Sweet Fights at Gamesfest ...

Just back from Gamefest in sunny Tring in the UK. We had stormtroopers keeping everyone in line though we really didn't need them. Mark Lucas and his creew did an excellent job of organising this event.

There was gaming, Magic the Gathering, Games Workshop and an impressive lineup of authors, including me.

It was a great day with sweet fights between Frazer Lee and myself and Peter Mark May. I ate the ammunition and Frazer ran out of sweets, not Mister May though - he went home with a suitcase full. A recent intelligence report has him enticing people on the tube with said sweets, though these have yet to be confirmed.

For me it was a thrill. It was a long day flying into Heathrow for 9.00 and returning late that night but it was worth it. I got to meet James Barclay, Mark Chadbourne and Dan Abnett - like what else would you want to do on a Saturday?

Captain Calibre, Richard Williams (Author of Black Libraries' excellent 'Relentless'), was there and so too ship's Master Gav Thorpe and James Swallow.

I even got to talk to the guys in Bloody books, Joseph D'Lancy and Bill Hussey whose evcellent books were on sale in limited quantities. The irrepressible Garry Charles was there as well as fellow Wonderlands frequentors Steve Dean, Stan Nicholls and Raven Dane. A hell of a line up.
I even sold some books myself.

There was a good crowd at the event though you should definately come next year if you missed this one. It is rare that an event is so well organised and Mark and the crew were so welcoming and sincere that they really do deserve to make this into a huge event.

Next up is Octocon in Dublin. See you there!

Quiet Earth - Dedicated To Genre Film And Everything Post Apocalyptic

I'm getting terrific support over at Quiet Earth for Vampire Apocalypse - they have given me a lot of press for the release of the second book, Descent into Chaos (yes, it's released!). Here's what they had to say about the first, A World Torn Asunder

"one of our favorite Vampire novels of the last couple of years....If you haven't read the first novel we highly recommend it to horror
and post-apocalypse fans alike. "

Vampire Apocalypse: Descent into Chaos released

The second book in the Vampire Apocalypse trilogy, Descent into Chaos, has been released by KHP Industries under their Black Death Books imprint. It's available for sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble so far - other booksellers will be online shortly.

Sample chapters of this new book and the first book in the series, Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder, are available at the Vampire Apocalypse website.

A little competition at VampireApocalypse.com....

If anyone here has read the first Vampire Apocalypse book, A World Torn Asunder, I'm running a little competition over at VampireApocalypse.com for a signed copy of the new VA book, Descent into Chaos, which is coming out next month.....

Authors - If you want to get word out about new releases etc....I'll add it to my "links"

I launched my new website during the summer and only now have I gotten around to setting up a "links" section.

What I have decided to do is set this up as a blog - http://horrorstuffandmore.blogspot.com linked from my website. If you want to add yourwebsite, just send the website title and url to me and I'll add it.

Trying to make this a bit more interesting so, if you like, you can send me a brief bio and if you have [i]any news on book releases etc[/i]. send me what you would like to say and I'll post it on the blog.

Cheers!
D

It's in the mail......

Well, it looks like I will have advance copies of the new Vampire Apocalypse book, Descent into Chaos, within the next few days. The book is not officially due out until October but my publishers have pulled out all the stops to make copies available for two conventions that I am guesting at: Gamesfest 3 in the UK (October 4th) and Octocon in Dublin (October 18th and 19th.

It goes without saying that I am really looking forward to having it in my hand.

Now though, the fun starts.

This is the time I sit and await the first reviews. I know on the first book that everytime I got a notification that a new review was in, with trepidation I would scan it quickly, holding my breath until I could see if the reviewer liked it...it's nail-biting stuff!

It's nearly here.....

Ok, I've just received the galleys of the second Vampire Apocalypse book, Descent into Chaos. My publisher, KHP Industries have pulled out all the stops to have copies available for two conventions that I have been invited to attend as a guest author, in October: Gamesfest 3 in the UK on October 4th and Octocon in Dublin on October 18th and 19th. Gamesfest 3 is A one day convention to showcase the best of Role playing, Wargaming, Boardgaming & Science fiction/Fantasy literature. Octocon is the National Irish Science Fiction Convention and will be featuring as part of the programming of the (Irish) Children's Book Festival, which runs for the entire month of October.


Descent into Chaos will be officially released towards the end of October and will be available at all online booksellers, some high street book stores and can be ordered from anywhere that sells books.

You can check out the covers and read sample chapters of this and the first Vampire Apocalypse book, A World Torn Asunder at www.vampireapocalypse.com

We've been working hard at editing for the past month and I'm delighted with the final book. The third VA book, Fallout, is next up for editing.....

Derek