I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been accepted as an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association.
You can learn more about the HWA here.
Tag: horror
Quickening – The Zombie Raver Prom
Do you live in or driving distance from Cleveland, Ohio and are looking for something unique to do on Halloween? Well, I might have your answer right here.
Deepinit Productions is housting : Quickening – The Zombie Raver Prom in a massive 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Cleveland, Ohio on Halloween.
So, if you’re into dancing, raving, drinking and just plain getting crazy to some music, you can learn more about the event and the admission costs by visiting here (Facebook page) and/or here (you can see an electronic flyer on this site).
Enjoy…and who knows…perhaps you’ll see me there as well…maybe.
What’s going on, Part Deux
As the time approaches when I will be able to tell you where to ‘pre-order’ Night School, I thought I would give you another update to what is currently going on.
1) Arranged a book signing for mid-2009. There will of course be others before then, but I have to wait until all the book distributors have the book in stock, so that the bookstores can order them for events. I will of course keep you posted on these, under Appearances/News, to your right.
2) I was asked by another magazine, today, for an interview. Once I have done the interview and know exactly which issue of the magazine it will appear in, I will let you know.
3) A new excerpt of Night School is now posted under Freebies. Go check it out!
Other than those things, I have been keeping busy today with continuing to write the short story about a Mummy, I mentioned in my previous post.
Also, remember the second to last part of ‘Jacob’s Mind’ (Free Serialized Short Story) will be posted tomorrow.
Part 5, Free Serialized Short Story, a Thank You & a Contest
As of yesterday, I received the 1,000th visitor to my website. This is pretty good, considering the site has only been up and running for alittle over a month. So, as a Thank You, I am posting early another part of the Free Serialized Short Story, ‘Jacob’s Mind.’ It can be found to your right under the appropriate page.
Also, you will find a new page to your right, named, Contests/Giveaways. Check it out to learn how you could score a free signed-copy of the manuscript used for my upcoming novel, Night School.
Short Story (to be) Published
I noted back on 10/16, that I sent a short story called, ‘The Ringmaster’ for possible publication in a magazine’s October, Monster Issue.
The bad news, is that they didn’t have an October issue. The good news is that they are having a November issue and my short story will appear at that time.
It will appear in the November 2008 (Vol. 3, No. 6) edition of Orion’s Child Magazine. Once it has been made available, I will provide the link so that you can read it.
Synopsis (back cover) and Excerpt from Night School
I figured it was about time to tell a little more about my upcoming novel, Night School, and what it will be about.
Check out the Freebies section for the back cover text and an excerpt from the book.
FAQs
I’ve added some content to the FAQs page. Feel free to check it out.
I use to be a poet
Many, many years ago (back in the day of high school), I was into writing poems. I was searching over the web today and found one of my poems, ‘Holocaust’s Fear’, is still floating around out there in cyberspace. I thought I would share it with you. It can be found under Freebies to your right.
Publishing Process for Night School
As this is only the beginning of the publishing process, I don’t have an official release date, though I do have a fairly good idea of how the process will work from this point foward.
– Publisher will receive and process the counter signed contract
– Publisher will contact me to submit the entire edited mss
– Manuscript will go into Pre-Production (editing on their end)
– I will be sent Page Proofs, review and edit, again, as needed and send back to them.
– I will be sent back the Page Proofs with any suggestions or edits I have made for review and final sign-off.
– Book will go into Cover Design
– I will be sent the Cover to review and approve
– Book will enter Production stage and I will be informed of the official release date
That’s pretty much it, in a nutshell. Lot’s to do, but fun all at the same time.
Also, Thank You to all those that have already visited my site and left encouraging comments. I appreciate it, very much!
First Published Story
‘Gnomus’, was the second short story I wrote but the first to be published. It can be checked out here in the August 2008 edition of Orion’s Child Magazine. Truth be told, these little things scare the jeepers outta me.
Ty Schwamberger 