Writing – Page 3 – ianhedley – Indie Horror / Dark Fantasy Writer

A Dark Tower Of Sorts

The witch light of night vision goggles tip-toe carefully along the coast road .. … And I play at being shadow. Alone. At the edge of the world. Immersed in a horror fest of watching, reading and writing terror. On this, the second night, book two, takes shape. In the early hours, I hear theContinue reading “A Dark Tower Of Sorts”

Hiding Away

A ghost wind unsettles the windows and rattles the doors. Here I am, working on Book Two, late into the night, and far away from home. Music plays in the background, a haunting melody entitled ‘Full of Grace,’ composed by J.E.Dufton, a title from the original score, the soundtrack I play whenever Lauren tells herContinue reading “Hiding Away”

Running Into Ideas

Beauty exists even in the most ordinary of places. Out running, listening to the classic that is, ‘The Stand,’ by Stephen King, the extended version, all forty-eight hours of it, random ideas pop into my head as the fall of America to Captain Trips unfolds. It might be too soon for many to revisit thisContinue reading “Running Into Ideas”

Hard @ Work?

Songs of a Lost World by the Cure. How good is this album? I sit listening on repeat, trying to write the second (hopefully good) draft of book two, and all I can think is, Lauren would have loved this album. Maybe she was right. Robert Smith has lived the life she’s living. The titleContinue reading “Hard @ Work?”

Now all I have to do is publish the book

And just when you thought it was safe to go back to the laptop, I am now about to embark on proof read 14,342 and still, I find extra spaces, forgotten capitalisation and missing words. Never mind my lack of mastery of the simple comma. Argghhh!