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Climbing Out of the Creative Dungeon
I PUBLISHED MY FIRST NOVEL a few years ago, a genre-bending, multi-timeline thriller called The Aeschylus. It was an exercise in self belief. Even before it was released, I was told there was no market for a political thriller meets horror novel. It was too violent. The name was too weird. For the most part,…
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Coming March 16: The Devil’s Mistress
THE LAST FEW WEEKS have been a whirlwind. Being a writer is often feast or famine with respect to social contact. You can spend months in a quiet office, plugging away at a new story, hardly talking to anyone. Then all at once, it’s time to push things out the door, and it’s go-go-go. It’s…
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The Arsonists
THE DAVID-BARCLAY.COM MAILING LIST is live! I’ve been working hard on getting my new releases ready for next year, and the mailing list took a little longer than I would have liked. The good news is, everything is done. Head on over to the contact tab and sign up to get the latest news, and…
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HWA
I JOINED THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION earlier this month, and I’m already impressed with what a great resource it is. Being a writer is a tough gig these days. It’s not just the writing itself; it’s dealing with business, publishing contracts, social media, editing, querying, beta reading for fellow authors, keeping up with market trends,…
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Silver Shamrock
My new novella, THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS, will be out March 16, 2021 via Silver Shamrock Publishing, and I couldn’t be more excited. These guys kick ass. They have some of the most exciting new authors in the biz (check out Tom Deady if you haven’t read him), and there’s a whole new library of great…