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Nick Button

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J: Welcome to the Masters of Horror UK website Nick. Can we start with how the idea for Dark Hoard came about?  N: Hey Jon, thanks for the opportunity to talk about this thing that’s been my life for over two ears! I’ve been interested in writing for a long time and have written short stories in the past, but just don’t have the time to write a book. I came up with the idea of writing a series of short stories and compiling them into an anthology, because that would give me the flexibility to write each story when I could... Whilst reading short stories online I came up with the much better idea of asking other people to write the stories, whilst I run the project. J: I like it, get other people to do all the work right? N: Hey, you’d be surprised just how much work is involved in recruiting authors, managing their expectations, helping with ideas, editing stories and promoting the project. J: To be honest I wouldn't be that surprised, running Master Of Horror is a v...

Nick Button

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J: Welcome to the Masters of Horror UK website Nick. Can we start with how the idea for Dark Hoard came about?  N: Hey Jon, thanks for the opportunity to talk about this thing that’s been my life for over two ears! I’ve been interested in writing for a long time and have written short stories in the past, but just don’t have the time to write a book. I came up with the idea of writing a series of short stories and compiling them into an anthology, because that would give me the flexibility to write each story when I could... Whilst reading short stories online I came up with the much better idea of asking other people to write the stories, whilst I run the project. J: I like it, get other people to do all the work right? N: Hey, you’d be surprised just how much work is involved in recruiting authors, managing their expectations, helping with ideas, editing stories and promoting the project. J: To be honest I wouldn't be that surprised, running Master Of Horror is a very similar c...

Nick Button

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J: Welcome to the Masters of Horror UK website Nick. Can we start with how the idea for Dark Hoard came about?  N: Hey Jon, thanks for the opportunity to talk about this thing that’s been my life for over two ears! I’ve been interested in writing for a long time and have written short stories in the past, but just don’t have the time to write a book. I came up with the idea of writing a series of short stories and compiling them into an anthology, because that would give me the flexibility to write each story when I could... Whilst reading short stories online I came up with the much better idea of asking other people to write the stories, whilst I run the project. J: I like it, get other people to do all the work right? N: Hey, you’d be surprised just how much work is involved in recruiting authors, managing their expectations, helping with ideas, editing stories and promoting the project. J: To be honest I wouldn't be that surprised, running Master Of Horror is a very similar ...