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The Darkest Corners
The concluding part of this darkly funny, horror series Darren Shan called... read more
The 13th Horseman
Drake is surprised to find three Horsemen of the Apocalypse playing snakes and... read more
Doc Mortis
The fourth thrilling book in this darkly funny horror series Darren Shan called... read more
Raggy Maggie
The second book in the award-winning Invisible Fiends series. Billy is the... read more
Monthly Archives: December 2008
The 2008 Retrospective
Thanks largely to the crumbling worldwide economy which has already seen hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs, 2008 will be considered by many as a terrible year. For me, though, it were frickin’ ace! Why? Well, for starters I got an agent. In February of this year I signed with Fraser Ross Associates, and this signalled something of a turnaround in my writing career, largely because I realised I should probably start taking it all a bit more …
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Woe is me!
As I’ve already mentioned, we’re back home in Fort William. What I may not have mentioned is we’re back home in Fort William with NO INTERNET ACCESS!! I’m suffering. I’m suffering badly. I haven’t gone this long without net access in years. I can already feel my social skills improving. If I don’t get a connection soon, I might start having conversations with people, and that would never do. Anyway, I’ve managed to piggyback on an unprotected wi-fi hotspot for …
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One week to go …
It’s almost Christmas. Blimey. Seven days from now, Santa Claus will already have squeezed himself down the chimneys of the world and will be zooming his way back to the North Pole, tired, drunk, and stuffed to bursting point with cookies. Coincidentally, that’s how I’ll be spending Christmas Day, too. Of course, when you’re an adult, Christmas is never like it was when you were a kid. I still remember that build up – the growing excitement as more and …
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Not actually half bad …
It’s rare that I read over anything I’ve written and think it’s any good. On the odd occasions I do, I never mention it to anyone, because I’m not very good at bigging myself up an’ that. However … I’ve just had a read over the latest draft of book one of my 9-12 year old series, and even I have to admit it’s pretty darned good. Yes, I still have a few twiddly bits to twiddle, and after that …
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Saturday night’s all right for writing
Well here I am, sat by myself in the back room, working my way through another rewrite. It’s a solitary life, this writing lark. Why, if I didn’t have you, dear blog readers, I think I’d go quite, quite mad. Actually, I’m finished the bulk of my rewrite, and am now doing the twiddly bits. Basically I’m going through the thing, line by line, and making adjustments no-one will ever notice but me. Removing a word here, restructuring a sentence …
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The 100th Post Spectacular!
Let the trumpets play, let the dancers dance, and let all of us be merry – ’tis the 100th post here on BarryHutchison.com! Although I stated my intention a while back to become a kind of mutant book/butterfly hybrid when I reached my 100th post (see here for details), I’ve decided not to bother. This is partly because I have contractual obligations I need to adhere to, and partly because such a transformation would be against the laws of science, …
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