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Horror is not the same anymore. I mean scary is still scary, mind you, but I think the delivery has changed yet once again. Prior to the great explosion of B-rated horror films of the 80s into the early 90s, horror had a certain mystique to it whether written or filmed. The horror didn’t have to be right in your face to scare you and later that day having you double-checking the shadows for nights to come, no. They also didn’t have to gross you out to drive the fear home, which later, well, that is what became the association/fascination: blood, savage gore and lots of it.

Let’s lift the veil about publishing, or at least, let us review the two main methods of publishing today and eliminate a slew of myths behind the magic. Allow me state this now, that the examples below are not to either encourage nor dissuade anyone from traditionally or self-publishing. This is purely a deglamorization of the industry as a whole. I am also not the authority on the subject, but damn, I've been doing it for a very long time. 

Every author writes differently. It’s true, whether by process or Zen-mode, we all do and it’s not a learned process. It’s more of an acquired one which works best for that writer.

Hello everyone, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? When it came to social media in most aspects, I washed my hands of them and spat the ground on the way out. Social media has never been ‘social’ and the levels of hate on them is simply suffocating.