William Cook

Dear Readers, First, let me say how truly grateful I am for your ongoing support as subscribers to my personal website here at www.williamcookwriter.com . Your enthusiasm for my writing means the world to me, and I’m excited to share a brand-new chapter with you. I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my new Substack newsletter, Grey Matter Dispatch .   Grey Matter Dispatch  is for readers, writers, and collectors who share my passion for the macabre. Each post is designed to give you something new — whether it’s a story update, horror news, or a trip into the genre’s rich history. Dark stories, strange finds, and a peek into my world as a horror writer — all delivered to your inbox. Here’s what you can look forward to: Updates on my writing projects – news on my upcoming horror fiction, poetry, and releases. Insights into the horror world – posts about horror culture, films, and the genre’s darker corners. Publishing and writing tips – advice, behind-the-scenes notes...

Apologies for the lack of recent posts. I have been writing and have also been quite active on Medium.com lately. For those of you who are on Medium, please feel free to connect with me there via the link below. Medium has proved to be quite an interactive forum in which to share my work and has motivated me to keep writing and sharing my poems and stories. The poem below is one of my more popular pieces of writing on Medium, so I thought I'd share it with you here on my website.  Thanks for reading. Please be sure to subscribe to my website via the 'Free Books' tab above ⬆⬆⬆. Photo by Manuel Torres Garcia via Pexels.com Shall we dance into the night you & I our words but a whisper? What is it that makes this soft sadness so indeterminable so impenetrable sunk so deep into this endless night? The broken light that comes & goes between the darkness either side of dawn speaking of your memory ushering in each day one, as if a step away from you the next, a step toward...

This article outlines the pros and cons of being an indie horror author on Amazon.com. Hey, fellow writers! If you’ve got a penchant for writing spine-tingling stories and you’re ready to dive into the world of indie horror publishing on Amazon.com, this article is for you.  After ten years of part-time indie publishing with the ‘zon, I’ve learnt a few things along the way. I’m still not at the stage where I’m able to support my family with the profits from my writing, but I’m seeing results (and $) and I hope to go full-time before the end of 2024.  Before switching to independent (‘indie’) publishing, I’d had limited success going down the traditional publishing route. The freedom to control the packaging, marketing, and publishing schedule was the biggest drawcard for me to switch to self-publishing.  When I started making monthly profits from my efforts, without the massive royalty cuts the traditional publishers took from me in the past, my decision was validated and...