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Post by steppedonwolf on May 9, 2011 12:48:33 GMT
How was the ChiZine do? I've been chatting with a few of the guys from ChiZine over the last 6 months (I'm one of their reviewers). They keep releasing more and more exciting new titles. Did you get to chat with any of them...nab any freebies? I had a chat with one of their editors and she showed me their new releases. (Picture will be coming soon.) Alas, I didn't grab any freebies (apart from the pizza and frozen margeritas) and I should've said hello to them from you - I forgot you review for them! The party was well-attended. Too well-attended, really - it got hot, stuffy and uncomfortable in there, so I only stayed until 2 a.m. ;D Thanks for the karma!
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Post by steppedonwolf on May 20, 2011 13:50:06 GMT
Not much news at the mo. Had a great weekend at Chez DLS, visiting Haye on Wye bookshops. That Murder One bookshop is the coolest shop I've ever seen. Shame about the miserable bastards in the Castle Bookshop, though.
I'll be posting pics on Friendface shortly. Also pics of DLS' monumental pulp horror collection.
Only bad thing - had a nasty cold that turned into a full-blown virus this week. Just hope none of your family caught it.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 2, 2011 15:12:41 GMT
Evil Jester Press have taken my story The Interview for their forthcoming anthology Help! Wanted! Tales of on-the-job terror, so it's now been taken off my website as agreed with the editor.
Now cracking on with my English Civil War tale War Without An Enemy for the Weird War antho.
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Post by ian on Jun 2, 2011 18:39:10 GMT
That's jolly good news. Well done that man!
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 16, 2011 14:34:15 GMT
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Post by steppedonwolf on Oct 22, 2011 12:19:06 GMT
I've not been here for ages. Slapped wrist from everyone, please.
So, what's going on in AdeWorld? FantasyCon was a blast. The launch for Dave Jeffery's Campfire Chillers and Simon Unsworth's Quiet Houses went well, but I was disappointed that we were only given an hour for the launch party. It didn't help that we clashed with Jo Fletcher's launch which was held in the opposite hotel - and I must say, I found it a bit off that the Big Boys decided to launch somewhere else when everyone else was doing it in the hotel. Still, never mind. A good turn out and good sales.
FantasyCon and drinking go together like horse and carriage. It was great meeting up with friends old and new, and most of the real networking (I f*cking hate that word) took place in the bar. Just pop in for a swift half and eight hours later...well,you know how it is.
My reading was surprisingly well attended. I was worried that no-one would show up because it clashed with the Mass Signing, but I had plenty of support and even a star writer turned up: Jonathan Green came to my reading! Well chuffed. Oddly enough, my reading of Demon's Seed didn't elicit the same hilarity that it received at the Wallingford Bunkfest, but it's nice to know that a new generation of (potential) fans/readers understand how my mind works!
Moderating the panel discussion on Small Press Markets was a lot easier than I expected, and again we had a good turnout (Gary McMahon and his missus turned up for this as well). Simon Marshall-Jones was a real star, and presented himself and Spectral Press superbly.
There's been lots of bitching about the awards ceremony which I hope won't sully attending members' memories of the convention, because it was a brilliant weekend. Blazing hot sunshine, over 500 attendees (a record turnout) and some fantastic entertainment - John Llewelyn Probert's pantomime rendition of Blood on Satan's Claw was a knockout, and the Burlesque that followed allowed me to be a dirty old man with fellow droolers...
So, next up: the BFS Open Night on 9th December where Dark Continents will be launching Phobophobia - Dean Drinkel has managed to secure a signing gig at Forbidden Planet in London beforehand. Only problem is it clashes with the Emergency General Meeting being held by the BFS beforehand, so we've managed to get the time pushed back to ensure as many UK writers as possible can attend both events.
On the writing front: Fairlight and Snareville III are on hold until I catch up with my short story backlog - just finished my contribution to the apocalyptic anthology Read the End First, co-edited with myself and Suzanne Robb.
Next up is a story for an anthology Peter Mark May is putting together: Fogbound From Five, a five-author collection that works as a portmanteau (like the old 70s films From Beyond the Grave, Tales From the Crypt, etc). All based around a fogbound train stuck at Paddington station: five passengers tell stories to each other about previous train and fog nightmares...I decided to go for a World War 2 theme, and I'm doing a tale about a survivor of Auschwitz and what happened to him on the cattle trucks from Auschwitz...ties in with the myth of the Wandering Jew, because the guy's survived all attempts to be killed.
Oh - I hit forty next Friday. I'll be in Prague partying with the Golem if anyone's interested in hopping along.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 21, 2012 20:55:49 GMT
...and lo! Many moons and passings of the seasons did...erm, pass, before this blog was updated. What's happened? Not much. I'm finally catching my breath after the breakneck events of 2011, and I've only just realised we're halfway through 2012. How the f*ck did that happen? Workwise: Fairlight is up to 93,000 and is shaping up to be the same length as The Caretakers; me and D.M. Youngquist are halfway through Snareville III, and we're hoping to launch it at WHC 2013 in New Orleans; and I've a 35,000 word novella to write for a Lovecraft collection that's due by October. So, no let up on the writing front... ...but thankfully, no more editing commitments for this year, so I should be able to concentrate on juggling these three! Fogbound From 5 and Alt-Zombie (which I helped edit) have been released by Hersham Horror and seem to be going down well. No sign yet of Weird War Press's Weird War Anthology, in which I'm sharing space with Daniel I Russell and Joseph D'Lacey - this should have been released June 1st, so God knows what's happening there... And I burst my self-publishing cherry with The Dark Side of the Sun, which is free for the next 48 hours. I shall spam forthwith: From a quiet English country garden to an ancient Greek temple...from the dark past of Lapland to the bleak future of a post-Rapture world...
Four tales of darkness amidst the light. Four tales of the sun’s power to bring death as well as life. As the seasons change, only one thing remains constant: The Dark Side of the Sun.
Summer is icumen in…and death will follow.www.amazon.co.uk/The-Dark-Side-Sun-ebook/dp/B007Z4URV6www.amazon.com/The-Dark-Side-Sun-ebook/dp/B007Z4URV6/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
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