Terror Tuesday

"It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more."- Bela Lugosi 

Art by Reiko Murakami

Sci-Fi Saturday

“The sky is but a looking glass into a pool of airless oceans, cast off into a dance of light and energy, leaving only a facet of guidance to navigate. Such an existence lays but within the mind man.” - India Lang

Art by Dave Seeley

Rejection

I got my very first rejection :(

I am now a "real writer" or so I'm told. I'm starting to put my work out there for the consideration. It's a strangely unnerving process. To have something you value and prize and are proud of be suddenly at the discretion of a complete stranger. It's very much like the feeling you get when you are waiting for the person you like to reply your date invitation, except prolonged, for days, weeks and even months. Excruciating.

And for me, a person who is used to getting what she asks for, this first rejection has elicited an unexpected reaction. I was expecting the first one to be crushing, to make me question myself as an author, a writer, a craftsmith of words. And yet, I am not. Instead I feel vilified, accepted, like I have finally been welcomed into the ranks of my contemporaries. How strange.

Now, on to the next one.

Terror Tuesday

"Monsters are real. Ghosts are real too. They live inside us. And sometimes......They win."- Stephen King


Art by Daniele Serra 

SciFi Saturday

"I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here."- Arthur C. Clarke.


Art by Alex Ries

Read and Rated: January 2016

 A Head Full of Ghosts. One of the most highly recommended reads of 2015. I was incredibly excited to read this book, and when I got my hands on it, I devoured it. But not because I couldn't put it down. I could. And did. Frequently. I found this book to be lacking in compelling atmosphere. I found the ending to be flat and not shocking and the climax was a let down. I was expecting a mysterious terror, a slowly creeping demon madness that consumed a family. What I got was slow moving reality.
2 stars.

If you want to have a good, belly laugh and be completely pulled out of your stressors. People I Want to Punch in the Throat is the book for you. Snappy and witty, this book I couldn't put down and didn't want to. Just read it. You won't be sorry.
5 stars.

It took me a while to get into The 5th Wave, but once I did I wasn't sorry. At all. This YA adventure is poignant and action packed. And it will make you question yourself, which is the mark of a great story.
4 stars.

2015- Woah.

Well, I can't say I'm sorry to see 2015 end. There have been some serious low points. BUT overall 2015 has been the most sucessful year I've ever had. BIG BIG things are coming. And so I'm sharing a list of all the things that happened this year and a sneak peak at where we are headed. Thanks so much to all of you for your support and your love and your reviews and for reading. I could not be doing all of this without all of you. :)

So here's what went down this year

Death and Other Ends released: April 10, 2015

• #9621 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Anthologies
• #18437 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Anthologies & Literature Collections
• #39526 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 pages) > Literature & Fiction

You can pick up a copy by clicking on the picture :)

I did a podcast appearance with Dave Robison, Mike Luoma and Andrew Weston for The Roundtable Podcast!

Voices In Poetry happened and morphed into Words In Progress!

I am the director of these programs, which bring poetry and short fiction workshops into local schools. We are entirely grant funded and the programs release publications at the end of each one. Our first publication: 

 The Book is currently available for puchase and all proceeds go towards funding future workshops.Our next publication: Words In Progress Volume 1 will be released in the spring of 2016.

As if all of that wasn't enough: I was signed with The Ed Greenwood Group!

TEGG is the first of it's kind. An interactive publishing group that is helmed by Ed Greenwood (The Archmage himself) the renowned author of The Forgetten Realms books and game setting for Dungeons and Dragons. This is an incredible place, with settings for everyone: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Erotica, Horror, you name it, we have a setting for it. I will be writing books for the Winterknight Towers setting, with my first novel The Renshouse Affair releasing in 2018. I will also be the acting Lore Guardian as well as an Author for The Great Galactic Game setting. For this incredible science fiction world I have gained a partner. An incredible artist and engaging voice: Dan Barrett.  Our first book for this setting is scheduled to release summer of 2019 and is entitled: The Laird's Ken. For more information on TEGG or either of these settings please visit OnderLibrum.com.  You can also visit the currently active setting HELLMAW and delve into the world of Daemons with currently available titles: Your World is Doomed by Ed Greenwood, Dragon Dreams by Chris Jackson, and Blind Justice by Erik Scott de Bie

And last but certainly not least. I've added some incredible people to my team.

 My creative partner Dan Barrett is a graphic artist and writer that has added imagination, depth and a wealth of knowledge to my science fiction creations and I am so incredibly thankful for him.

And my fierce editor Michalea Moore is an author as well as an editor and my friend. She shows me no mercy and I love every minute of it. Her insights have been and will continue to be invaluable in my writing now and for years to come. She is also an author and is finishing up her first novel Queen of Heka. 

Thank-you again everyone for such an incredible year! More to come in 2016!

Best Wishes and Happy New Years!

C.E. Robertson