July 16th, 2010 
Lorna D. Keach 
Agents! Ah! Flee in terror, flee in terror! No, really, looking for an agency can be really scary–and really frustrating for horror writers. So, in response to this nail-biting, heart-stopping nightmare, I have compiled a short list of some agents who are actually, truly interested in representing horror and are open to submissions right now. [...]
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Tags: abject terror, agents, horror agents, horror fiction, horror writers, horror writing, literary agents, writers, writing 
No Comments » June 25th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
“theDF_underground welcomes submissions of fiction and nonfiction by horror and dark fiction writers from all walks of life. Stop right there. This part is important: theDF_underground editors provide review and response-time preference to members of the underground_Community. No two ways about it: our goal is to build a living, breathing community around the genre as [...]
Posted in Markets, Online Zines, The Cult Tags: forum, horror, horror fiction, horror writers, horror writers forum, online zine, zine No Comments » May 21st, 2010 Lorna D. Keach Nothing is more frustrating than to see “Closed to Submissions” on market after market when you’ve got the Most Awesome Story Ever to submit. So, to help ease the pain, we’ve gathered a quick-reference list of some Horror markets that are open to submissions right now. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but hopefully it is [...]
Posted in The Cult Tags: horror, horror markets, horror writing, Magazines, Markets, online, open, print, publishers, short stories, writers, writing 3 Comments » May 7th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
When I was fourteen, I often wrote about characters named Raven Silverstone and Antonella St. Claire and Mahogany Merlot. My only excuse is, well…I was fourteen. (And I probably read too many trashy romance novels. Ah, the foibles of youth before internet porn was readily accessible…) But I’m sure I’m not the only one with [...]
Posted in The Cult Tags: baby names, character, character naming, fiction writing, Fincklebutts, horror writers, SSA, writers, writing No Comments » April 2nd, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
I don’t know about you, but lit Agents terrify me. We have so many things to terrify us along the road to grabbing the coveted title Published Author—submitting, re-writing, shrinking markets, Dean Koontz—but, out of everything, it’s The Agent that I fear the most. Agents are supposed to be your best friend. They’re supposed to [...]
March 19th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
One horrible truth we all know: our Moms are not going to give us an honest critique of our stuff. Our friends and our co-workers might nod and smile, but the best thing we’ll most likely get out of them (unless you work with a Professor of English, or a sadistic twelve grade Lit Teacher,) [...]
Posted in The Cult Tags: critters, critters workshop, horror, horror writing, sawmill, workshop, writers, writing, writing critique, writing help No Comments » March 5th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
I’m going to let you in on another vast and terrible dark secret; one that humankind was not meant to know, and as soon as your eyes stumble across the words you will most likely go irrevocably mad. It is a secret that has plagued the earth for centuries, whispered of in dark necromantic writers’ [...]
Posted in The Cult Tags: horror, horror writing, library, Ramen noodles, secret, writer's circle, Writer's Market, writers, writing, writing guides 1 Comment » February 19th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
Some days, a writer just needs to get their bearings. Some days, a writer’s been locked in their room for a week and a half with no human contact save for You Tube videos and a packet of demon-possessed Skittles candy. Some days, when the burden of the terrible task weighs down upon us too [...]
February 5th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
Feeling low? Downtrodden? Weighed down by the unbearable heaviness that is the Writer’s Toil? Well, you’re not alone. You’re really, really not alone, because there are thousands upon thousands of people out there who have taken up the masochistic banner. They’ve made it their passion to pour their soul on the page and bleed into [...]
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