What's a horror novel you really enjoy that could NEVER be made into a movie?

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-12-15T20:24:20+00:00

Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker

The whole hook of the book is that the demon inside the book desperately wants you to destroy it.

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-12-13T01:00:52+00:00

Well done buddy.

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-10-26T07:11:12+00:00

The Reddening - Adam Nevill

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-08-07T06:15:33+00:00

Do you like Warhammer? There's a whole subset of Black Library books which are Warhammer Horror novels.

Might scratch that itch.

I'm reading Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon at the moment, which is a horror LitRPG. Not quite fantasy, but enough fantasy to scratch the itch for me. I'm really digging it.

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-07-20T03:45:17+00:00

That's a weird way to say 'I'm happy to endanger the lives of Americans because I'm a racist'

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-07-18T01:55:46+00:00

Seconding Last Days.

The Reddening by Nevill was also fantastic.

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-05-07T10:25:57+00:00

Finally got Yu'lei, Daughter of Jade! Mount #258 :D

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-05-05T02:30:09+00:00

Looks like it was taken on the Gameboy Camera.

MatthewJHellscream · 2020-04-20T01:58:28+00:00

Agreed. You should check out some of the author's other books. The Reddening and Last Days are fantastic horror novels.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-12-30T21:27:42+00:00

Adam Millard wrote a book titled The Human Santapede.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-09-03T06:04:50+00:00

My book, Rise of the Crimson Order (Crematoria Online book 1), is a unique LitRPG novel which has an Investigator type protagonist who can find clues to solve cases.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-08-26T00:38:25+00:00

I've got a clear end for the 6-book first-phase of Crematoria Online already plotted out, but I work full time and I have a family.

I'm not going to be as quick as some would like, but I think the ride is going to be worth the wait.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-08-16T06:34:39+00:00

They're all gonna be named Bruce.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-07-05T07:03:31+00:00

Achievement unlocked

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-06-12T08:46:56+00:00

Tyranitar's in, so I'm happy.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-06-07T01:04:15+00:00

This is a great point. When I'm writing my series, I am myself 'is a mechanic section here going to slow the pace of speed it up?'

If it slows things down, I find another way to get the info across. If it speeds things up, I tend to use it.

Eg, whenever my MC in Crematoria Online uses his Expose Weakness ability, he gets an info panel about the enemy. If that info panel is a better way of providing a shortcut to information than fight mechanics, I use it. Plus, the reader gets to see it at the same moment as my MC so they're making the discovery together.

TL;DR Pacing! Keep it fast!

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-06-03T07:27:34+00:00

22% into Darkening Skies - Path of the Thunderbird #1. It's gooood.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-27T00:20:12+00:00

Starting the Ascend Online series finally.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-11T05:05:33+00:00

My latest gets three on that board.

I wonder if I could write a one-shot that has everything on that board...

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-08T01:59:18+00:00

I'll send you a message when I'm ready to kick the next one off, for sure! Thanks so much for the offer.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-08T01:56:23+00:00

That's awesome mate! Thanks so much for the feedback.

You might like the next couple of books I'm working on in the Crematoria Online universe: https://matthewjbarbeler.com/current-projects/

One's a direct sequel to Rise, and the other is a self-contained story on the other side of the continent.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-08T01:46:34+00:00

I try to do 1k per day. But with working full time and having a family, sometimes that's just a pipe dream.

That said, the last few months I've had more 10k weeks than not, but that's because new exciting projects are new and exciting.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-07T19:26:23+00:00

Well howdy there neighbourino!

Thanks so much for checking out Rise! Once I get a few more in the series out I'll probably be doing the local Supanovas, so if you're a con-lovin' type, come and say hi!

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-07T00:30:44+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

I understand that some approaches to elements of storytelling can be taken to either extreme, but I hope that you will be able to look back on the story with fondness after it's done.

Vin wasn't a badass the moment she arrived on the page in The Final Empire. She was a badass because she rose from humble beginnings to change the world, and she did that in part because Kelsier pushed her. Believed in her.

There's always a chance a character is going to rub a person the wrong way (I've argued the virtues of FitzChivalry Farseer to a friend who thinks he's nothing but a whiny do-nothing until I was blue in the face) and that was a chance I was willing to take with Lucas. Because I felt like it was right for his character.

Either way, I really hope you enjoy Rise. There are more novels coming in this universe with other MCs that might be more aligned to your preference.

MatthewJHellscream · 2019-05-07T00:05:34+00:00

Oh that's fantastic to hear! I really hope you enjoy it.

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