Posts Tagged ‘horror fiction’

The Horrors of Copyright Registration

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A few weeks ago, I was talking to a screenwriter pal of mine (because if you really want to understand creative misery, talk to one of those guys), and he said something that made me want to throttle him soundly about the neck. He said: “I can’t submit anything ’till I’ve registered my stuff.” He [...]

Anthology-o-Rama: Upcoming Oct/Nov Deadlines

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Hey, Anthologists! Get out your Anthologizers, because here is a quick-look list of some tantalizing horror anthologies for October-November 2012! Compiled here are a few markets we’ve listed recently and a few that may have yet to pop up. Peruse these foreboding tomes carefully dear writer. Next week may be a great time for polishing [...]

The Horrors of Dark Marketing, part 5: The End?

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So, an unforgiving publishing wasteland stretches out before us. The only tools we have to survive are a busted hammer and a damp chocolate biscuit. And, we’re being mobbed by mutant duck salesmen. Wait, what? I think part one through four are starting to pile up on each other. Anyway, we have a book published, [...]

The Horrors of Dark Marketing, part 4: Book Signings

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Sure, there are worse tortures than the dreaded book signing. Say, for instance, being force fed fire ants or gargling hot gravel. Swimming naked through fiberglass. Selling used cars. Lots of things are more painful than sitting behind a table, alone in a vacant bookstore, weeping into a pile of print-on-demand copies—but are any of [...]

The Horrors of Dark Marketing, part 3: Reviews

Ah, now here is the real chance for a writer to find an audience; the book review. Anyone who’s ever glanced at New York Times will know The Book Review is a big deal. Once you get your book reviewed, you’re an instant blockbuster! They’ll sing praises to you in the annals of history, they’ll [...]

The Horrors of Dark Marketing, part 2: Social Media

I’m not related to any used car salesmen. I’ve never personally known any used car salesmen. What I’m about to say might be terribly prejudiced, but sadly, it works to convey my point because the common perception is that used car salesmen are irritating, selfish money grubbers without the capacity to shut up. I don’t [...]

The Horrors of Dark Marketing, part 1

So, there you are: a newly published writer. You’re full of hope, swollen with pride over your accomplishments, and setting out into a new frontier. Congratulations! Hope the train ride was fun. Because as soon as you step off into illustrious Author territory, you’ll see the bleak and unforgiving landscape of The Market stretched out [...]

Asylum Ink

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What they want: We’re open minded so long as the book examines the darker side of life! We can publish art books, comics (collected, stand-alone, or series), novels and short stories – all we ask is that your submission is complete and at a level of professionalism that equals the work currently published. …The goal [...]

The Horror of the Passive Voice

(Or, you can have my auxiliary verbs when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.) Today we’re gonna get a little English Geeky up in here. We’re gonna to use spooky words like conjugation and modality and, at the end I’m gonna make you diagram a sentence. Just kidding! I know we’d all rather claw our own [...]

Author Spotlight – Deb Eskie

Deb Eskie is a resident of Massachusetts and has an M.Ed in creative arts education. With a background in women’s studies, her focus as a writer is to expose the woman’s experience through unsettling tales that highlight the dilemma of sexual repression and oppression. By combining the genres of feminist and horror/science-fiction she aims to [...]