I thought I'd break my post drought with some congratulations to two authors who have recently landed book deals. I was going to say how "lucky" they were, but "luck" is probably a minor ingredient in the factors that have lead to their respective deals. It's more to do with hard work and recognition of talent.
First up is John Hornor Jacobs, who is having his first book published by Night Shade Books. I said some nice things about John's work here, and it's nice to see that his patience and determination not to sell himself short has lead to something good. Well, better than good. Keep an eye on his blog for any further developments. And keep an eye out in your bookstores for Southern Gods, a goddamn excellent "Southern gothic mythos novel".
Next up is Adam G Nevill, established master of the creepy and kinda-almost one of my ex-pat countrymen (well, he spent some of his formative years down here in NZ). He has just signed a deal with Pan Macmillan (UK) for another two books, following his extraordinary success with Apartment 16 and the highly anticipated The Ritual (due 2011). I reviewed his first horror novel, Banquet of the Damned, here, and it was a good 'un.
Well done chaps!
It's alive!
Well, almost.This blog was a little project I maintained from the beginning of 2009 to the end of 2011. I made a few friends through it, got more than a few free books, then took it all down after real life intruded to a degree that made it all feel too difficult. (Despite informing some author publicity agents of this - more than once - some of them kept blindly sending books. I wonder if their clients realise how hopeless they are? One of them even started sending medical thrillers - Googling for "doctor blogs" appeared to be the limit of their publicity skills.)
A while ago I found my old The Doctor Is In archive, and thought I might as well have it sitting there in "zombie mode". Gradually I'll be restoring my old posts. Even the cringe-worthy ones, of which there are many. I may even get back into the swing of things and post some news.
Alas, my old address (dochorror.blogspot.com) has been taken over by a squatter, and they've populated their blog with content stolen from various other blogs. Seriously, even their "Welcome!" blurb is stolen from Horror Movie A Day. Fucking leeches.
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