Some updates

Its been a while so here are some updates on my ongoing projects

Fallen Angel- First draft is at last complete and I'm now going through it again and doing the usual adding some bits and chopping some others. Hopefully in a couple of weeks it will be ready for some beta readers.
The first two chapters (unedited) are up on my website, please go and have a look- http://www.johnmccuaig.com

Meta Horde- This collab novel with Sean Page is now away at one of Sean's friends having a bit of an edit and a tidy up. Once that's done we'll decide what to do with it next. Really looking forward to seeing the finished product- I've got high hopes for this one.

Pyramid of the Dead- My Inca/Zombie novel, still waiting to hear from the editor at my publishers, Library of the Living Dead Press, hopefully it wont be too much longer but it does seem to be dragging on a bit.

Last Train to Dover- My zombie novel set in real time- I've had some great feedback from beta readers (and not all good thankfully) but I've put this on the back burner for a few weeks. I want to go back to it with fresh eyes as it may help with some of the issues.

Short stories- only got one in the works at the moment. A disaster anthology where I was asked to fill one of the slots. That reminds me- I need to get that finished!!

Fallen Angel- update

Just a little update on my new project. I've changed the title slightly, dropping Daemon and just calling it Fallen Angel. Also I've basically chucked away the first outline and at least a few thousand words! Its now taken a different approach apart from the two main characters who I've kept. It's about a fallen angel, Lilith, and her plans to take over the world to get her long awaited revenge. A cop, Maggie McGuire and a priest, Father Michael Bowers fight to stop her. The full outline is done and most of the chapters have been started in a least a small way, but as usual I'm sure it will change quite a bit as things go on. I'll post some more updates but I'm hopeful that the first draft will be done by the end of July.

New Voices in Horror

Jonathan Wood has kindly added me onto his blog section "New Voices in Horror" Please pop over to his site and have a look around. Many thanks to Jonathan for including me.

http://jonathanwoodhorrorauthor.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-voices-in-horrorintroducing-john.html

Another nice review for the Church

Steve at Zombie Zone News has posted a nice review up on his site. He liked the story but also raised a few areas for improvement, hopefully I will learn from these mistakes! Please pop over to his site and have a look.

http://www.zombiezonenews.com/archives/the-church-offers-no-sanctuary-in-this-review/

Meta-Horde Update

Just a little update on the collab novel I'm doing with Sean Page. We've knocked around a few ideas and I've done a very rough 1st draft of the novel. Its only 51k as it still needs a few things added/taken away/changed but it feels like its a pretty good start. Its off with Sean now to have a look at so it'll be interesting to see what he says. Really enjoying the experience so far so fingers crossed that one day it will see the light of day.
More updates to come.

Alienology- Tales from the Void cover

This is the cover for another anthology I've been lucky enough to get in. I don't usually do much sci-fi so looking forward to this one coming out. It's from The Library of Horror, part of the LotLD family.

Holiday of the Dead Cover

Here's the amazing cover for Holiday of the Dead (formerly Wish you were Undead). I'm really happy to be in this anthology, its going to be huge! See the earlier post for the amazing list of authors involved.