Any fellow horror writers on this forum?

[JoannHBuchanan]

I'm a Dark Fantasy horror author....oh and yes I'm a girl...lol.
Anyways, I'm hoping to meet fellow horror enthusiasts here who are also up coming writers to chat about the industry and whatever the hell else we come up with. I love Stephen King's work and am probably not alone when I say he inspired me.

 

[Moderator]

Welcome to the Board!

 

[JoannHBuchanan]

So good to meet you. I have read every book Stephen King has ever written...lol. So I'm also a mega fan...lol. I just signed up...so I'm sort of lost on here. I signed up for a contest though so that's pretty cool.

 

[kingzeppelin]

 

[JoannHBuchanan]

Thank you!!! I love hate clowns...lmao!!

 

[JoannHBuchanan]

Aside from being a Stephen King fan, I joined this sight hoping to find some advice. See I recently switched companies and now I am second guessing on whether or not that was a good idea. The company I was with decided to take more of a romance turn and I don't write romance...someone always dies...lol. So I thought by changing companies that was more horror oriented things would be better...the problem I am having is I feel like none of what they are telling me is true. Most of it feels like a pack of lies or I am just being lead on. I wanted to see if anyone had this same experience and how they handled it. I had an agent that screwed me over, I now have a new publishing company and I honestly thing that I am still going in the wrong direction...f anyone and I do mean anyone has any experience in this, I would sooooo appreciate any advice. Anyways, that's one of the things I want to talk about with people here along with so many other things. I tried to start a book club here in this small town but I was under the impression all any one wanted to read was 50 shades of crap...lol. So that was a bust. Who ever is reading this, what is the latest King book you've read?

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Greetings!

(With my spelling and grammar mishaps, everything I write is considered horror. )

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Aside from being a Stephen King fan, I joined this sight hoping to find some advice. See I recently switched companies and now I am second guessing on whether or not that was a good idea. The company I was with decided to take more of a romance turn and I don't write romance...someone always dies...lol. So I thought by changing companies that was more horror oriented things would be better...the problem I am having is I feel like none of what they are telling me is true. Most of it feels like a pack of lies or I am just being lead on. I wanted to see if anyone had this same experience and how they handled it. I had an agent that screwed me over, I now have a new publishing company and I honestly thing that I am still going in the wrong direction...f anyone and I do mean anyone has any experience in this, I would sooooo appreciate any advice. Anyways, that's one of the things I want to talk about with people here along with so many other things. I tried to start a book club here in this small town but I was under the impression all any one wanted to read was 50 shades of crap...lol. So that was a bust. Who ever is reading this, what is the latest King book you've read?

Sorry, never had the benefit of using a career guidance GPS. Had to do it old school... with a divining rod.

Only advice I can provide is the catchall phrase I give my daughters for every life experience: “If it feels wrong, run away.”

(Currently reading Thinner. After all this time I’m just now getting into the Bachman stuff.)

 

[Haunted]

 

[Walter Oobleck]

I've mastered the hammer and the shovel! You need any advice on that stuff feel free to unload. Welcome aboard!

 

[FlakeNoir]

Welcome Joann, good to have you here.

 

[JoannHBuchanan]

Greetings!

(With my spelling and grammar mishaps, everything I write is considered horror. )

LMAO!! I joined a couple critique groups...there was one particular person who would rip me to shreds and make my work bleed every time...I loved that person. To this day I have him beta read.

 

[JoannHBuchanan]

Sorry, never had the benefit of using a career guidance GPS. Had to do it old school... with a divining rod.

Only advice I can provide is the catchall phrase I give my daughters for every life experience: “If it feels wrong, run away.”

(Currently reading Thinner. After all this time I’m just now getting into the Bachman stuff.)

That's actually good advice...I am starting to look around again. I don't know what will happen but it could always be worse. Thinner was awesome. I read that back in the eighties, I completely stopped weighing myself after that...lmao. I read the Bachman collection forever ago. My parents bought me a box set for Christmas one year. It had Pet Cemetery, Eyes of the Dragon and one other book but I can't remember which one. I was in seventh grade and that was almost a lifetime ago. I read all three books in three days...didn't sleep and couldn't put them down. That was my first introduction to King. AAAAmazing!

 

[Neesy]

I'm a Dark Fantasy horror author....oh and yes I'm a girl...lol.
Anyways, I'm hoping to meet fellow horror enthusiasts here who are also up coming writers to chat about the industry and whatever the hell else we come up with. I love Stephen King's work and am probably not alone when I say he inspired me.

Welcome - I just finished the Drawing of the Three a few days ago and now I am on The Wastelands - it is really good, but I thought DT II was great in the way he compared Eddie Dean's world with his own.

 

[JoannHBuchanan]

Welcome - I just finished the Drawing of the Three a few days ago and now I am on The Wastelands - it is really good, but I thought DT II was great in the way he compared Eddie Dean's world with his own.

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I went to a garage sale and found first editions of IT and Tommy Knockers...I was like WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!
I used to have all his books until we had a fire. I lost all of them. But my family made it out, thankfully.

 

[Neesy]

I went to a garage sale and found first editions of IT and Tommy Knockers...I was like WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!
I used to have all his books until we had a fire. I lost all of them. But my family made it out, thankfully.

Glad to hear you're all okay - I started collecting his books about two years ago - you could easily get more copies. Can't wait until end of June to buy Mr. Mercedes!

 

[Bryan James]

Hi Joann.

I don't want to talk about the industry (my last Writer's Market is 2010), but I like to talk about the craft.

 

[VultureLvr45]

 

[JoannHBuchanan]

Hi Joann.

I don't want to talk about the industry (my last Writer's Market is 2010), but I like to talk about the craft.

Happy to talk about the craft...it's something that helps me grow because you never know what you are going to learn from another person. I stopped getting the Writer's Market because of the internet...all the info right at the tips of my fingers. lol

I have a steampunk book in editing right now called Empires Lost. I love that story and am working on the third book in my Children of Nox series. That one has given me nightmares and I'm the author...lol.

 

[VultureLvr45]

Hi Joann. I am a writer but haven't been published (yet). Given my inexperience in the agent and publishing arena, I'll leave your questions for our many members who have been published. Welcome.