KRIS ASHTON

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...

The most painful rejection found on the rejection spectrum is the shortlist rejection. This is where a story is ‘recommended for a second...

While nosing around for short fiction markets recently, I came across an Australian literary journal called The Canary Press. I liked the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...