The Word Cloud

Information

• Are you a ...?
  Writer published in mags, etc
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  Horror
  
  If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
  Sci-fi
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Omnivorous
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  Graham Joyce, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood
  And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  Pet Sematary by Stephen King Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank Rings of Ice by Piers Anthony
  What are your working habits when you write?
  Disciplined
  
  Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
  Prefer to let rip and edit afterwards
  
  Your ultimate writing ambition?
  To be a published novelist
  Your worst habit?
  Working on too many different projects at one time.
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
  
  What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
  Right now my unpublished novel, Heart of the City, is one of three finalists in the Fresh Blood contest so I have a one in three chance at a publishing contract. Please vote! http://chizine.com/freshblood/