So!It's been two years since my last blog update.And honestly, not much is really different cause I'm lame.I changed my username from Marya Morevna to merricatblackwood, cause she's my favourite and We Have Always Lived in the Castle should be coming out soon (it has Seb Stan & Taissa Farmiga I'm so excited).I'm going to be moving to Scotland. I dunno when but we found an AMAZING...

So for Halloween I decided to finally write my series of short anthology series inspired by Goosebumps, Tales from the Crypt, the movie Trick r Treat and Are You Afraid of the Dark.It's set in my creepy awesome town of Haven/Jericho and the neighbouring city (which has no name, it's just called the city) and is centred around Briar Clarke, a loner with the ability of automatic writing, a type of...

5. Shameless Self-Promotion: What are some projects you’re working on right now?Oh god I have a BUNCH, but I'm cutting it down to 3 :PThe EverettsMy precious, my baby. This story is my everything. I started it nearly three years ago and I'm probably going to rewrite it.When someone begins murdering people in a small creepy town, long forgotten secrets are brought to light and the lives of the...

2. What inspires you?Honestly, I can't think of anything that doesn't inspire me. Movies, television, books, pictures, pieces of art, music, my cat doing something stupid, video games, architecture, a certain moment.Currently, I'm heavily inspired by Laura Makabrescu's photos (tbh I'm always inspired by her photos, they are the most beautiful images), Dying Light (heck, a lot of games that I own...

Yes, I know I'm like twenty days late for this but eh :PPrompt 1: First off, why are you doing this challenge and what do you hope to gain from it?Honestly, I'm not really sure. It sounds like fun and also maybe as a way to get myself out there?I'll be honest, I'm not very good at committing to things and putting myself out there, but I hope to change that, even if it's just here on Mibba.I also...

I will admit, I am a bit anal when it comes to historical fiction.For example, the Tudors? Can't watch it cause I yell at the tv cause of all the inaccuracies.But just a minute ago I read something in a book that made me just goAnd it's not that the book takes place 500 years ago, it takes place in '92.What is it that annoyed me?A girl takes a cellphone out of her clutch bag.SERIOUSLY?!Has no one...

ME. IN FOUR DAYS.And I cannot tell you how happy I am to be moving from this crap tiny apartment.The bathroom is mouldy, the windows are rotting and leaking, it smells and it's cramped. Plus the combination has made me so awfully sick that I just feel terrible every moment of every day. I can't breathe, I frequently get headaches and colds and I feel miserable. I don't want to do anything cause I...

That's right ladies and gents.After a bazillion and one years, I am bringing back my two favourite stories: The Everetts & The Rising Sun (now called The Gray)!Seriously I am so happy to be doing this and so happy to have my muse back for these stories as these are like my babies (my extremely messed up babies, but still).For those who don't know what I'm taking about, The Rising Sun/The Gray...

So I changed my NaNo story from my Next Generation fanfiction to an original story I started a few months ago and thought it was time to bring it back from the dead.It's a two part series told from the perspective of Emilie Chamberlain, a bookwormish Londoner and is centred around her somewhat doomed relationship with aspiring musician, Raleigh Prince. The first is called In My Veins and the...

I do. You think I'd be able to stick with one story for a bit of time.But NOOOOOOOO.I should be writing one of my other four bazillion stories I have. But my muse is like:I mean come on! I should be writing my witchcraft story or my contemporary story or hell, even my serial killer story, but nope. My muse is not cooperating with me.But I am glad in a way, I am recycling a story idea I had and...

Specifically, I'm talking about email sites and social media.Today, I was trying to verify a tumblr account I just made and after resending it a bunch of times to an alias I have on my primary account, I decided to make sure that the alias was there and everything.So it tells me if I want to look at my aliases, I have to verify who I am.AND THEN IT LOCKS MY ACCOUNT.So now it's telling me I have to...

Inspired by how the awesome Shyne by tigermilk is written, I've decided to write a new story called Nighcall.If I had to describe it, I'd probably say:- Twin Peaks esq circa the beginning of season 1 (before all the supernatural stuff)- Driving around in the dead of night with music blaring loud- Co-dependent siblings of doom- Trio of awesomeness- A city that never sleeps- Crime committing bros...

So I dip dyed my hair a couple weeks back (my hair is like a medium brown and I dip dyed with bleach, so the ends of my hair is pretty light) and decided to try Bleach's Aquamarious dye pack (which is blue, purple and green).A couple weeks ago, I tried it, left it in for 15 min (like the instructions said).No change whatsoever.I tried it again, left it in for 45 min.Again no change.So yesterday, I...

Have you ever freaked out about nothing?Like something so small just seems so big?I have OCD, not majorly but just enough so my life goes insane and I am very opposed to change. Like I have to follow directions on a recipe or I have to follow the exact directions to get somewhere on a map or I have to use a specific pen when I'm writing or if someone puts a dish in the wrong spot, I get anxious.So...

So for a while now I've been taking antidepressants and they have been helping. I feel happier and more confident.But I ran out about a week and a half ago and wasn't able to get a doctor's appointment to get a refill until today (I have to get a refill every month because I only started taking them in late February and it's policy or something like that).I feel awful though. I'm getting...

So for x-mas, my mom wrote in a Christmas card that we were going to get a new kitten and as of Sunday, I am now the proud caretaker of a 8 week old fuzzball named Ignatius (or "Ig" as we call him)HE IS SERIOUSLY THE MOST ADORABLE THING IN THE WORLD.He can't cry or meow yet so he makes these little squeaky noises and he likes to wrap his legs around my wrist and lick my fingers.And did I mention...

I used her face for a character a while ago and I really liked her paintings, but her name has totally vanished from my mind.All I remember is she's from Montreal, she went to art school, she paints and she had a blog (I don't know if she still does) as well as a tumblr and a lookbook account.I remember there was another photo with her outside in a black and white dress, another of her in her room...

So I have four possibly five stories I want to try and write this year. One I've been working on for a year, two I've been working on for two + years and the last one I've just recently thought up. (WARNING, these summarys suck and are really short :P )The EverettsCrime, Horror, Drama, Thriller - R to NC-17This story is my baby and possibly the most messed up story I've ever written.The Everett...

So these couple days have kind of... sucked.I mean I've gotten 2,500 words down, but I haven't done a complete chapter. It's all fragments of chapters.I just wish I could get a full chapter down for once. I have bits and pieces of at least eight different chapters, plus another few more in my head, including a cutesy scene between Laura and Alek at a carnival/fireworks show.It's slightly inspired...

Possibly my biggest inspirations for my current story: The Everetts as well as all my other stories, is the beautiful photographs by Laura Makabresku and by Magdalena Lutek also known as Nishe, both wonderful artists from Poland.Their photography is just such a huge inspiration and never before had I really felt connected to an artist. The images are so surreal, fairytale like and familiar, it's...