Tim Major's Blog, page 23
May 18, 2015
Half a million words!
Yes, it’s an arbitrary figure. Yes, it ignores the many hours I’ve spent editing and revising. Yes, it took quite a lot longer than I expected.
But here it is anyway. As of today I reckon I’ve written 500,000 original words of fiction since I began in February 2011. It’s not quite enough to match the word count of War and Peace (587,000 words), but it’s still two Moby Dicks plus a Picture of Dorian Gray…
What’s most interesting to me is to take stock of the change in the quality of writing I...
May 12, 2015
Short story: Screaming His Scream
My flash story, ‘Screaming His Scream’, features in the May issue of Perihelion magazine, which is available for free online.
I just LOVE Bill Wright’s cover illustration for this issue:
April 24, 2015
More reviews of Carus & Mitch
An updated micro-post, just to point you towards a few more (positive!) reviews of Carus & Mitch
Horror Novel Reviews Dark Wolfs Fantasy Reviews Upcoming4.me This Is Horror
April 2, 2015
Interview: This is Horror
Head on over to the THIS IS HORROR website to read a recent ‘Meet the writer’ interview (with me, that is).
Along with Carus & Mitch, my answers cover subjects such as writing routines, gore vs psychological chills, upcoming projects and favourite authors.
March 10, 2015
More reviews of Carus & Mitch
A micro-post, just to point you towards two more (positive!) reviews of Carus & Mitch���
Horror Novel Reviews
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Short story: The Sleeper
The ‘Troublemake’ issue of Phobos magazine is now available on Kindle and features my story about insomnia and Mars, ‘The Sleeper’. Go and take a look!
February 24, 2015
Guest post: Terrifying Children in Fiction
Today on the dark fiction website, Wag the Fox, you can read my post about children in horror fiction.
I wrote Carus & Mitch while my wife was pregnant, so it makes sense that children were on my mind back then. Children and parenthood have featured in most of the stories I’ve written since, too.
But there’s another reason why my favourite scary stories happen to feature children. I like the kind of horror that arises from everyday situations. There’s something about the unpredictability of chi...
Carus & Mitch print edition and review
Look what just arrived! (Amazon Prime, you are FAST.)
I hadn’t really thought about how it might feel to hold a physical copy of Carus & Mitch. It turns out that it feels very, very good. It’s a satisfying, neat little package. I’m so grateful to Kate Jonez at Omnium Gatherum for taking a chance with an unknown author, and for producing such a lovely little book.
Also nice: Carus & Mitch is picking up positive reviews. Here’s a new one from Horror After Dark, also published at Char’s Horror Cor...
February 23, 2015
Carus & Mitch published
Just a very short note to say…
‘Carus & Mitch’ is now available!
You can get print or Kindle editions. Or both. Both would be good.
USA: amzn.to/1AmK7qu
UK: amzn.to/1DJFfOR
Guest post: Why we write
If you head over to the Liz Loves Books website today, you’ll find my guest post in the ‘Why we write’ series. I’m a bit ashamed to say that I don’t reach a definitive answer to the question. Instead, it’s more a list of things I like about writing, which is a long list.
Today you can also read a short extract from Carus & Mitch on the Speculative Fiction Showcase website.
