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Kris Ashton
Nov 20, 20142 min read
How reading teaches you to write
In his book On Writing (now a modern non-fiction classic), Stephen King delivers a simple ultimatum to wannabe authors: If you don’t have...
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Kris Ashton
Nov 17, 20145 min read
A critique of slush reader rejections
The most painful rejection found on the rejection spectrum is the shortlist rejection. This is where a story is ‘recommended for a second...
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Kris Ashton
Jun 29, 20147 min read
A sad thing happened to Australian fiction
While nosing around for short fiction markets recently, I came across an Australian literary journal called The Canary Press. I liked the...
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Kris Ashton
Jun 9, 20143 min read
What the hell is writing anyway?
No matter how many academics try to dissect it, and no matter how many greedy hacks try to turn it into a commodity, the process of...
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Kris Ashton
Mar 26, 20142 min read
Social media’s insatiable appetite
Modern wisdom has it that to be successful, an author needs to have a strong presence on social media. If you don’t have a website, a...
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Kris Ashton
Jan 14, 20145 min read
A heretical review of Doctor Sleep
Anyone who has ever called Stephen King a hack needs to go and read The Shining. It is a masterpiece of modern horror, taking the classic...
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Kris Ashton
Dec 28, 20132 min read
The worst thing in the world
When I was about 12 or 13, I bought a videotape called Stephen King’s World of Horror. It appeared to be a TV documentary pieced together...
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Kris Ashton
Nov 7, 20132 min read
The allure of the peculiar little town
As more than one writer of horror fiction has noted, there are a finite number of tropes in the genre which authors have been milling...
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Kris Ashton
Nov 3, 20133 min read
Editing from an ivory tower
The wisest minds in the writing world will tell you how important it is to get a third party perspective on your story when it comes time...
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