Just doing a mid-point edit and sniggering a little to myself. Gallant doesn't take itself too seriously and I love that. And I really, really, love Brontes the minotaur.

Atticus tells me I'm 40% of the way with Gallant. I think that's probably about right, give or take. It might end up a little longer than I expect, I'll know once I add the missing parts to Act One and get back to Act Two. I'm so love and hate with this story. Fantasy is so damn difficult. Pfft.

The prompt was greatness. Bonus points if you can guess the film quote that begins this one, because it popped right into my head the instant I saw the prompt word.

If that doesn't work, it has middle-aged characters, a very creepy English village, and lots of food.

Did it work? Are you smitten with my nasty serial killer husbands? :D

Just leaving this here, like.

The countdown to release day begins. New folk horror, Harrowfield out October 1st. mybook.to/Harrowfield

And for my own #FridayReads I have two books: 24 Hours in the Viking World by Kirsten Wolf The Folk in the Woods by E.M. McConnell (@erynmccee.bsky.social) folk horror, yay! Diving in this evening

If you like quiet folk horror mixing the pagan with the occult, here's the goodreads page for my new novel Harrowfield for you to add it to your 'to read' shelf. Out Oct 1st. Pre-order here. mybook.to/Harrowfield #bookish #FridayReads www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

The youngest, aka 8, has got really into music since I bought her her own cd player. She's particularly into soft/hard rock and folk music. My eldest and my brother have been frantically sending her recommendations, in the hope that she'll fall in love with their favourites and go on gigs with them.

A client I did a historical fiction edit for just got in touch to tell me he liked my ranting so much he's giving me a bonus. Well that's nice. All I did was nitpick about the correct form of address, correct dialect, the political status of Scotland and Ireland and why

The prompt was boring.

I didn't realise I put this on as a freebie on Amazon. That's cool. Serial killer husbands anyone?

I just shared the character art for my upcoming sci-fi survival horrormance! bsky.app/profile/amwe...

Both, depending on the story.

#HorrorWritersChat I write contemporary and speculative (usually romantic) fiction. I swear by Google Docs because midnight idea notes are apparently my m.o. I use Scrivener for longer works but first I need a plethora of notes.

#HorrorWritersChat I really like the idea of tech as a threat (I grew up reading Michael Crichton), but I prefer writing tech as BOTH helpful and harmful, because it is. I could have had AI go rogue in my recent work, but it just wasn't necessary. Giving it a dwindling battery life worked better.

hey #HorrorWritersChat, I haven't been here in awhile! I'm Vex Corvine, writer of bloody and queer horror pulp about vampires and werewolves who often take it upon themselves to fuck up fascists. I swear by Scrivener. Sometimes I swear at it.

#HorrorWritersChat Have you seen those robots go rogue? It ain't pretty. The future is now and now it's terrifying. We think of AI being limited now but technology evolves on a frightening curve.

#HorrorWritersChat hm...Maybe this is too specific and too real but, guns in the hands of people just itching to use them. And then them relying on ChatGPT to answer all their questions and be their therapist.

Okay, you beautiful spooklings of #HorrorWritersChat, thank you all for being so wonderful. I'll be sure to check more out after work. For now, I'm working on my #BookBazaar25 campaign and project for Fairy Seasons. It's an anthology of terror and delight powered by pixie dust and a dash of spite.

Whoops, typical of me to do these questions out of order. Bev here again, your friendly non-fiction #HorrorFilm writer and as a dyslexic, I swear by Grammarly. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat In some, there's elements of tech gone wrong! In a far off project, there's a lot of surveillance. I really love biotechnology gone wrong sort of spins, though. Potential for a lot of terror.

The analog tech-horror thing might be turning into a cliche (and some filmmakers have simply decided to not make movies with smartphones in them), but there’s always a place for both. The scariest thing is the dependence on technology, I think. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat, I really love that VHS look when it comes to horror. It can be used very creatively. However, cutting-edge horror can be really good, too. If the story is crafted with passion and spookitude, then heck yes either way!

I think what scares me the most is people who are trying to get humanity addicted to a technology that has some very obvious drawbacks — just so they can keep their scams going and accrue more riches when they already have more wealth than they know what to do with. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Just one??? AI. Nuclear Weapons. AI controlled Nuclear Weapons. Could be any of those. Or probably something that some psycho is inventing right now that we don’t even know about…

Here's the rerelease (new cover!) of my folk horror thriller. Coming Oct. 1 Hello to #HorrorWritersChat -ers who are new follows. Thanks for everyone for the great convos! Thanks to @jacobmarsh.bsky.social for his dictation advice. Thanks to @erynmccee.bsky.social for hosting.

#HorrorWritersChat Q2 My MC relies on her cellphone a lot, and when it gets destroyed, she's in deep 💩. Also, at one point, social media becomes a nightmare for her.

Algorithms is a big one obviously, but a thing that I really stress about is smart home tech. #horrorwriterschat

Thank you!! Great questions today. I really enjoyed the discussion. I'm trying to give TikTok a proper go again and am attempting to post every day. I'd love to connect with more people in the horror community there. Here's a recent video: www.tiktok.com/@stevewesten... #horrorwriterschat

My aforementioned ace horror in which a demi girl is kidnapped for a dystopian dating show that misunderstands demisexuality & wrongly AI-predicts her choices: azejournal.com/article/2024... Also separately dropping a blog post soon on Interview with the Vampire and Asexuality! #HorrorWritersChat

I occasionally mention use of a cell phone, but that’s the extent of tech for me. I write literary fiction in different setting (horror, fantasy, “regular”), so I’m focused on the people and their actions and motivations. But maybe this will prompt me to do something with this. #HottorWritersChat

Thank you, Eryn! Great questions this week for scifi horror bsky.app/profile/theo...

The amazing @villimeymist.bsky.social plugged me so please, please, please do yourselves a favor and check out her offerings. She's got a killer vampire series and a collection of short stories from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social that are worth grabbing! www.amazon.com/stores/autho...

I’m deep into my project The Final Scuffle of the Ozark Bruisers—a horror story about traveling Ozark wrestlers in the Dust Bowl, one last bout, and the town secrets it wakes. Also: next week I get to interview a hero of mine, Joe R. Lansdale. Can’t wait. #HorrorWritersChat

I like the tension between those things. My protagonist in “Good Bones” is an influencer, so she’s trying to live up to a specific image and portray herself in a specific way to her audience — but that’s a trap and an impossible standard that pushes her in bad directions. #HorrorWritersChat

When I talk about #HorrorFilms I always have more respect for "bad" practical effects than I do for "bad" CGI. #HorrorWritersChat #Horror

#HorrorWritersChat I'm late, but it's finally break time. So, I can do the thing! I'm Machelle and I write stuff. Some of it gets a bit spooky. I'd love to actually scare people with a story one day. My grand writetly tech I swear by: be friends with other cool writers. You learn a lot!

#HorrorWritersChat - all my Gothic fucked up houses, touch-starved ace cannibals, queer disasters and body horror can be found here: cmrosens-fiction.carrd.co Plus, I have a Ko-Fi where you get monthly fiction for £3 a month + free ebook&audiobook downloads. Link in the carrd.

I'd just shout out that I have a subreddit, r/hazelebaumgartner, that I'm trying to get set up, as well as a discord group that's officially a Hazel E. Baumgartner fan club, but also just a great space with a bunch of horrorheads in it and a writing support channel for authors. discord.gg/QG4rhcz9

Thanks for a great #HorrorWritersChat, Eryn! Stuff I'm doing: A TWIST OF FATE in PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER: THE INVISIBLE WOMAN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR in THE LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE ANTHOLOGY My groovy Bruce Campbell interview at The Horror Zine. Upcoming NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD legends interview.

TU Eryn & #horrorwriterschat. A tech delight every week while living in a sci-fi horror 🖤 Come say hi? @allisfullofgore.bsky.social @ Braford Zine Fair (Bradford City Library) & will be IN THE US FOR THE 1st time at @voidcon.bsky.social ! Visit @caninebrainz.bsky.social table for a real good time.

The #WIP mentioned in previous questions was inspired by how appalled I am at "Manosphere" social media, AI-generated "lovers," "tradwife" influencers, the ability to dox, stalk and erase people, and the frightening ways in which "mind viruses" transform people we thought we knew. #HorrorWritersChat

Thank you for hosting, Eryn ❤️ My coming-of-age folk horror, The Haunting of Wounded Birds, releases on 11th November (Martinmas #iykyk) If you love dark forests, black birds, old rituals, and haunted boys, it's up for preorder! mybook.to/woundedbirds

I’m Marley, and I am not a number, I am a human being!* I don’t have any special writing gadgets. I’m intrigued by the idea of a non-internet-capable word processor but haven’t sprung for one. *unless I’m a werewolf? #HorrorWritersChat

Sure AI is the hot button topic but it's CRISPR for me. For example, we can genetically grow human organs in pigs but then what happens when those human cells leave the organ & enter the pigs' brain cells? It takes ethical horror on a whole different level. #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks Eryn! Great questions this week. For the #HorrorWritersChat first I wanna shout out @martinshannon.bsky.social @elfordalley.bsky.social and @michelleheller.bsky.social who are all making awesome stuff and you should follow them. Also, I have a new book out: books2read.com/u/mq2V06

#horrorwriterschat - my latest terrible film comes out October 21st. Here’s a trailer. Barbatachtian 7: The Epic Final Teaser! youtu.be/BJDp1HH2Vos