The novel is finished.

I wrote every single day from November 4, 2015 to March 22, 2016. Final word count: 124,762 words. 493 double-spaced pages. This is a first draft, so that number will come down in the rewrite. But it's done!

Now, time for a drink.

Oh, and the book is called The Underwood.


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Phew... so that was 2015. Looking back at last year's review of 2014, I'm reminded of what an up-and-down year it was. 2015 was quite different in that it was neither a year or ups or downs. It just sort of... was.

On the writing front I was in a bit of slump. I'm not proud of that, but I can admit it. I had just come off an important meeting with ( Read more... )

Recently I had a long talk with my literary agent about my writing career - past, present and future. It was a good talk, and while there were parts that I didn’t particularly want to hear, I knew it was only because he was speaking the truth.

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In 2014, I read 35 novels, 17 novellas, and 157 short stories.

Instead of limiting my favourites to lists of ten or fifteen titles, I’ve included everything I liked. (As usual, not all of these were published in 2014.)

Favourite Novels

A Walk Among the Tombstones - Lawrence Block
The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey
Dead Men’s Boots - Mike Carey
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I honestly didn't think I would write one of these things this year. It's not that 2014 wasn't without its highlights, but more that I wasn't up to writing it. The year ended on a sad note for me, and it has painted the rest of the holidays in such a way that they haven't felt like holidays at all. I'm still in recovery mode and I don't have much ( Read more... )

What better way to celebrate Halloween than with the publication of a new Black Lands story!


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I think it's fair to say that if you work in the horror industry, be it in film, television, publishing, etc., one of the coolest things that can happen in your career is to be featured in Fangoria.

For years, Fango has been the mag of all things horror. When I was a kid I used to race to the local convenience store every month to scour the ( Read more... )

I'm very excited to announce that my new Black Lands story, "Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law," will be released this fall as a mini-eBook, called an eShort, by ChiZine Publications.

"Possession" features Jerry Baldwin, the huckster of haunted real estate from my Felix Renn novella "The Brick," as he attempts to help a couple whose daughter has ( Read more... )

UNIVERSAL CABLE PRODUCTIONS AND ROY LEE EYE "THE HOUSE ON ASHLEY AVENUE" FOR TV TREATMENT

Universal Cable Productions and producer Roy Lee (THE RING, THE GRUDGE, THE DEPARTED, BATES MOTEL, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, et al) have optioned TV rights to Ian Rogers’ novelette, “The House on Ashley Avenue,” from his debut collection EVERY HOUSE IS HAUNTED.

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