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Posts by Adrian Chamberlin
The Next Big Thing…BIG HAIR FOR HORROR WRITERS. Yep, just as many horror writers have a preference for running-for-fun, death metal and tattoos, as well as fried animal products (Ian Woodhead knows what I’m talking about) I’m striking a blow for lying in bed while…
WORLD ZOMBIE DAY – LONDON 2012 Deadline: October 13th, 2012. Deadtination: London Manflu is a terrifying, debilitating illness; it destroys your sanity, your reason, and your humanity. Mocked by my cold-hearted sister who mistook my death rattle for a “little cough” and frowned upon by…
Like hobbits, innocently and merrily leaping from the Shire to embark on an adventure (filled with good food, second breakfasts, and shortcuts to mushrooms) a new writer jumps into the Big Bad World of publishing expecting to take their comfort zone with them. By the…
One of the most irritating pieces of advice I’ve come across in all these “how to write a book” books and author interviews is to ignore the first novel you write. It’s hard enough to make the jump from short story to novella and then full-length novel,…
Into this town called Horror, upon an unusually long-legged steed, a saviour did ride. And his arrival was greeted with… Some time ago I wrote a piece on the possible future on British horror fiction. It was written with a lot of optimism and very…