On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
By Stephen King
Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, 2000
(Hardcover by Scribner, 2000)
ISBN-13 978-0-7434-5596-1
ISBN-10 0-7434-5596-7
Whatever you may think of Stephen King’s writing, there is no denying his huge presence over at least the US and really the English-speaking world’s writing. This book as an interesting as its author.
James Herbert: Devil in the Dark
By Craig Cabell
Metro Publishing, 2004
ISBN 1 84358 091 8
James Herbert is an author who is, roughly, the English equivalent of Steven King. Not because their writing is the same, or even their subject matter, but because Herbert is the best selling UK horror writer, he has had a major impact […]
On writing horror
Revised edition
A Handbook by The Horror Writers Association
Edited by Mort Castle
Writers Digest Books, Cincinnati, 2007
ISBN 1-58297-420-9
ISBN 978-1-58297-420-0
If you are interested in writing horror, this 260-page book is essential. In fact there is a lot of good stuff in here for people interested in writing any type of fiction.
After so many years of writing and editing non-fiction, and technical non-fiction at that, why am I interested in writing fiction? I guess there are multiple answers to that question. One is that as an avid reader it is natural to consider writing some yourself. Another is that I feel I have something to say […]