Hello my Freaky Darlings, Last week we chatted about Getting Published, today we'll be discussing Marketing and Publicity. 'Never respond to a bad review in public. You only make yourself look an idiot and people think you’re unprofessional. If you don’t like the review – suck it up. The reviewer is entitled to their opinion … Continue reading Marketing and Publicity
Horror
Getting published
Hello my Freaky Darlings, Last week we chatted about writing for games, this week we'll talk about getting published. 'My advice to aspiring authors is to read widely and read outside of their genres. Read everything from classics to best sellers and even the newspapers. It doesn't matter what genre you write. Then get your … Continue reading Getting published
Game Writing
Hello my Freaky Darlings, Last week we chatted about writing short horror fiction, today we'll be discussing Writing for Games. 'The Horror genre has long been a cornerstone in computer and console games, from Phantasmagoria to Doom, Alone in the Dark to Plants versus Zombies--and many in-between. In the early days, game developers themselves wrote … Continue reading Game Writing
Short Horror Fiction
Hello my Freaky Darlings, Last week we chatted about crafting horror, this week we'll be talking about writing short horror fiction. This article also appeared in Horror 101: The Way Forward. 'If a novel is a feature film, a short story is a single scene and a poem a single frame. The shorter the segment, … Continue reading Short Horror Fiction
Joan De La Haye 