Ramsey Campbell on The Ravening: "A spectacular achievement."
Another of my writing heroes is Ramsey Campbell. Since the publication of his first book, The Inhabitant of the Lake, in 1964, he's...
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churchman72
May 92 min read
Michael Marshall Smith on The Ravening: "A triumph of horror."
Way back in the 1990s, when I was making my first fumbling attempts to put words together in story form, one of the writers whose work I...
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churchman72
Apr 302 min read
State of the Daniel
So - things have happened, are happening and will continue to happen, which is good. Things that have happened: I finally finished edits...
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churchman72
Apr 243 min read
All The Fiends Of Hell by Adam L.G. Nevill
The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of...
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churchman72
Feb 232 min read
Seasons of the Witch
One of the weird things about the writing life is the timescale. I sometimes think I missed my vocation and should have learned to play...
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churchman72
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Well... it's been a year.
'The road ahead was empty as far as he could see' - Daniel Easterman, The Final Judgement. At the end of the day, of course, 31st...
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churchman72
Nov 5, 20231 min read
Sounded Out
Well, it took longer than I expected - I ended up working on it all through our Welsh break, but this morning, after a marathon writing...
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churchman72
Oct 16, 20232 min read
Meerkat Post
It's been a while since I blogged, mainly as I've been a bit busy. So here I am, popping my head up, to wave hello and confirm I haven't...
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churchman72
Oct 5, 20232 min read
Black Dogs and Welshmen
Well, I was quieter than I intended to be here for the last few weeks. Most of it's been mental health-related; the old Black Dog (aka...
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churchman72
Sep 16, 20232 min read
Good luck, everyone.
I was tempted to use that final shot from Blackadder Goes Forth, from just before they all go over the top, in this blogpost, but as I...
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churchman72
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Daniel Church signs a new two-book deal with Angry Robot!
I am absolutely delighted to announce that I've signed a two-book deal with Angry Robot, the publishers of The Hollows. The first book,...
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churchman72
Sep 12, 20232 min read
The August Derleth Award Shortlist: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...
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churchman72
Sep 9, 20232 min read
I Love the 90s...
Again, not talking about the decade here, although I have to admit that as someone who was in his late teens when it began I have a huge...
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churchman72
Sep 8, 20233 min read
The August Derleth Award Shortlist: Full Immersion by Gemma Amor
The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...
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churchman72
Sep 5, 20232 min read
The August Derleth Award Shortlist: Sundial by Catriona Ward
The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...
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churchman72
Sep 1, 20233 min read
And so on into the 80s…
(Again, not the decade...) I tend to write by what’s sometimes called the flashlight – or headlight – method. With The Hollows, for...
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churchman72
Aug 29, 20232 min read
The August Derleth Award Shortlist: Miracle Growth by Tim Mendees
The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...
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churchman72
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Escaping the Terrible 60s...
No, I'm not talking about the decade. When I wrote The Hollows, I wrote the complete draft before editing a word of it. The first draft...
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churchman72
Aug 16, 20232 min read
A Heck of a Ride: Part Two
Things were comparatively quieter at some times than at others over the course of 2022, but there was usually something Hollows-related...
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churchman72
Aug 15, 20234 min read
For Whom The Bell's Tolls...
Well, that was an interesting week. The Saturday before last, I was close to finishing the story I'd taken some time off the current...
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