Hello my Freaky Darlings, I'm incredibly excited this morning. I'm a finalist in the 2012 Bloody Parchment anthology! My short story, Death Express, will be appearing alongside some incredible fiction. You can read the announcement for the anthology on the Bloody Parchment blog. Congratulations to the winners and everybody else who made it. And thank … Continue reading Bloody Parchment Finalist
Writing
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading 2011 in review
Writing Horror in SA
Hello my Freaky Darlings, I've been a rather horrendous blogger this month. I've been a little busy writing a course on Writing Horror which will be available online shortly. But for today I'm a guest over on David Chislett's blog talking about Writing Horror in South Africa. Please pop in and let me know what … Continue reading Writing Horror in SA
A World of Darkness
Hello my Freaky Darlings, Today I've got a guest on my blog! Fellow South African dark fiction author, Nerine Dorman. So without any further ado I'm handing you over to her. People have often asked me why I have a preference for dark subject matter. I know for a fact that it drove my mother … Continue reading A World of Darkness
