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I don't know where to start so I'll start with the thing that left me floored...
Several months ago when I contacted Peter Tennant about reviewing my novella
Theatre of Curious Acts he kindly offered to do a double-up review of
Theatre and my chapbook
Nowhere Hall (which he'd recently read). Obviously, I was stoked. Then when he offered to also review
Barbed Wire Hearts well my happy dance needed a ballroom to contain it. Of course (serious voice), reviewers are not guaranteed to like your book (still happy dancing - all reviews are good reviews if you get me) and reviews are not guaranteed, something could come along and push your book off the review roster (ooh no, my happy dance faltered and then restarted again).
Anyhow, imagine my delight when Pete emailed me a copy of the review that is in the current issue of Black Static and features all three books. I spun so fast around my room I almost broke Jack Skellington. And it's funny I should mention Jack because....
"Cate Gardner doesn't write like anybody else. In a field where individuality is prized and having a unique voice is valued above all else, she is a true original, a writer whose work brings to mind the imagery of Magritte as distorted by the aesthetic of Tim Burton, but with a playfulness and humanity that is all her own..." Peter Tennant,
Black Static.
...and then he goes on to say wonderful things about all three books. I should stop spinning in about a week. Until then it may be best to avoid Liverpool. I can't wait for my subscription copy to arrive.
And... heck, what else can she have to say. Well, Damien Walters Grintalis invited me to write a guest blog for
Women in Horror month and it went live today. I'd love it if you'd head over there and read it, but you must promise not to try and calculate my age.
And the third thing... I treated myself to a bag of Edinburgh Rock. Seriously, with me spinning from that sugar rush you should probably avoid the entire North West for the month.
Right, back to my WIP and my bemoaning cries of 'I can't write for crap.' Seriously, we writers are weird.
Depending on your view the following broadcast is either Link Heaven or Link Hell...
First, Nowhere Hall received three new reviews this week...
"Full of the kind of familiar yet insidious imagery that gives you weird dreams days after you’ve read the book, ‘Nowhere Hall’ made sure that there was no doubt that I’d finish it off and I’ll be sure to look for Cate Gardner’s name on the shelves in the future." Graeme Flory over at Graeme's Fantasy Book Review.
"Nowhere Hall is full of great noirish atmosphere and powerful and bizarre images worthy of David Lynch." Paul D Brazill over at You Would Say That, Wouldn't You?
"Nowhere Hall is an exemplar, a masterclass in writing noir fiction. In particular of a story that creeps up on you using a psychological skewer." Geoff Nelder, and you can read the review at the Spectral Press website.
Secondly, here are some awesome blog posts I stumbled upon this week...
Jay Lake talks about Drafting Speed, and the perils thereof and how the only writer you can compare yourself to is you (excellent quote).
DeAnna Knippling talks about inspiration and your butt here. Not my butt, or her butt, your butt. And the awesome (my favourite non-speculative fiction writer) Harlan Coben writes on the same subject over at The Wall Street Journal. (Second link courtesy of Robert Swartwood).
Gef Fox has an excellent post on buying books at a book store.
And finally, don't forget to check out Jonathan Pinnock's guest post on this here blog...
Check out my contributor copies of Nowhere Hall. Ten beautiful copies all for me. Okay, we're down to nine now because my mum snatched the first copy and well... so she should. And I doubt I'll have nine copies for long but I do for now... So that means there are 100 signed and numbered editions out in the wild, my ten and I know a handful of promo copies have made there way to secret locations. That makes me incredibly happy (and possibly incredibly sad). Simon Marshall Jones has done a fabulous job and if you have a copy (or if one is on its way to you) you'll know how superb the quality is.
In other
Nowhere Hall news. Three more reviews have appeared online...
The first from Jim McLeod...
This is an extremely layered and complex story, that keeps the readers interest, with the use of some extremely good writing... You can read the rest of the review over at the
Ginger Nuts of Horror site. While over at
Dark Musings, Anthony Watson said...
It's a beautifully written piece and absolutely maintains the high standards already set by Spectral Press's previous publications. And finally, Walt Hicks of
Page Horrific...
If you're looking for a dark funhouse ride through the fragile human psyche, led by a talented and impressive tour guide, NOWHERE HALL is your ticket.
Now I feel like I should wash my mouth out with soap or something because the above seems all
look at me, look at me, so apologies for that. I shall shush now. Or maybe I'll just scream rather loudly one more time...
In other news... You may have heard me mention how awesome Robert Shearman's stories are, well you can read some (eventually 100 of them) for free over at his
One Hundred Stories blog.
Did you know that before
Dante made it into Hell proper he had to pass through
the vestibule, a
nowhere place? And, did you know that uncommitted souls lie on the banks of the river
Acheron? And did you know that my niece starts almost every sentence with 'and did you know?'
Well now you do. Or perhaps, you already did.
In other
Nowhere Hall news, the chapbook has been printed and copies are either in the mail or due to go out in the mail. If you bought it (thank you) then the chapbook should be with you shortly and if you ordered a copy via me I'll email you when my copies arrive and send one scurrying on its way to you. Another (fabulous) review has appeared online, this time by Colum McKnight of Dreadful Tales.
Gardner obviously takes her time crafting these images and emotions... A whirlwind of greatness is contained with the pages of yet another brilliant Spectral Press release.
You can read the rest of the review
here.
And as it's Wednesday, I should mention my WIP. It's draft number 745 of
Grim Glass Vein. I've fallen back in love with the story. I guess we just needed a break.
The signature sheets for 'Barbed Wire Hearts' (Delirium Books, Nov 2011) arrived today, and the signature sheets for 'Nowhere Hall' (Spectral Press, any day now) should arrive tomorrow. I've pinched myself a dozen times. I'm sure it's a misprint or I'm trapped in a dream or some other such nonsense. This isn't real life.
In other news. Two more reviews of Nowhere Hall have appeared on the web...
Brilliant! I can honestly say I've never read anything quite like this before. It is original, thought provoking, and makes me crave her upcoming Delirium Books release... It is a layered and tightly woven chapbook that has more depth than many novellas I've read this year. You can read the full review by Jassen Bailey at
The Crow's Caw.
Nowhere Hall struck me as a very intimate tale. The writer exposes Ron's emotional core, his inner most thoughts and feelings are laid bare...Spectral Press has delivered another classic tale. You can read the full review by Pablo Cheescake at
The Eloquent Page.
Thank you to both Jassen and Pablo for reading my wee story.
My short story '
His Name Carved on Empty Space' was due to be published at Every Day Fiction today but the site is moving servers so the story will (I believe) now be appearing in September, which is probably a good thing as I don't think I can take any more awesomeness today. Heck, I even got a free smellies set in work today.
Seriously, pinch me.
Nowhere Hall is going to the printers this week and Simon Marshall Jones (Spectral Press publisher and editor) is offering PDF copies to reviewers. If you're interested in a copy, contact Simon at spectralpress(at)gmail(dot)com with details of your blog or review site. And if you do take him up on the offer, thank you.
David Hebblethwaite has reviewed Nowhere Hall. You can read it here...In other Spectral Press news, head over to the
website and check out Neil William's cover art for Paul Finch's chapbook
King Death. It is a beautiful thing.
Mark West has made a trailer for my forthcoming chapbook, Nowhere Hall...
...I heart modern technology.
And Mark has also added Nowhere Hall to Goodreads. Excellent.
I'm trying a new approach, we'll label it How I Write Method 230. As most of you know, I had a wander along the corridors of Writers Block a couple of weeks ago and to help combat it (and to ensure I don't sit down to a blank screen), I'm building my ideas before I start to write them. And then, in the case of my just completed short story (Glimpses of Beauty through Bleached Bone - 3700 words), I may write some stories out of order. That is, when I'm stuck, I'm jumping to another scene where I know what happens. It worked for Beauty. So today, I am working on building a new short story something to do with perfume and balloons and the Devil.
In other news, there are just 3 copies of Nowhere Hall left. Thank you so much to everyone who has pre-ordered the chapbook. Three copies!!!
Gary Fry's chapbook 'Abolisher of Roses' is now available to pre-order from the
Spectral Press website for £3.50UK/£4.50EU/$8US and $12 RoW. The chapbook, in a limited edition of only 100 signed and numbered copies, is due to be published in the first week of May.
You can also get a four issue subscription (£13.50UK/$30US/£16EU/$40RoW) which will of course include my chapbook,
Nowhere Hall.
Other Monday news...
I have three stitches in my head - I'd have you believe they are a luminous blue, but they're possibly just blue, I guess only nighttime will tell. I do hope I glow in the dark. I haven't decided whether to tell folk I've had my muse removed (could confuse the non-writing people) or I've had a lobotomy (most suspect I had one years ago).
I have a box of chocolate vampires and I haven't eaten them. I may never eat them.
Last line I wrote in my WIP before venturing here (and twitter, and facebook, and twitter, and statcounter, and goodreads etc etc rinse and repeat):
"So about this minion business," Rose said.Guess I should get back to work.
Simon Marshall Jones' has revealed the cover of my chapbook 'Nowhere Hall' over on his blog. It's by Daniele Serra and is gorgeous. So excited and I can't believe I get another awesome cover. Luck can't keep spinning my way. I've printed the cover out and pinned it to my inspiration board.
Finally opened the file for 'The Museum of Impossible Artefacts' today. Okay, I've opened it on other days, but today I actually added words. Phew! I wrote myself into a corner on the 30th while trying to get as many words as possible down and I think I've just about crawled out. Gosh, it was dark in there. I'm hoping to finish the first draft this week (I'm off work - yay! Supposed to be Christmas shopping - boo!), and maybe then I'll write a short story and edit another. Or I may just twitter the week away. Goodness, I hope not.
Aaron Polson has added a Weird and Creepy Shopping List for Christmas on his blog, but he forgot one book... This. I've said it before and I'll say it again, typing 'Loathsome Aaron Polson' is just wrong.
Simon Marshall Jones has announced the line-up for the initial chapbooks to be published by Spectral Press.
What They Hear in the Dark, by Gary McMahon (April/May 2011)
The Abolisher of Roses, by Gary Fry (September 2011)
Nowhere Hall, by Cate Gardner (January 2012)
Gulp!
Subscriptions for the first year (all three chapbooks) will open shortly (more details on Simon's blog). I imagine as Mr McMahon and Mr Fry are involved, sales should be pretty healthy.
Excited.
Holy cow, that is HUGE! Seriously-serious congrats, Cate. Black Static is one of those mags that if you're in it (story, review, whatever), you know people are reading. So very cool!
Off to DW's. :-)
Congratulations Cate! That review sounds wonderful...
Congratulations, Cate! It's enormously well-deserved. Can't wait to read the next Black Static...
Amazing, Cate. I'm proud to say "I knew her when"....
Thanks, guys :D
Me too, Simon. Especially as a certain someone has a story in it ;)
Fantastic and well-deserved, Cate!
WOW! That is fantastic! You definitely deserve the praise, and the sugar. (I think I can feel the faint spinning vibrations from here.)
Fantastic news all round, Cate! I'm delighted for you.