Tag Archives: #horrorbooks

If You Go Down the Woods …

I take a break from the storm of Lauren and Jake’s lives, and face instead, the storm raging outside. Buffeted by sheets of rain and a wind, part friend, part foe, I go looking for inspiration. Or at least something to brush the cobwebs from my head.  Three and a half thousand words later, andContinue reading “If You Go Down the Woods …”

So It Begins …

Finally, I’ve found the perfect place to hole-up and finish the second book.  After a weekend of walking on moors American backpackers should be wary of, watching five horror movies, almost back-to-back, reading Clive Barker where pretty much everything is hell bound, my iPod shuffles through score upon score from Stephen King movies — MichaelContinue reading “So It Begins …”

Working on the Cover

I’ve put it off for too long. Procrastination. Avoidance. Call it what you will, but we all face it. The deadline for the second book is approaching and it’s about time I started designing the cover. Sometimes you can see an image forming in your head, step-by-step, emerging out of the creative darkness. When thatContinue reading “Working on the Cover”

The Injury of Hope

So I went and did it again. I entered my first novel in another competition. Glutton for punishment or eternal optimist? Am I a fool to blow the tiny marketing budget this way? Or is this a clever move, but only if I win? Am I donating to the not so needy or using opportunitiesContinue reading “The Injury of Hope”

Hello, Is There Anyone Out There?

After an unexpected silence and the terror of how quickly we all forget, here I am testing. One. Two. Three. Trying to remember how I did this website thingie, and the whole ‘posting’ malarky. Oh, of course, since I last played there have been updates. Improvements. And so I am totally confused. But here goes.Continue reading “Hello, Is There Anyone Out There?”

Hope Kills, Write Anyway

So, I went and entered my first novel into a competition. And I know. I do. It won’t win, but then hope’s a trickster. It sneaks in like Casper, the friendly ghost, and leaves your dreams in shreds like Freddie Krueger. But in the end, what makes a story truly dark if not a littleContinue reading “Hope Kills, Write Anyway”

Re-Building the Website!

It was hard enough building the website. Updating it every time a deadline is missed. And believe me, over the last six months, I’ve miss quite a few. Trying to keep it fresh and still look good. It all turns out to be pretty hard, very time consuming and a full time job for oneContinue reading “Re-Building the Website!”

Even Rites of Passage Require Planning

Leeds is almost here. As I type my trusty app tells me there are 15 hours, 41 minutes and 47 second until the festival fun starts. Slightly longer for me. Closer to twenty-four. Plenty of time for planning. Always better up here in the North. Shame Lauren never achieved her dream and like so manyContinue reading “Even Rites of Passage Require Planning”