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Well where do I start?
That intro makes it sound like I’m up to sooo much fun stuff and have so many interesting facts to share about myself, but it’s all pretty boring really.
I write stories where scary stuff happens, I blog about nonsense, I am an amateur serial killer in the making, and I love snuggling up with my cute little kittens in front of a warm fire (only one of those statements is false).
I enjoy reading, which is a good thing if you want to write, as you need to know how to do it properly! King, Kafka, Palahniuk, Barker, Lovecraft, Jackie Collins; all the greats.
Films, yes I like them. Food, I enjoy eating it. Drums, I love banging them.
I hope to take over the world one day and make everyone listen to ear-shattering grindcore at all times, to only complain that my music is becoming too mainstream.
And that’s it really. Oh yeah, I also have a GSOH, although you’d probably doubt that if you ever met me.
If you’re a Twitterer then you can follow me over there @morgantanner666
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Is a Plot Important in a Novel?
“Duh, yeah, idiot,” you cry, “what’s he banging on about now? Of course a novel needs a plot, otherwise it’s not a story, it’s just a mess.” OK, you have a point, maybe this question has been answered immediately, time… Read More ›
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Book Review – Girl in the Glass Planet by ST Cartledge
Girl in the Glass Planet is a brief sci-fi horror novella detailing a series of brutal butcherings as a small group of vengeance seekers journey their way through a, erm, glass planet. The story is narrated by Cyberia, who is… Read More ›
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How Not to Write Book Reviews
How do you hear about great new books? Unless you’re a member of a book group, which I’m not, you probably read online reviews. And there are loads of them out there. These days I tend to find out about… Read More ›
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Do Books Really Give You Nightmares?
This is an expression that gets bandied around all the time. You can usually find it in the blurb of a horror novel as it promises to scare you senseless. It’s a sort of anti-warning to readers that this book… Read More ›
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Five Essential Writing Tips That You Probably Know. But it Doesn’t Hurt to Have a Quick Refresher Now Does it?
I’m starting yet another blog post banging on about how there are so many writing advice blogs out there with valuable tips on them for the budding author, blah blah blah! We all know this. It’s not like you’ve clicked… Read More ›
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Book Review – The Violators by Vincenzo Bilof
So yeah, this book. How do you describe this book? Funny, insightful, entertaining, and brutal. Yeah, pretty, pretty brutal. Many other reviews mention how this book may not be for everyone and I’ll strongly agree with that. The violence and… Read More ›
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3 Reasons to Throw That Writing Rule Book Out of the Window!
There a hundreds, thousands, err, loads of blogs and books out there packed full of great tips for the aspiring writer to make their work stand out and kick the proverbial ass. Not a day goes by where I don’t… Read More ›
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Dealing With Rejection Without Crying Like a Little Girl
We’ve all heard it before. “You know (insert best-selling book title) by (insert best-selling author’s name) was rejected twenty times before someone took a gamble on it, and look how that ended up.” This is the mantra for the aspiring… Read More ›
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Book Review – The Last Outpost by Rich Hawkins
My first foray into the mind of Rich Hawkins was the genius The Last Plague, in which a group of friends battle the (not exactly) zombie apocalypse. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The vivid descriptions of the beasts, the killings,… Read More ›
MORGAN K TANNER, Writer of Horror 