Hello everyone, Here is a link for the new issue of Camp Horror, last time it was RM Thompson who made his first professional sale there, now it's my turn. My...
Dear Writers, For those of you who are about to go away for the summer - have a great vacation! We are looking forward to seeing you when you're back. TWRM is ...
The point of my "new horror" post was simply to remind everyone that as writers, if you want to succeed you must surprise and delight the reader. You must...
Just a note to those of us who write horror: The genre is always a reflection of the national angst at the moment, so set aside your vampires, werewolves and...
Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pride and excitement that I announce the official release of my New novel, A RED DARK NIGHT! What's it about? Well, I...
As a favor to my friend, The author of the above mentioned book, Kim Harrison, I have started up her official yahoogroup. If you are interested in joining and...
Frodo was done too. He endured enough adventure, so he left to live with his uncle, and left the house to his friend! ************************* RMThompson ...
Hi everyone! Congrats to Ron Breznay for winning the May contest and thank you to the 74 other entries...I made it way too easy to enter! For June, take a...
What author would you love to collaborate with? SJ "Humans, good to the last drop." ~Marcus, BONEYARD http:\92;sjgaithersbooks.tripod.com [Non-text portions of...
From: "J. Miles" <geppo@...> ... on certain aspects, like setting. I want the reader to feel like they are there, and to get this effect one must put...
... etc.) ... etc). Put me down as a Patterson man. Much as I may like good writing, it is the characters and story I'm most interested in. Patterson is...
In a message dated 5/31/2004 1:31:02 PM Central Standard Time, no_reply@yahoogroups.com writes: Stephen King. Just think of the money I'd make. amen to that...
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Come One, Come All!! Published Authors and Dreaming-to-be-Published Authors Romance At Heart Publishing would like to invite YOU to...
I have several contest announcements that have been piling up in my e- mail box. Here's the first. FOUR CATEGORY CONTEST: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners ...
Book, horror, all own teeth; seeks broadminded reviewer types for fun and dinner. Well, maybe not the dinner bit. Sorry. See, I got this collection of short...
Hi All, The question of whether a writer's personal life should impact one's assessemnt/opinion of his or her work is an interesting one for me, because I have...
As a reader, do you like long, lengthy descriptions (i.e., Anne Rice, etc.) or short descriptions and more to the point writing (James Patterson, etc). Do you...
It affects me a lot, but I also stopped following his music a while ago. After that "Black&White" song, I really hadn't liked anything he's done to date. I...
I have a weakness for lengthy descriptions when it comes to settings. I like to know everything. I want to know all the details about architecture and decor;...
A review of my novel, Drown in Fear, is now up at Dream Forge: http://home.pcisys.net/~drmforge/rickmohr.htm Beth Blue http://www.elizabethblue.com [Non-text...
Hi everyone, I'm having a hard time getting any meaningful work done on my novel. The problem is this: After working nine or 10 hours a day at the office, the...
I do like long, lengthy descriptions, and tend to write them myself. I've heard of James Patterson. Seen his commercials on TV. How are his books? And which do...
Michael Jackson had some good songs (Dirty Diana comes to mind) but with his impending court trial, would him being a convicted pedophile affect your taste for...
I wish I could say it doesn't. But then again, you should only let it to a certain extent. Short of being caught in the act, who really knows what happened...
Koontz On Koontz Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having...