Cynthia Gregory 10 minute Writing Exercise – no punctuation              PROMPT: Party Line METAPHOR

So much input all the time It’s the Party Line phone lines I remember the TV commercials when I was a little little kid you could call…

Cynthia Gregory 5 minutes Writing Exercise       PROMPT: Sacred Space

We were all crammed into the small elevator on the way up to the cramped, small office where every cubicle was already occupied. Everyone scrambled for the Board Room each hoping…

BIRTHDAY CARD: AI depiction of Beverly Van Pelt as “Bev with the Pearl Earring” next to the portrait of “Girl with the Pearl Earring”

For my birthday, I received this surprising and lovely card from my surprising and lovely inlaws…

This poem I wrote at learning of the death of Vlad Quigley. It is followed by a short Bio I found on Tumblr.

O, VLAD QUIGLEY!

You have passed into the realm of Gothic Harmony,

the well of eternal Repose.…

I have the magazine stored. I'll dig it out and scan a copy of the feature here soon.

Meanwhile, here are some photos from the photoshoot.

WHAT'S HALLOWEEN WITHOUT JACK O' LANTERNS?!

Did some speed carving for Halloween 2024.

Patrick's is the classic Jack o' Lantern in the lower left. I love it! 

Mine are the other two. Was going for the quirky looks on their…

We went BIG this year by printing a larger than life Creature From The Black Lagoon!

Setting this up took longer than expected… and next year we will have to come up with a better backing material, but overall, I…

Wow! Look at that baby Goth! Photoshoot was at my friend Stephan's house captured a bit of the lifestyle adventure that I have always promoted. Plus who doesn't love an accordion?!  Halloween Mid 2000s

Lifestyle Adventure KEYWORDS:

• FUN
• LIFE-AFFIRMING
• FREE…

One day, I got it in my head to start using up the small bit of yarn that I had leftover from miscellaneous projects of the past. I love these gorgeous colors! So I started to make these multicolored flowers.…

This is a photo from the first photoshoot for The Gothic Gourmet in 1998 after a very active year in my role as the internet personality that started in 1997.

In January 1997, I desperately wanted to throw a Midnight…

Great memory!

Occasionally I get to do special events and this one was especially fun at the Museum of Natural History in Pacific Grove, CA. Patrick Golden and I pose with the incomparable photographer, Molly Nance.

I made this Marie…

The Infamous Blue Rubber Band Dress.  Photo credit, Molly Nance.

This dress, handknit from 4000+ blue rubber bands, was originally an idea for a costume for a stage production of Salome. While the play was provocative in its way, the…

"What joy have we in these moments brief,

bring breath to my aspiration."

Not sure if this is just self indulgent or appropriately promotional but my book is out in the world and there is so much that I have…

Rearranging the Blood Crow Studio this weekend. Was inspired by our client Kelly who has been recording here. She sings with so much passion and we wanted to capture that in a more aesthetic way so why not do that…

So simple. Ratatouille. It’s just vegetables and a sauce. Yet, I can’t just throw it all in together. No. I have to arrange it; size it; color code it; and share it. It’s one of my favorite dishes to take…

I'm on a bit of a Mid-Century Modern kick lately, and decided to take a stab at "getting the feel of it".

Did some visual research, collected some color palettes, and played around with shapes in Adobe Illustrator - which…

I used to wait for everything to be perfect before I could be happy. When I gave that up, it opened my heart and allowed me to love more fully, create more consciously, and live more in the moment. 

Bvp…

Having a little Photoshop fun today!

Took the Illustration for the front cover of my book, DEEPLY SLEEPLESS: 75 Collected Poems About Love, Death, & Everything, and used it to celebrate FRIDAY!

A couple of months ago, I got a letter from Reid Tracy, CEO of Hay House, parent company to my publisher Balboa Press. It was a lovely surprise and I often think about the congratulatory message he wrote to me. 

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I use Pinterest to get inspired, to collect research, and to develop mood boards and Look Books. As you can see from the image below, I have many and varied interests... and many of them are not available to the…

SHORT STORY: The title of my new book is, DEEPLY SLEEPLESS: 75 Collected Poems About Love, Death, & Everything

LONGER STORY: The title of the book feels like the most important Marketing detail. And, really, it is! That's why I…

Creativity breeds creating. 

Been feverishly creating new illustrations for the book (another deadline is looming!) and I hit a wall. So. I decided to take a class on the SkillShare platform. 

Find Your Unique Creative Genius by Andy J. Pizza,…

Did you know that I am doing the Illustrations for this book of poetry? Neither did I!!! My original intent was to use my color photography but now that my manuscript is arranged, it's pretty clear that I needed to…

I've been putting together the manuscript for my book which entailed choosing the pieces. From there, I sorted them by content. Interestingly, they fell into some pretty direct categories, not just Love and Death like I thought they would. In…

I think we tend to be single minded creatures. 

Specifically, I'm thinking about the process of publishing my upcoming book of poetry. One thinks that what is needed is to write the material, arrange it, and submit it, but in…