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What can we expect from Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’?

While I’m not a Stephen King fan per se, I don’t think there’s a novel more anticipated this year than Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome‘ set to debut this November. Which begs the question, what do we know about this novel thus far? Well, despite being four months away from the release date we do [...]

2009 Bram Stoker Award Winners Announced

The Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2008 Bram Stoker Awards (awarded in 2009 for works released in 2008). Congratulations to all of winners of this year’s award.

• Superior Achievement in a Novel: Duma Key by Stephen King (Scribner)
• Superior Achievement in a First Novel: The gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti (Dark Hart Press)
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Rant: Why ‘The Mist’ Will Be Watched For Decades

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‘The Mist’ was a horror film released in 2007 and was based on the Stephen King novella of the same name. It starred Thomas Jane and Laurie Holden and was written and directed [...]

Shirley Jackson Awards Announced

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For many horror writers and editors, the Bram Stoker Awards have remained the standard for award-winning Horror fiction and literature. That is until last year in 2008 when the Shirley Jackson Awards were first announced for “outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic”. This year the award [...]

Five Misconceptions About Literary Agents

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While I haven’t been published or found full-time representation for my novel Second Death (click here) I know enough about the publishing world and of manuscript submissions to know that there are a lot of preconceived notions and misconceptions when it comes [...]

Twilight and why I can’t stand it

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Here’s a typical day for me. I wake up at seven o’clock in the morning. Head to downtown Toronto where I work from 9 to 5 as an assistant editor for two trade magazines. Once I get hoome after a quick [...]

Bram Stoker Award Final Ballot Announced

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And the awards just keep on coming. Yesterday the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award was announced. Winners will be announced at the Stoker Award weekend, June 12-14, 2009 at the Burbank Marriott Hotel, near Los Angeles.  Now I realize that this is a science fiction [...]

The reality of publishing today!

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So here’s the reality of publishing today. In the wake of the economic talespin that occurred in October/November 2008 top executives, well-known editors for the big publishing houses are being fired, less books are going to be produced overall in order to cut costs, [...]

A Note on Writing Habits

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I like to think that you don’t necessarily have to be a good writer to get a novel published. What you do need is to be a good editor, a critical reader, a keen observer, and the ability to put yourself in the [...]