[Help] Horror / Thriller novels - HELP needed.

[Bry Nylon]

Fair play to you Gripper. I am endeavouring to write a book at the moment so you have my undying admiration for getting to this point. I fluctuate between loving what I’ve done and waking up at two in the morning and hating every last word.

Wishing you every success mate.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Done and really looking forward to reading it.

 

[gripper stebson]

You read any of the recent books by M.W. Craven?

Sounds like my cup of tea so I'm in. As long as you don't linger lovingly on meaningless cruelty and purposeless beastliness. I can get all that on the Brexit thread.

I haven't no. I'll at a couple to my list.

No meaningless cruelty - more creepy than horror.

 

[gripper stebson]

Fair play to you Gripper. I am endeavouring to write a book at the moment so you have my undying admiration for getting to this point. I fluctuate between loving what I’ve done and waking up at two in the morning and hating every last word.

Wishing you every success mate.

Good luck with it. I am a very keen procrastinator which can cause some issues. I tried to set myself a solid target - say two chapters a week - and stick to it how ever much I didn't want to.

Do DM me if I can help with anything. I probably can't!

 

[phoenix]

Yes, but without all that talent and esteem!

Yes, to be fair he would like to be as good as you.

 

[gripper stebson]

Little bump for the weekend crowd.

 

[Palacefinder General]

Fair play to you Gripper. I am endeavouring to write a book at the moment so you have my undying admiration for getting to this point. I fluctuate between loving what I’ve done and waking up at two in the morning and hating every last word.

Wishing you every success mate.

Fantastic isn't it? 12 years in and I finally feel I’ve got a viable YA novel, and can only now completely understand all the rejections I’ve had from literary agents (or mostly just nil replies) down the years. The hours of sleep I’ve lost to the pursuit down the year’s don’t bear thinking about, and several times I’ve woken around midnight, written through the night and then gone straight into a ten hour working day on 2 hours sleep. Marvellous.

Good luck to all NSC scribes. Never give up.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Gratuitous bounce for the boy Stebson

Baby Blue now available in Kindle and paperback format (via Amazon Prime hurrah!)

Oh, and order via the NSC Amazon link would be grand too

 

[AmexRuislip]

Gratuitous bounce for the boy Stebson

Baby Blue now available in Kindle and paperback format (via Amazon Prime hurrah!)

Oh, and order via the NSC Amazon link would be grand too

Mine already on it's way

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Mine already on it's way

Same

 

[Jaxie]

Interested to read this thread this morning. I’ve added my name to the mailing list. I never used to read horror/thrillers. But having just recently read my first Stephen King work, (Different Seasons, as I love the film Stand by Me) which I couldn’t put down, I’m keen on reading more in this genre. Your book sounds good, and the cover art certainly grabbed my attention.

 

[Blazing Apostle]

Hi are you able to do Signed copies at all please?

 

[gripper stebson]

Thanks to everyone who's ordered a copy. It's massively appreciated.

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[Petunia]

Thanks to everyone who's ordered a copy. It's massively appreciated.

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I’ve just finished reading it in one sitting! It kept me hooked all the way through; very enjoyable.

Keep up the good work sir

 

[gripper stebson]

I’ve just finished reading it in one sitting! It kept me hooked all the way through; very enjoyable.

Keep up the good work sir

That's great to hear. Thanks so much. x

 

[super-seagulls]

I have finally got around to ordering the book. Yes I also used the NSC amazon link.

I look forward to reading it and I’ll try to post some thoughts afterwards on here, but I have a clumsy way with words that often makes George Bush sound like Dickens (or Dudley)!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

About halfway through now. Have to say I found the first 30-40 pages really hard going, endless estate agent-esque descriptions of the interior of country cottages, no hint whatsoever of any inkling of horror. But if you can make it that far, then you may well be rewarded. Suspect it works far better as a screenplay, which is no bad thing. Doubtless OP's prime motivation anyways. And fair play for that

 

[gripper stebson]

About halfway through now. Have to say I found the first 30-40 pages really hard going, endless estate agent-esque descriptions of the interior of country cottages, no hint whatsoever of any inkling of horror. But if you can make it that far, then you may well be rewarded. Suspect it works far better as a screenplay, which is no bad thing. Doubtless OP's prime motivation anyways. And fair play for that

Sorry to hear that! I shall pass this on to my sponsors RightMove x

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Sorry to hear that! I shall pass this on to my sponsors RightMove x

Sorry for the personal honesty, but you don't just want to hear the stuff you want to hear shirley? Anyways, having slogged through the first 30-40 pages, pretty much guaranteed that a positive review will now be posted on the review site of your choosing. Top work!

 

[gripper stebson]

Sorry for the personal honesty, but you don't just want to hear the stuff you want to hear shirley? Anyways, having slogged through the first 30-40 pages, pretty much guaranteed that a positive review will now be posted on the review site of your choosing. Top work!

Ah no - all feedback is great - having done the film stuff for years my skin is thick!

I'm currently listening to the chapters coming in one by one from the Audible narrator and must admit to having thought that I could probably have gone with some horror a tad earlier...

With regards to a review - Amazon please. Cheers mate x

(EDIT: to prove my thick skin point I just checked in on Cage and read a review from yesterday - "What a f**king boring movie - you need to f**k off.". Haha!)