but I agree that it can't all just be about shock.

For me the missing ingredient these days is characterization. I want characters I can root for, not just ones I'm excited to see get torn apart

I mean I want them too, but balance, people!

Willow Moon @willowmoon7.bsky.social · 9h

#WriteStuff

Not trying to sound like a Chad or anything I swear, but I find a lot of horror movies these days more unpleasant than actually scary.

What makes a movie really scary to me is atmosphere and tension; excessive violence, gore, and jump scares are just cheap tricks.

WriteStuff @writestuff.bsky.social · 18h

Q4: How about monsters and frights that scare others but have no effect on you? Do you have a favorite that cannot give you nightmares? #Writestuff

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 6h

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 6h

Is this where we are now? Are we so not connected that we need doohickys to tell us that someone is hurting?

Gotta be an insurance thing, right? "We have to prove the pain to approve the treatment."

This is Allyween @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 6h

Or you could just believe patients when they tell you they're in pain i don't know

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 6h

Ah! I forgot about this one. I need to check it out.

I'm reading @slimyswampghost.bsky.social's second Scarewaves book, and loving it. The series is like IT for kids

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 21h

I need to grab this one when my stack gets smaller (HA), but in the meantime I can hear Gemma talk about her work!

And that's... AS good? idk

Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 1d

Eeek go listen!! I had so much fun 🥰

Anna Rose Reads @annarosereads.bsky.social · 1d

New author interview with @manylittlewords.bsky.social is now LIVE! We discuss her incredible novel, Itch!, what feminism looks like to us, our relationship with such a thing, and much more. All the love to Gemma for this lovely conversation 🖤 Links to listen can be found below:

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Bev Twomey @bevtwomey.bsky.social · 22h

Looking for a new #MiddleGrade read this spooky season?

The Necromancer's Apprentice is a fun scary middle grade fantasy with Over the Garden Wall vibes meets a Howl's Moving Castle inspired Disaster Wizard

Available Now!
books2read.com/necromancersapprentice

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 3d

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 3d

Sold four sets of my series today at Rail City Fan Fest! I am both pleased and tired

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J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 3d

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that, Matt! I hope they can treat it ASAP!

J.L. DoomRona, Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 4d

I've only had the time to read the intro, but it's great so far!

Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 4d

Dear HWA & @hwany.org voting folks! We dearly appreciate your consideration of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION in the Long-Form Non-Fiction Category! Thank you for your support! Let me know if you need access to this book of ghost lore through the lens of Gothic lit! 🖤👻

Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 5d

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

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