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    • 8 Ratings
    • 3699 Views
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    It's All About the Money: The Shrinking Horror Niche

    MAY 17, 2012 2:40PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, novice writers, older writers, print publishing, online publishing, e-books, publishing

    • 5 Ratings
    • 545 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Picturing Horror: Art as a Writing Prompt

    JUNE 15, 2012 8:58AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, genre writing, creative writing, writing techniques, novice writers, art in writing, fine art, contemporary art, photography, stathi stathi, david morrish, abril andrade, hieronymus bosch, terry tempest williams, leap

    • 4 Ratings
    • 753 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Of Writers & Desert Islands... Finding a Safe Place to Write

    MAY 27, 2012 11:06AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, novice writers, writer's block, creativity and work, time management

    • 3 Ratings
    • 295 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Don't Open That Door! (Fear of the Inevitable in Horror)

    AUGUST 21, 2012 12:48PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: genre conventions, voice, plot, death in fiction, novice writers, horror fiction

    • 3 Ratings
    • 788 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Curse of The Mummy in Modern Horror Fiction

    JUNE 9, 2012 9:22AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: traditional monsters, publishing, twentieth century fiction, nineteenth century fiction, older writers, novice writers, genre fiction, the mummy, horror fiction

    • 3 Ratings
    • 417 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    On Writerly Superstitions and the Magic of Making Horror

    JUNE 1, 2012 10:14AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, novice writers, genre fiction, first novels, writers' superstitions, older writers

    • 2 Ratings
    • 501 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Git Yer Mitts Off My Genre: Saving Adult Horror

    JULY 21, 2012 10:22AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, adult horror, genre fiction, dark fantasy fiction, novice writers, older writers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1307 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Squishy Monsters for Boys: Antique Beasts in Modern Horror

    JULY 12, 2012 10:12AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: vintage monsters, horror movies, horror in hollywood, lovecraft. mythological horror, horror trends, publishing trends, novice writers, science fiction, horror fiction

    • 2 Ratings
    • 779 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Horror of Reading Fees and the Novice Writer

    MARCH 3, 2012 9:14PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: creative writing, submission fees, literary magazines, writing contests, reading fees, unpublished writers, novice writers, publishing, writing, horror, fiction

    • 1 Ratings
    • 164 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Idea-Bottleneck: Finishing the Stalled Story

    APRIL 30, 2013 2:30PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: story problems, writing craft, unpublished writers, novice writers, horror fiction

    • 1 Ratings
    • 203 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Writer's Life as Paradigm for the New Economic Model

    AUGUST 4, 2012 9:45AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: writing in a bad economy, publishing, freelance writers, freelance writing, novice writers, creative writing, horror fiction

    • 1 Ratings
    • 703 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    It Ain't Happenin': The Horror of Lost Fame (and Fortune)

    MAY 16, 2012 11:37AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: work-life balance, editing, publishing, procrastination, revision, older writers, novice writers, horror fiction

    • 1 Ratings
    • 750 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Tentacles...I Must Have Tentacles: In Defense of Horror

    MAY 11, 2012 11:32AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, horror writing, creative writing, novice writers, older writers, genre writing, edgar allen poe, ambrose bierce, stephen king, blair witch, death, psychology of writing, psychology of horror writing

    • 1 Ratings
    • 418 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    That Horrible Serial Sound: An Alternate Path to Publishing

    APRIL 17, 2012 12:52PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: serial fiction, horror fiction, comics, graphic novels, series fiction, science fiction, fantasy fiction, novice writers, creative writing, publishing, online publishing, self-publishing, indie publishing, independent publishing, literary magazines

    • 1 Ratings
    • 455 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Horror and the Art of Non-Writing

    MARCH 29, 2012 11:39AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: working writers, publishing, writer's block, writing techniques, creative writing, novice writers, horror fiction

    • 0 Ratings
    • 94 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Multi-Genre-ational: the Cost of the Look of New Horror

    APRIL 29, 2013 12:06PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, novice writers, science fiction, fantasy fiction, tanith lee, john silbersack, susan bell, genre writing, book publishing, marketing, fiction editing

    • 0 Ratings
    • 541 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Still Life With Leng Hounds

    APRIL 19, 2012 12:09PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: fiction, older writers, novice writers, search engine optimization, leng hounds, h.p. lovecraft, online publishing, print publishing, internet publishing, creative writing, horror writing

    • 0 Ratings
    • 429 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    World Building: The Writer's Guilty Pleasure

    APRIL 3, 2012 10:59AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, novice writers, older writers, world building, setting, science fiction, fantasy fiction, dark fantasy, writing technique, first novels, research in fiction

    • 0 Ratings
    • 726 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Trench Warfare: What is With Horror and Online Publishing?

    MARCH 16, 2012 1:01PM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: fiction, online publishing, print publishing, publishing, submission, contests, novice writers, horror writers assocation, e-zines, online publishing, horror writing

    • 0 Ratings
    • 499 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Embracing the Short Story: Horror's Return To Its Roots

    MARCH 14, 2012 11:42AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: short story, short fiction, short short stories, flash fiction, horror fiction, novice writers, beginning writers, publishing, writing contests

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