"This book cannot be recommended enough. It is a breath of fresh air from one of the up-and-coming voices in the (horror) community." - Joshua Gage, Cemetery Dance Online"Cuthbert has done something no one else has, created a book ... that is all about the 'everything else' that goes with being a writer." -- JG Faherty, Horror Writers Association Mentorship Program Manager, author, Ragman, Songs in the Key of Death, and
The Wakening"An essential guide for the aspiring horror writer." - D. M. Guay, author of the 24/7 Demon Mart book series"Dripping with big sister energy. Cuthbert lays out an easy-to-execute guide for any writer. I wish I had this three years ago." - Roxie Voorhees, author, The Longest ThirstSo, you've written some stories but aren't sure what to do next. This is the book for you! Rebecca Cuthbert's
Creep This Way How to Become a Horror Writer is a fun, fast, and pressure-free guide to the business of boo.
In a voice that sounds like a great friend, Cuthbert offers clear advice you can immediately apply to your writing aspirations.
Creep This Way answers many questions about what else is involved in becoming a horror writer and succeeding as a professional author, including how to:
- Bet on Yourself
- Find Your Tribe
- Believe Beyond the Doubts
- Submissions Opportunities
- Embrace Rejections
- Be Grateful, Not Satisfied
- Watch Your Spending
- Go After Book Reviews
And much more.
Here are the steps you want to take after the story is written.
Right now, Cuthbert is doing what you want to do, using what's in this book to get published and earn her place in the horror community.
Now, you.
Rebecca Cuthbert is a dark fiction and poetry writer. She loves folklore, witchy women, and anything that involves nature getting revenge. Her debut poetry collection, IN MEMORY OF EXOSKELETONS, is available through Alien Buddha Press. Additional titles are scheduled for release in 2024 and 2025, including the hybrid collection SELF-MADE MONSTERS (ABP, Oct. 2024). Rebecca's stories and poems can be found in Shakespeare Unleashed (Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing), We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022 (Neon Hemlock Press), DREAD (Cemetery Dance Publications), SoulScream Antholozine (Seamus & Nunzio Productions), and in other magazines and anthologies. She serves as the editor-in-chief of PsychoToxin PINK, the feminist horror imprint of PsychoToxin Press, and teaches creative writing classes at SUNY Fredonia.Rebecca lives in Western New York with her husband Joel, their menagerie of pets, and a garden full of demanding plants.Visit rebeccacuthbert.com for publications, events, news, and more.
Christopher Ryan has earned recognition and awards as a community journalist, teacher, actor, independent filmmaker, and sketch comedy writer, but mostly he writes fast-paced stories with humor and heart. He has independently published four novels including two Mallory and Gunner supernatural police procedurals getting rebooted in 2024. His short stories have been published in several horror, mystery, crime and pop culture anthologies. Additionally, he's written many tales featuring Alex Simmons' famed Blackjack adventurer. Ryan is also the founder and publisher at Seamus and Nunzio Productions, LLC. Soul Scream Antholozine is his current fiction project, an experiment in form combining horror anthology and magazine elements with a serialized arc threaded throughout the six-volume set celebrating hybrid horror. Rebecca Cuthbert's Creep Like This: How to Become a Horror Writer is his first non-fiction publishing project. Additionally, he serves as the secretary of the Horror Writers Association's New York Chapter and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America. Find him on social media as thischrisryan.
