Introducing Candace Nola Candace is an award-winning author, editor, and reviewer. Her books include Breach, Beyond the Breach, Hank Flynn, Bishop, and Earth vs The Lava Spiders. She has short stories in The Baker’s Dozen anthology, Secondhand Creeps, American Cannibal, and Exactly the Wrong Things. Beyond the Breach, won the “Novel of the Year” award […]
In this instalment of the Independent Author section of the blog we have copyeditor and proofreader David Pearce. I make no secret of the fact I’m a dyslexic writer. I don’t expect any special treatment for so being, but it makes me acutely aware of the value of good editors of all kinds. Now, the […]
Tell us a bit about who you are? Male human, father, husband, runner, musician, coder, writer. North of 40, south of 50, born in Australia, raised in England, settled in Scotland. I basically travel north. If you could co-author a book with another author, alive or dead? Who would it be and what would it […]
It’s my great pleasure to interview Stephen Laws today. Stephen is a master of the horror genre and a leading light for the British scene in the 1980s and 90s alongside greats like James Herbert and Ramsey Campbell, at a time when horror still had its own section in books shops, and publishers didn’t pass […]
1. Give us the skinny on who you are? Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-nominated podcaster of dark fiction. He is one fifth of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories’;’ CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing; and the co-host of the ‘Next Level […]
Who is Shawn Burgess? Shawn Burgess is a fiction author with a love for the dark, chilling, and unusual, whether that be in his own writing, or in his reading of the works of others. His debut novel, The Tear Collector, was published in 2019 and its sequel, Ghosts of Grief Hollow is due out […]
Give us the skinny on who you are? First and foremost (in order of importance): husband, father, son, and brother. I also tell stories. In that regard, I’m one of the top indie genre writers in the US. I’m best known for horror, but have also written international bestsellers in thriller, suspense, sci-fi, fantasy, humor, […]
1. Introducing David Sodergren David lives in Scotland with his wife Heather and his best friend, Boris the Pug. Growing up, he was the kind of kid who collected rubber skeletons and lived for horror movies. Not much has changed since then. His first novel, The Forgotten Island, was published in 2018. This was followed by Night […]
This is the inaugural post of ‘The Independent Author’ part of my blog. I’ll post as regularly as I can about the topic of being an independent author, of the highs and lows and the lessons learned. But as an opener, this post is my manifesto for ‘The Independent Author.’ It doesn’t have to be […]
Dylan Savage Dylan Savage is our main protagonist and gives our novel its title. The book is his story. Here is a little background on him. Dylan is fourteen and lives in a high rise block of flats called Renfield Tower in London’s Whitechapel. Every morning he gets up early to deliver the papers. Unluckily […]
