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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A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter by A Beginner on Twitter
Well, I never thought I’d be here giving tips on how to use social media. I’ve been a Facebooker for years, back in the days before your grandparents knew how to use the internet and before ‘updating your status’ became… Read More ›
Every Genre Has Horror to Thank
Everyone enjoys that feeling of being frightened. OK, so I’ve kicked things off there with quite a bold statement. Many of you may strongly disagree with that but if you do, you’re lying. Nah, just kidding, but I bet… Read More ›
When Do You Reach the Point Where You Can Give Writing Tips?
There are so many blogs out there where writers offer valuable and insightful tips on the craft to others who wish to achieve a modicum of success in the field. There’s advice on planning a story, editing it once you’ve… Read More ›
Problems With Typos? Blame the Typo Demons
I want to share with you the details of a very real group of demonic entities that are out there and are responsible for the downfall of the writer. Now I’m not talking about critics or readers who post negative… Read More ›
Paying Homage to HP Lovecraft
If you are a lover of the works of Mr Howard Phillips Lovecraft (or maybe just like them a bit), you may enjoy this little story that contains more than a subtle nod to the master of supernatural horror. ‘My… Read More ›
Is Being an Author Like Being a Musician?
I’m here again comparing the written word against the sounds made by musical instruments and the human voice. Successful authors have long careers spanning many years with many novels and articles published in much the same way as bands and… Read More ›
Blogging About Writing, or Writing About Blogging, or Just Blogging About Nonsense?
Being a writer is hard. It’s hard, hard work. ‘Nothing really surprising about that intro,’ I hear you scream (or maybe you just think it – screaming at a computer or phone screen is a bit of a strange thing… Read More ›
An Abhorrent Art – A Flash Fiction Piece
He strode proudly in his thick heavy trench coat and admired his art. The rain from the blood-stained sky illuminated the piece with deplorable delight. For as far as he could see, the texture, the colour, the geometry, the use… Read More ›
MORGAN K TANNER, Writer of Horror 