Bree Ogden / creativity / imagination / inspiration

I’m inspired by…

The Velvet Underground. Lowbrow art. My clients. Otis Redding. Pin up girls. Pulp comic books/fiction. Ransom Riggs. Science fiction. Halloween. Kitsch. The Royal Tenenbaums. Spirit in the Sky. Wuthering Heights. Neil Gaiman. The macabre. Elizabeth McGrath. Circa turn of the century dolls. Invisible Monsters. Refurbished frames. Jeux D’enfants. Cap ou pas Cap. Dares. Deer antlers. … Continue reading »

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Be the Evel Knievel of Writing

Let’s talk about risk taking. For a long while now I have been soliciting a Dexter-type YA manuscript, something risky, something daring. Well. I missed that boat. And that boat is called Barry Lyga’s I HUNT KILLERS, “a dark thriller pitched as Dexter meets The Silence of the Lambs for teens, about a teen boy who … Continue reading »

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D.M. Cunningham has gone MISSING! Or, in my opinion has been kidnapped–Halloween Tree Chapter 19

I’ve received a very important and seemingingly dire email from The Creepings of Creeping Hills. D.M. Cunningham has gone missing. (Although I’m not too sure how much I trust the Creepings of Creeping Hills. They are a diabolical bunch.) However, they have found the last known footage of D.M.: I’ve been asked by the Creepings … Continue reading »

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Ummmm yea…Halloween Tree Chapter 15

This is about as “experimental” as it gets. Let me set the scene. I decided despite the weather (roughly 48 degrees), that I would put on my wig and go fully clothed into the Puget Sound (my backyard) and read Chapter 15 mermaid style. Halloween Tree Reading FAIL. So you get the bathtub instead. And … Continue reading »

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Yikes…Halloween Tree Chapter Ten…

Take a look at my poor blood splattered book: I think Mr. Bradbury would be proud. Anyway, there’s just a lot of weird stuff happening in my reading. I hope you can make it through. There is some serious Lynchian stuff going on. Continue reading »

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The Halloween Tree, Chapter Five

…and now it’s my turn. I’m a gem in front of the camera. I never mess up and I definitely don’t giggle when fake blood sprays across the page making it nearly impossible to read the words. No, I’m a real pro. **The glasses I’m wearing, which enjoyed a brief resurgence in popularity due to … Continue reading »