Manuscripts Burn


MANUSCRIPTS BURN

"Manuscripts don't burn"
- Mikhail Bulgakov

Hi, I'm horror and science fiction author Steve Kozeniewski (pronounced: "causin' ooze key.") Welcome to my blog! You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, and Amazon. You can e-mail me here, join my mailing list here, or request an e-autograph here. Free on this site you can listen to me recite one of my own short works, "The Thing Under the Bed."

Monday, January 24, 2022

Toasting 2022

Hey, guys!  ICYMI, here is the hourlong live video I did on New Year's Eve, featuring a retrospective on 2021 and some announcements about what's coming up in 2022.  Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Publish Like a Motherfucker Course 9: The Life Audio-quatic With Steve (Matt, Too!)

Hey, everybody!

It has been almost (but not quite) a year, and the time is ripe for another installment of "Publish Like a Motherfucker (With Stephen Kozeniewski)."  


This time around I am delighted to welcome podcaster, audio engineer, cover designer, and author of such books as the HORRORS UNTOLD series, EDGE OF TWILIGHT, and MELANCHOLIA, the one, the only, Mr. Matt Wildasin!

Stop by my business page Wednesday, February 2, at 8:00 pm EST.  I will, of course, be recording for posterity, but if you have questions, you'll want to be there live to participate.  And, as always, if you're interested in future PLAM courses, let me know in the comments below, on social media, or during the course.

Course 9:  The Life Audio-quatic With Steve (Matt, Too!)
Date:  Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Time:  8:00 pm EST
Syllabus:  The paperbacks and ebooks were no issue to write, format, and publish.  But now your insatiable fans have demanded yet another format: audio!  With special guest author and sound engineer Matt Wildasin we'll discuss:

- should you read your own work or hire a professional?  pay up front or do royalty share?  and where does all this shit happen, anyway?

- say, I've got a built-in microphone and a free Saturday.  what's to stop me from just recording my book tomorrow?

- how are audiobooks different from podcasts, radio shows, and other aural media?  what should you look for in a narrator and/or sound engineer?

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

2021 Splatterpunk Award Nominations

Hey, everybody! It's nomination time for the 5th Annual Splatterpunk Awards. If you think anything I wrote last year is worthy, please email splatterpunkawards@gmail.com and include the category, title of the work, and author or editor. Here are my eligible works:

BEST SHORT STORY (for works from 500 to 14,000 words)

  - "Tool Story" by Stephen Kozeniewski

  - "Terrible Two" by Stephen Kozeniewski

  - "Sun Poison" by Stephen Kozeniewski

BEST ANTHOLOGY (for multiple-author collections over 50,000 words)

  - BLUDGEON TOOLS edited by K. Trap Jones

  - GOREFEST edited by K. Trap Jones

  - BATTERED, BROKEN BODIES edited by Matt Shaw

I've included a sample e-mail below.  Other categories which you can recommend are Best Novel, Best Novella, and Best Collection.  The deadline for nominations is January 17th. Thanks, everybody!




To: splatterpunkawards@gmail.com

Subj: Splatterpunk Award Nominations

Body:

Dear Organizers,

I would like to nominate the following works for the 2021 Splatterpunks:

Best Short Story: "Sun Poison" by Stephen Kozeniewski

Best Anthology: BATTERED, BROKEN BODIES edited by Matt Shaw

Thank you!

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