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NaNoWriMo, day eight
Wednesday November 8th, 2017, and day eight of NaNoWriMo. Having not managed to pen any words towards my novel yesterday, I sat for three...
carmillavoiez
Nov 8, 20176 min read
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NaNoWriMo, day three
NaNoWriMo is an intensive writing boot camp that costs nothing but late nights, blurred vision and sore wrists. I discovered it through a...
carmillavoiez
Nov 3, 20176 min read
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Ghosts of Duff House, six days of October Frights, day five
It’s a beautiful house, built in 1735 by the architect William Adam. A house that is almost three hundred years old is bound to have some...
carmillavoiez
Oct 14, 20176 min read
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Political Vampires, six days of October Frights, day two
Yesterday, for the October Frights blog hop I wrote about zombies, so today it's vampires. At the bottom of this post you'll find links...
carmillavoiez
Oct 11, 201710 min read
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Zombie Punks Fuck Off - six days of October Frights, day one
Happy Halloween brain-eaters. Z Nation season 4 is alive and kicking and The Walking Dead will start again very soon. Add to these...
carmillavoiez
Oct 10, 20175 min read
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October Frights and Starblood the Graphic Novel
From October 10th to 15th a community of horror writers and bloggers will be participating in a blog hop. I’ll add a link at the end of...
carmillavoiez
Sep 23, 20172 min read
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Psychonaut the graphic novel, Kickstarter and release update
Back in March I wrote that we would start the Kickstarter fund raiser in June or July. Anna and I underestimated how long colour images...
carmillavoiez
Jun 28, 20171 min read
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Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, short story
Scott stands beneath the shower rose. Clouds of steam rise from the angry jet of water. The steam billows and expands, filling the small...
carmillavoiez
Apr 14, 20176 min read
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Excerpt from The Starblood Trilogy
The white-haired man plants kisses on his lips, but the boy shakes his head. Letting his lover sleep, the man sits naked on top of the...
carmillavoiez
Apr 12, 20173 min read
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Dystopia, our dystopia
I read four novels “It Can't Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis (published in 1935), “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley (published in 1932),...
carmillavoiez
Mar 29, 20178 min read
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The Blank Page
I love the potential of a blank page, where possibilities are limitless. The first sentence narrows what might happen. Word by word a...
carmillavoiez
Mar 29, 20171 min read
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How to create a graphic novel
My first graphic novel, Starblood, came out May 29th 2016. For those who are interested in the process I will describe what Anna and I...
carmillavoiez
Mar 28, 20173 min read
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Why I write
Books take a long time to write and unless the author is lucky or already famous the chances are they won't sell enough copies to make...
carmillavoiez
Mar 21, 20171 min read
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Psychonaut the graphic novel and Kickstarter launch - update
Anna Prashkovich and I planned to launch a Kickstarter fund drive this month. It's going to be an exciting three months with some rewards...
carmillavoiez
Mar 15, 20171 min read
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Freya is one hell of a fucked up character
Freya – isolated and alone after a family tragedy, falls in love with her brother, and begs Lilith to save her. Perhaps the most...
carmillavoiez
Mar 6, 20174 min read
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Paul's journal
An extract from Paul's journal (Satori's magical friend in Starblood) with illustrations by Anna Prashkovich from the webcomic "Sex...
carmillavoiez
Mar 4, 20173 min read
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Do you remember?
I remember when we heard the serpent hiss. We huddled together to keep warm. Bottles clutched in white knuckles, alcohol on our misty...
carmillavoiez
Mar 3, 20172 min read
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Slut Shaming & the Serial Killer
There is a time-honoured tradition in horror that youngsters who have sex will be the first to die and the last person standing will be...
carmillavoiez
Feb 26, 20175 min read
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A Day at the Races, short story
A while ago my writers' group was set a task to write an historic event through the eyes of a by-stander. This was my humble attempt. A...
carmillavoiez
Feb 23, 20176 min read
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Something to hold on to (short story) LGBT
'What's wrong?' I asked. Lucy looked at me through damp eyes and shrugged. 'Boys!' I nodded. Lucy was my best friend. We'd known each...
carmillavoiez
Jan 20, 201713 min read
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