Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Let me try again!

I forget to make the link clickable for Lanternfish Press. See post before this for submission guidelines. https://lanternfishpress.submittable.com/submit/161699/spring-2020-call-for-submissions

Call for Submission April 15 2020 deadline

Lanternfish Press has a call out for novels and novellas in the gothic and speculative fiction veins.
April 15 deadline. Their webpage has all the details. Here's your chance to get that gothic tale told!

60,000 to 95.000 words for a novel.  20,000 to 40,000 for a novella.

You can do it! Link below.

https://lanternfishpress.submittable.com/submit/161699/spring-2020-call-for-submissions

Cemetery Dance Reviews Arterial Bloom

Cemetery Dance has a nice review of Arterial Bloom. Read my story, Kudzu Stories in this strange and brooding horror anthology. Edited by Mercedes Yardley. From Crystal Lake Publishing, the finest in indie horror.

Here is the snippet from Cemetery Dance's review:

"The stories in Arterial Bloom work in tandem, enticing the reader into rapturous melancholia. The end result is both comforting and unsettling, my favorite way to feel."--Sadie Hartmann, Cemetery Dance

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

This Is Horror review of Arterial Bloom

Wonderful news! This is Horror, a respected review of everything horror, from books, to movies, to TV and streaming shows, printed a nice review of Arterial Bloom. This horror anthology has my not-to-miss (in my opinion) story, Kudzu Stories. After reading Kudzu Stories, you may not want to sleep with the window open.

The editor, Mercedes Yardley, is a Bram Stoker award winner for her novel, Little Red Dead. The publisher, Crystal Lake Publishing, has won multiple Bram Stoker awards, the highest award in the horror genre.

Arterial Bloom is available from Amazon.com.  13.99 for the paperback. 3.99 for an ebook. 
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-arterial-bloom-edited-by-mercedes-m-yardley/?fbclid=IwAR1D8bNo-VwCnBb_TM_gVGLrpqZ30QELt4JjEuE-TFIWsTI2VA-D_Eb1hEg



Friday, March 13, 2020

The Procrastinating Writer


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/smarter-living/tips-to-stop-procrastinating.html?algo=random&fellback=false&imp_id=818045671&imp_id=899685036&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage


Are you the type of writer who would rather do laundry or clean the kitty litterbox rather than write? It's not that you're lazy. You're nervous about your writing. This interesting article from The New York Times tells you have to get over procrastination. It focuses on two writers, Douglas Adams who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe and Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale.
So writers, you know this was meant for you.

If you have trouble putting off that short story or novel, take a look at this dandy article.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Preorder Arterial Bloom!

It always looks good to get a bunch of preorders. That's one way they judge the success of a book. So, here's your chance!  Arterial Bloom, a fantastic anthology of short horror, is coming out April 2, 2020 from Crystal Lake Publishing. Available for preorder from Amazon.com. 13.99 for paperback. 3.99 for ebook.

My short story, Kudzu Stories, is in this. In the Midwest Book Review, the story was singled out for recognition.

If you like horror, you need this book! Why? It's good, it's inexpensive, I'm in it, and if you look closely at the cover, there is a little snail amongst the ooze. What's not to like?

Preorder now and make the writers, the publisher, and me happy. And the little snail, too.

https://www.amazon.com/Arterial-Bloom-John-Boden/dp/1646693108/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=arterial+bloom&qid=1583953846&s=books&sr=1-1