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Wendy Spurlin
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Running on coffee & wine—creative fuel at its finest. ☕🍷
✍🏻 Writer | Editor | Publishing Pro 📚
Collage Artist 🎨 Children's Book Illustrator
AKA Winnie Jean Howard—Horror comedy with a touch of the absurd.
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Tarot (2024) proves horror doesn’t always need buckets of gore to be fun. Creative tarot-inspired monsters & a vibe that feels made for popcorn & friends. It has flaws, but it knows its lane. Full review on winniejeanhoward.com.
#TarotMovie #HorrorReview #FunHorror #PopcornHorror #HorrorCommunity
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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New mom. No sleep. Tina wanted a parenting class with spells to soothe a colicky baby—not a spiral into magical danger.🍼 Dark and funny. By Colorado Gold winner Michele Emmy. FREE thru tomorrow: www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3D1YQTC
#FamilyMagic #WitchLit #MomLife #DarkFantasy #UrbanFantasy
January 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Jake Berthot, Yellow Bar with Red, 1977
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135902
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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If your sentences are always starting or beginning to do things, your writing is stalling before it even moves.
“Began walking,” “started talking,” “was trying to explain”—all hesitation, no momentum.
Here’s how to cut the fluff and write cleaner, stronger sentences 👇
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Stop “Beginning to Do” Things: Why -ING Verbs Weaken Your Writing
If your sentences are constantly “beginning,” “starting,” or “continuing” to do something, I’ve got bad news: your writing is dragging its feet. Even worse, it’s announcing that it’s dragging its f…
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January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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This short motion piece started as a flat, abstract bird drawn by hand with markers—very simple, very geometric. I turned that static shape into a fluttering bird by animating layered vectors, exploring how minimal forms can suggest movement without overcomplicating the design. #motion #bird #art
December 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Abstract video art featuring colorful, floppy flower-like shapes moving and swaying in a soft, surreal motion.
#art #flowers #abstract #vectorart #shapes
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Have you written a memoir filled with your exciting life adventures? Need a publisher? Submit at Submit at

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#writingcommunity #writers #nonfiction #editor #publisher #memoir #read #publish #selfpublish #creativenonfiction
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Reading together before bed helps kids sleep better.
No screens, just stories and snuggles.
Here are perfect nighttime picks:
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#bedtimestories #kids #readtokids
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Manuscripts Are A Dirty Business: Remove The Extra Sections, Breaks, and Spaces Before Submitting or Formatting Your Book

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#authorlife #writingtips #writerscommunity #bookformatting #microsoftword #writinglife #writingadvice #writinghelp #writingcoach #writingbooks
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Just another of my marker drawings turned into a digital piece in Adobe Illustrator. More on my website at wendyspurlin.art #art #abstract #drawing #digitalart
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Flunking motherhood? There’s a spell for that, or a curse!

Free on Amazon through 10/23/25

www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3D1YQTC

#fantasy #witches #womensfiction #fiction #supernatural #book #reading #magic #family
October 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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When the jack-o’-lantern bites back… 🎃🕷️🔥
This one isn’t waiting for Halloween night—it’s already hungry. Beware the hand that creeps from the shadows.

#Halloween #spookyart #darkart #creepy #horrorart #halloween2025 #jackolantern #scarystuff #halloweenvibes
October 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Can’t decide between a P and a J? Why not both?
This quirky type mashup is what happens when typography refuses to pick a side.
P for play. J for joy. Or maybe… Pj for pajamas and printmaking chaos?
#typographydesign #letteringart #designexperiment #creativealphabet #mixedtype #typelove #artoftype
October 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The first 3 books in the Angels Dark and Dumb series are FREE on Amazon Kindle from September 3-7!
Angels, demons, sarcasm—it’s the apocalypse with attitude.
📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9VWR9Y2

#ebook #fantasy #comedy #goodvsevil #demons #fiction #supernatural
September 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Teacup: The Horror That Forgot to be Scary
Stayed for Yvonne Strahovski & gas mask guy. Got wishy-washy characters, zero tension, and #horror without the horror.
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#creepy #tvhorror #horrorreview
August 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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🦉 Two owls. One unlucky squirrel.
The forest watches. The moon whispers.
Something ancient just woke up...

The hunt begins.
No one leaves the branches tonight. 🌕🌲

#HorrorArt #SpookySeason #OwlWatch #SurrealForest #DarkFantasy
July 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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God bequeathed Barry with the ability to wipe the existence of every evil trader to the heavenly kingdom. Angels Dark and Dumb is “bad taste” horror comedy at its best.
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#book #ebook #fantasy #comedy #goodvsevil #angelsanddemons #demons #fiction #supernatural #darkhumor #humor
July 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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MS Word is powerful, but it’s also sneaky. One moment you’re typing away, and the next your manuscript is littered with mysterious formatting marks that can’t make up their minds.
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#writing #writingcommunity #authoradvice #writerslife #writer #mswordhelp #checklist
Introducing Polished Pages: Clean Up Your Manuscript Like a Pro (Even If You’re Not One)
Let’s be honest—MS Word is powerful, but it’s also sneaky. One moment you’re typing away, and the next your manuscript is littered with mysterious formatting marks, rogue section breaks, and quotat…
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July 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Assembled the Lego DeLorean because crying into my wine is not a “constructive hobby” according to my therapist. 😂 Now accepting applause and time travel requests.
#lego #legocommunity #legofan #LegoDelorean #BackToTheFuture #Nerd #Adultchild #TimeTravel #GreatScott #toys #BrickByBrick #Geek
July 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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It’s HERE! New Shelby Cobra starts tomorrow… #lego
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Exploring beauty, control, and contamination through the distorted lens of childhood and the uncanny.
More haunted visuals at www.winniejeanhoward.com
#CreepyCollage #SurrealHorrorArt #DigitalCollageArt #BugArt #HorrorArt #GlamHorror #DarkSurrealism #GothicPopArt #NeonNightmares #DisturbingBeauty
June 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Javanese Mannequin
Javanese Mannequin
June 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Practice. #grickledoodle #ghosts #painting #horror #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
A cartoon illustration of a ghost painting the portrait of another ghost in a room full of past portraits of the same ghost. Caption reads "Over the centuries he'd been getting better."
June 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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School project a while back. The way my brain is working lately, I should do some more of these. #patternart #art
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Things to Consider Before Writing a Business Book: Carve Out Your Unique Angle. Find that niche that only you can fill. armlinhouse.com/things-to-co...
#businessbook #businesswriting #businessmarketing #marketing #coachingtools
Things to Consider Before Writing a Business Book
Maximize Your Influence: Writing a Business Book Learn key strategies for marketing yourself with a business book, writing a book about your business, and mastering authority marketing to boost you…
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June 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM