A hundred and twenty-five thousand words into the very first draft of my latest novel, I now know the ending and what has to happen to get there.

I’m excited. I’m also relieved, especially about the ending: I’d been starting to wonder if this project would actually have one.

So, a pinprick of light in the dark at last. I’m heading towards it. But like that other light that seemed to be the end of the tunnel but was in fact an oncoming train, I hope the glimmer I’m seeing doesn’t turn out to come from something like this dude…

This is an anglerfish, from a whole bookful of astounding underwater photography called The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss by Claire Nouvian.

That title, btw, gives another hint as to what this book I’m writing is partly about.

MOO HOO HA HAAAAGH *sounds resume of brain mashing against keyboard*

This week on Trapped By Monsters: an opportunity and a warning…

The final part of FAMILY is now live. If you do click through, watch out for an especially awesome choice of what to show by Laura Trinder. And if you want to read the whole thing and see all Laura’s brilliant artwork for it, the story starts here.

Working with illustrators is an absolute blast. Here’s to future sinister masterplans…!

FAMILY – the 13-part horror story I’ve been serialising free on Trapped By Monsters together with beautiful illustrations created especially by Laura Trinder – is reaching its climax. Here’s a sneak peek at Part 11, coming this Friday:

For Part 10, live as of noon today (plus links to all the previous parts), click here.

It is with great delight that I give the following warning: Part 13 contains what just might be the most horrible thing I’ve ever written. MOO HOO HA HA. 😀

That’s from Holly Harkness at her excellent blog Spinechills.

For Part 4 of FAMILY (and links to earlier episodes) click here.

Click here for FAMILY – Part 1

A sinister masterplan is about to come to fruition: from next Friday (10th Aug) and for about six weeks thereafter I’m going to be posting a short story of mine free on Trapped By Monsters together with some gorgeous and terrifying illustrations created especially by Laura Trinder.

Here’s the announcement I just put up on TBM:

“Long-term followers of this blog might remember Jethro’s Ace of Hearts, the story of mine I serialized free here on TBM in thirteen parts with illustrations by David Melling. If you like that, get ready for this…

FAMILY

a horror story

written by Sam Enthoven, illustrated by Laura Trinder

A Trapped By Monsters EXCLUSIVE!

Part One to post at noon GMT on Friday 10th August 2012

Twelve more parts to come on Mondays and Fridays thereafter.

‘Nothing’s more important than family.’”

…Hope you’ll check in next Fri. 😀

…All right. I’m delighted to report that most of my head-holes have now closed up, and I’m back where I intend to stay for the rest of the summer – at the bottom of the deepest of them, digging.

This week on Trapped By Monsters: some rules for writing from George Orwell.

I’m back in the UK, jetlagged and discombobulated but very happy. Waiting for me in my stack of post was this:

It’s the new Hungarian edition of Crawlers, translated by Zubovics Katalin and published by People Team Millennium under their Pongrac imprint as a very handsome hardback. I particularly like the font the publishers chose in the text for the clock that ticks towards doom all through the story, and the cover pic strongly reminds me of one of its original inspirations – namely this:

London Bridge Sewer, by Steve Duncan. To see more astonishing images from his explorations click here.

I’m always delighted and thrilled and amazed when my work is translated into other languages, but I’m all those things and more right now because this is the first time this has happened for Crawlers. Here’s hoping Maszkak finds hordes of Hungarian readers – and horrifies them. HEE HEE HEE!