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Guest Blogger: Greg Chapman

Today, I've got a guest post from fellow DB author Greg Chapman. His book, Torment , is now available from Damnation Books:
Exer(or)cising the demons
When you think evil it's hard not to think devil. I mean evil is 90 percent of the name.
Devils and demons have featured in hundreds of horror novels: The Exorcist (obviously) Rosemary's Baby to name a few. They are a staple in film and television as well – the entire mythology of Supernatural is centred around them.
So what is the universal appeal?
I...

SILVER BORNE by Patricia Briggs

Being a mechanic is hard work. Mercy Thompson, for instance, just spent the last couple of months trying to evade the murderous queen of the local vampire seethe, and now the leader of the werewolf pack - who's maybe-more-than-just-a-friend - has asked for her help. A book of fae secrets has come to light and they're all about to find out how implacable - and dangerous - the fae can be. OK, so maybe her troubles have nothing to do with the job. But she sure could use a holiday ...
This is one ...

Hello, it's Friday, so...

Yep. Not only is it the end of the week, and it's sunny outside, but I also surprised myself by getting the second draft of Sunny and Silver's story completed. Yay.
I got so wrapped up in their story that before I realised it, I was almost finished. And that's exactly what I did this morning. Here are the stats: 209 pages/56,784 words. Awesome.
I can now put it away for a few weeks. Then it's time for one last read-thru to make sure everything makes sense, change/delete any excess, make...

The sun's decided to come back!

Yay. That makes me happy. :)

Another thing that makes me happy is getting stuck into a project and getting so caught up in it that the revision flows smoothly. At least, that's how it's going now.
Tuesday was the day I started working on my next project: the second draft of Sunny and Silver's next story. Remember I wrote it during NaNoWriMo last year? Well, I'm giving myself two weeks to do it, which translates into getting 23 pages revised each day for 10 days. And after spending a big chunk o...

This is awesome!

I love this song...

Guest Blogger: Su Halfwerk

Today, I've got a guest post from fellow DB author Su Halfwerk. Her book, Intricate Entanglement , is now available from Damnation Books:
Are You a Chess Player or a Chess Piece?
Life imitates art when it comes to a game of chess; there are consequences to every decision and move. The question is; are you a player or a piece in the game of life?
A chess player develops tactics, analysis, and finally the move that will lead to a loss or a win. The game requires a delicate balance between...

Enough with the rain...

Yeah. It doesn't take long for me to get sick of the rain. And I'm seriously over it now that it's been raining for about three days. :/ Especially since I missed out on seeing the super moon!

I really wanted to see the moon, but because it rained and didn't clear up at all... I missed out. :(

Well, we had a nice weekend. But I must admit that I slowed down with the reading a bit. Mostly it's because I had too many plans and thoughts inside my head that needed to be addressed. So, I picked up a...

Finished Friday!

Yes, that's right. I'm very excited because I just finished the first draft of the novella I've been writing during the last few weeks. The word count's ended up at: 31,547. That's awesome, because I was hoping to reach 30k. Yay.
I'm very excited. And not just because I got the actual story written, but because this story helped me out of a rough-writing patch.
After I couldn't get that YA/UF story idea off the ground at the beginning of this month, and couldn't bring myself to focus on...

Good Morning!

My gosh, I'm so tired today. Well, I was tired yesterday as well.

See, I woke up at 4am on both Tuesday and Wednesday, which takes so much out of me that by 6pm last night I was ready to go to sleep. *yawn*
So, I've been busy writing up a storm as well. I've actually reached 24,163 words (as of yesterday afternoon) and hope to add another nice chunk today. I already know how this novella is going to end. Well, I kinda knew when I started, but while I was walking yesterday, I saw all of the...

CUCKOO by Julia Crouch

A dark, juicy, deliciously unsettling, read-it-in-one-sitting psychological drama.
Rose has it all - the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home. But then her best friend Polly comes to stay. Very soon, Rose's cosy world starts to fall apart at the seams - her baby falls dangerously ill, her husband is distracted - is Polly behind it all? It appears that once you invite Polly into your home, it's very difficult to get her out again...
I found the description of this book intriguing. ...