Progress and such!

Hey all;

Quick few progress updates. First up, I've decided which of the two novels(either God's Acre or Eldritch) I'm going to be doing this November for NaNoWriMo.

A lot of people who know me say that I'm a bit of a Lovecraft aficionado. As such, I'm going to...be doing God's Acre instead. I know, I know. The idea of Lovecraftian fiction is really appealing to me, to the point where I'm commissioning a story to the Cumbrian Cthulhu anthology. The real thing I want to do, though, is challenge myself as a writer. I know I could write about the unfathomable depths of the ocean to my hearts content; and probably do it lazily, too. As such, I want to do God's Acre first (which is going to be a long, long book) before moving onto Eldritch. Trust me. I'm really proud of God's Acre's ideas and themes, so I think you guys'll be pleasantly surprised. The town of Sunset, Minnesota is a really vibrant place to live, die, and then come back in.

Secondly, I'm going to be doing some more of those audio stories at some point. I really enjoyed doing it, and my next one is going to have a couple of other people doing it, hopefully. So that's cool. I'm also going to be doing some music, too, that'll be made explicitly for reading my stuff to. I have a really great drummer and Vocalist here, so we'll be doing some music for you guys to read to.

Thirdly, I'm really happy that you guys, whoever you are, are coming over and reading my stuff. I've gotten a lot of really nice compliments on my stuff, and nothing negative so far.

A final thing regarding my first novel, The Visitor: It's coming, really, really soon. It turns out the whole royalty thing for independent publishers can be a bit of a mine field, so, just hold on a little bit longer, and we'll be in Oregon in no time with Felton,  May, Chloe, and everyone else.

Thanks for being real!

Competitions!

 SO here’s a competition for you.

I’m going to be seeing which novel to write in November but need YOUR help (que rousing speech and such), and I’m going to leave it up to you to decide which one I do. Just leave a tweet at @C_to_the_G, and give me your answer, and why.

Now you might be thinking, like, “why?”

Yes. Because the best answer will get a free copy of the finished manuscript, along with some maybe deleted stuff, and will also BECOME A CHARACTER in it. I’m not saying you’ll have a happy ending, obviously, but you’ll be there regardless. You’ll be getting stuff that’ll be extra, too, when the book goes on general sale on Kindle later next year. Plus, you’ll be mentioned in the dedication at the beginning of the book, just to sweeten the pie.

So, the options:

·         Eldritch:

A lovecraftian apocalyptic tale, following the first few months of the end of the world following something waking up and ruining the world. It follows, primarily, Toper Jones; but also shows the effects of martial law, insanity, and also human nature in times of crises. When a small community begins to crumble, eldritch horrors both ineffable and more man-made begin to surface.

·         God’s Acre:

A small graveyard in Minnesota has a secret: The dead folk there don’t stay dead. A single watcher looks after then, making sure they don’t leave the graveyard, and putting them back in the ground before sunrise (because “something bad will happen to them”). Alongside this, a troubled young runaway woman who can see the dead makes her way across Texas, helping the recently deceased move on –one way or another.

So those are the two options.  Remember, just go to @C_to_the_G and tell me what book to do, and why. It can be a funny reason, a serious one, a heartfelt one. And remember, you can read a small short story that was going to be a part of “God’s Acre” right here on this site. Just head across to the Short Story page and go to “Oh.Hi.”

Remember what the writer John Waters said. If you go home with someone and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ‘em.

Upcoming Works

 Hawley
A short story that might be getting published in a lovecraftian anthology, and focuses on a family trapped in a pub, The Hawley, in rural Cumbria.

Rabid

A prequel to my first novel, The Visitor.

Eldritch- Book One

A Lovecraftian apocalypse themed book, which follows the lives of several characters in the weeks, months and years following a Eldritch Horror wreaking havoc on the world.