The Cult of Me - Interviews, Guest Posts, Short Fiction Contest and so much more!

[Michael]

Hi,

welcome to my consolidated thread for my blog 'The Cult of Me' (the name comes from my debut novel). Up until now I'd had a few threads focusing on the guest author interviews and guest posts that I post, so I decided it was better to put them all into one thread and here it is!

You can check out my blog here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/

It's a great place to discover new authors, see what I've been up to and I'm open to suggestions if you want to see something new.

Thanks!

[Patti (baconater)]

One thread is great idea Micheal.

[Michael]

It seemed greedy having more than one :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Shall I delete the others?

[Michael]

Go for it!

[Michael]

I've started a new feature on my blog called 'Tuesday Tease', every Tuesday I'll post an extract from a chosen book from a fellow author. We start with the first two chapters of 'Border Zone' by Michael Cordon:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

If you'd like your book considered for future inclusion then give me a shout and I'll take a look.

[Michael]

In today's guest authors revisited interview I catch up with Nicolas Wilson author of 'The Necromancer's Gambit':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

I've posted a few thoughts on my blog about how listening to music can improve your writing:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I meet Rupali Rotti, author of 'The Valentine's Day Clue':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

As part of her Triple Book launch celebrations today Rosen has written a guest post about how to juggle an erotica writing granny with smelly trolls:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

The short answer of course is very carefully!

[Patti (baconater)]

Hehe

[Michael]

It's than fun time of the month where I get to read the entrants for the latest short fiction contest and it's also the hard time of picking a winner. This month's image was the Poe inspired picture of a raven by a gravestone. I expected some spooky stories and I wasn't dissapointed!

I received thirty entries in total and a big thanks to everyone who entered, the quality of the stories where excellent and picking the three winners was no easy task. I have however whittled the entries down to the three winners and they are:

1.First prize of a £50 Amazon gift card goes to Emily Nemchick for her story 'Worms'.
2.Second prize of a £20 Amazon gift card goes to Jason Purdy for his story 'The Face of God' (Double congratulations for Jason as also won third prize in July's contest!).
3.Third prize of a £10 Amazon gift card goes to Ian Thompson for his story 'A letter from the dead'.

Well done to the winners, you can read their excellent stories in full here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I meet thriller author John Reinhard Dizon:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Patti (baconater)]

Just poured a pre-dinner cocktail.

Think I'll read a blog whilst I sip it.

[Michael]

Very civilised :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Civilised? Me?

Never been accused of that before!

I do enjoy your posts, Micheal.

I find authors terribly interesting.
For the most part. ;)

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Civilised? Me?

Never been accused of that before!

I do enjoy your posts, Micheal.

I find authors terribly interesting.
For the most part. ;)"

Thought that said 'the moist part' for a moment.

[Michael]

Jaq D Hawkins provides the Tuesday Tease with a chapter from her book 'Dance of the Goblins', you can read it here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's guest authors revisited interview I catch up with thriller author Timothy P Niedermann:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

Emily Nemchick won November's short fiction contest with her rather fun covid themed story called 'Worms':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

Two weeks have passed for December's short fiction contest and we're off to a bit of a slow start. I guess I've thrown everyone with my sunny than usual picture:-) With the cold weather out there I thought you'd all want to spend some time in the sun, even if it's just for some inspiration.

But no matter, we still have two weeks to go for you to find your muse and enter the contest. The rules are simple, you simply write a story of no more than 500 words inspired by December's image and submit it through the competition page here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

If your story is picked as the winner then you will win a £50 Amazon gift card, there's prizes for second and third prize stories as well.

For fans of short and flash fiction I've set up a Facebook group where you can discover fine examples of those forms, it's also a great place for writers to show of their work. Come and join the group here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/short...

[Michael]

In today's Tuesday Tease I feature some drabbles from 'Beyond 100 Drabbles' by Jonathan Hill and Kath Middleton, you can read some of those excellent drabbles here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

If you have a book you'd like featured in a future Tuesday Tease then get in touch and I'll take a look.

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I meet fantasy author Sara Bain:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I welcome Anthony Price, author of 'The Apothecary Murders':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I meet Crissy Moss, author of 'Small Bites':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's Tuesday Tease we have an excert from David Haynes' rather wonderful horror book 'The Scream of Angels', check it out here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

The Scream of Angels is currently on offer for only 80c/49p on Amazon!

[Patti (baconater)]

Just popping in to see if there's any bacon in here...

[Michael]

I could fry some up if you like?

[Patti (baconater)]

Don't ask stupid questions Michael. ;)

[Michael]

And what would you like with your bacon?

[Patti (baconater)]

More bacon.

[Michael]

A wise choice :-)

[Michael]

In today's guest authors revisited interview I catch up with Harold Titus, author of the historical novel 'Crossing the River':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

January's short fiction contest has now started. To enter all you need to do is write a story of no more than 500 words inspired by this month's rather mysterious image. You then submit the story through the competition page here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

Thanks to everyone who entered December's tropical themed competition, I will be announcing the winners next weekend.

Thanks also to everyone who has supported the competition with tweets and posts, please continue to help let everyone know about the contest.

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I meet H L Wampler, author of 'The Last Alive':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In the latest Tuesday Tease I feature an exert from Amanda M Lyons' book 'Wendy Won't Go':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

It's that fun time of the month where I read the entries of the previous month's short fiction contest. December brought some excellent and varied stories into the tropical sunchine, find out who the winners are and read their stories here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

Daniel Hope, author of 'The Inevitable', joins me in today's guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's Tuesday Tease thriller author Lance Charnes provides an exert from his novel 'South', you can read it here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's guest authors revisited interview I catch up with Robin Leigh Morgan author of 'I Kissed a Ghost':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I meet Julia Hughes, author of 'A Ripple in Time':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

If you haven't entered January's short fiction contest yet then you only have two weeks to do so!

It's easy to enter the competition, there's no entry fee and you could win a £50 Amazon gift card (there's also second and third prizes for £20 and £10 gift cards). To enter write a story of no more than 500 words based on this month's image and submit it through the form on the contest page here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

The winners for December's contest have also been announced, if you haven't read the winning stories then you really should, you can find them here and they're an excellent read:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

For fans and writers of short and flash fiction I've set up a Facebook group where you can discover and show off great short stories and flash fiction, come and join the group here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/short...

As always, a big thanks to everyone who entered so far and feel free to share the link to this competition with your friends!

[Michael]

In today's guest author interview I meet erotica author Jerome Brooke:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

In today's Tuesday Tease we have some excellent horror from British horror author Kit Tinsley's novel 'Beneath':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

Dark fiction author Mark R Faulkner joins me for today's guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

I catch up with Jamie Marchant (author of 'Demons in the Big Easy') in today's guest authors revisited interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

Romance writer Jill Blake (author of 'Taking a Chance') joins me in today's guest author interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

There's only a week left to enter January's short fiction contest. It couldn't be easier to enter the competition, all you need to do is write a story of no more than 500 words based on this month's image. You can then submit the story through the form on the competition page here:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

All the rules and conditions are listed on the page and if your story is picked as the winner then you win a £50 Amazon gift card. There's prizes for the second and third prize winners as well.

If you haven't read the winning stories from December's short fiction contest then you can see them here, they're well worth checking out:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

For fans of short and flash fiction I've set up a Facebook group, it's also a great place for writers to show off their work in those forms. Come and join the group here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/short...

[Michael]

In this week's Tuesday Tease we have an excerpt from David Wailing's excellent book 'Auto':

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Michael]

One of my favourite authors David Haynes joins me in today's guest authors revisited interview:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...