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Shimerdla.com -- The blog and website of author Joseph Shimerdla. Read updates to his stories and website, as well as his thoughts on writing and life in general. All of his writing is available online, including short stories, poems, and a novel in progress.
Musings of the Sweetpea of Darkness -- This is the daily downpour of rants and raves from horror and dark fantasy author and poet, Maria Alexander. Some of her short stories have been reprinted online, but most appear in anthologies available on Amazon and other bookstores. See her "literary rap sheet" at her website.
Musings of the Sweetpea of Darkness -- This is the daily downpour of rants and raves from horror and dark fantasy author and poet, Maria Alexander. Some of her short stories have been reprinted online, but most appear in anthologies available on Amazon and other bookstores. See her "literary rap sheet" at her website.
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| gsasscer | Name Character in New Novel | 0 | Oct 25 2008, 4:50 PM EDT by gsasscer | ||
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Beginning November 1st, people from all over the globe will begin with what may be for some, the most paralyzing spectacle facing a writer: a blank page. Whether it is a word processor, typewriter, notebook paper, or a stack of empty cocktail napkins, the sheer pressure of writing a novel settles in after midnight on Nov 1st and will not let up until Nov 30th. This defines the challenge placed by the NaNoWriMo website: Write 50,000 words in thirty days.
This is the first year Glenn Sasscer heard of the challenge. “I found the website through HARO (Help A Reporter Out) and reviewed the challenge in passing. I tried to dismiss it, but something stuck with me and I started wondering if I had it in me.” Writing is not a new adventure for Sasscer. His first novel, Suffering Madness, was released in May of 2008. He laughs, “… but it took me over ten years to write that one!” He also has articles published in magazines, newspapers, trade papers, curriculum, web blogs, and worked as a freelance reporter. Sasscer is giving a chance for his friends, supporters, or interested followers to participate in the fun of the NaNoWriMo challenge without having to write a novel. By submit character names and information when he comes across such opportunities when writing, others can contribute without the work of writing. Any suggests used in the novel will be acknowledged in the forward to the novel. “The NaNoWriMo rules state only one writer can work on the project,” Sasscer explains. “But they leave the rules wide open when it comes to names, places, what kind of car the character drives, and other information. This would be the same thing as walking into my living room and asking my wife for a character name; I’m just opening the window and asking anybody within earshot the same thing on the Internet.” Check out his website to learn how to participate: www.tinyurl.com/gsasscer1. |
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| gsasscer | Christian Horror | 0 | Sep 19 2008, 3:40 PM EDT by gsasscer | ||
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I began writing what Suffering Madness in 1995. My goals were small - I targeted short stories in magazines to develop a name. After enough rejections to wallpaper my office, I realized my writing was fairly bad.
Fortunately, my desire overshadowed any detail like the mechanics of writing. I was dumb enough to ignore the rejections. I joined 3 critique groups at the same time, each with assignments and critiques. I suffered through the bleeding on my precious creations, cutting up my babies, and splattering blood ink on my stories. I develop thick skin and separated constructive criticism from opinion. Then Suffering Madness was conceived in the death throws of an assignment. Support from an otherwise critical crowd brought the story out of the obscurity and into the light of a realistic novel. These specific words caught the eye of Suzanne Kirk, then Senior Editor at Scribner. She liked it, though without an agent, could not take me past a handwritten letter, two dots and a smiling mouth. Unfortunately, even with an encouraging letter from a prominent editor, agents would scurry away like frightened spiders. Why? Suffering Madness was too cross-genre to market. I learned publishing is less artistic and more about business. The gatekeepers in the publishing world require a toll – you must be a good gamble. A cross-genre novel for an author like Stephen King or Dean Koontz is an easy risk or gamble, but the odds are against a new author. Thankfully, there are specialty publishers willing to gamble on the results. So, are there challenges in writing horror novels? Absolutely. Anything worth your blood and sacrifice, scraping the scales off the underbelly of society, staring evil in the eye, and still holding your head up in church is worth the challenge. My advise to authors: hold onto what you believe in and write what you enjoy. - Glenn Sasscer
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| CJRice | Frankenstein | 0 | Feb 11 2007, 2:17 PM EST by CJRice | ||
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This "horror" novel is absolutely amazing. The symbolism and storyline are fantastic. In reality, it isn't really a horror story; but is a prime example of gothic literature.
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