As the future of Authorism; a new condition (Says Marcus De Storm) where the writer spends every minute of spare time to take notes, write a line or just generally feed the need to pen to paper, comes to a head with his new work, Marcus De Storm injects new life into the UK book market.
“When I submitted my Mini-Bio to an American Publisher, along with a Full Synopsis and Cover Letter, I was a little optimistic, to say the least. As a UK resident I had hoped that my work would have been accepted by a UK Publisher, but unfortunately, it wasn’t” Says Marcus.
As many people know already when they read his Mini-Bio, his fondness for the Pen has continued since the young age of just ten years old.
“It’s true. And at twelve, I wrote my very first Story-Short which was sixty-four pages in length with my own hand drawn illustrations. My family, friends and associates believed I’d copied the story from somewhere, until I wrote another a couple of months later. What my teachers at school believed was that my thirst to write had to be tamed; direction, construction, research and most important of all, it had be encouraged by all available means necessary. Yes, I won Poetry Competitions during school life, I even walked away with a first prize for the best short drama story in Middle School, but I always wanted more from my writing – yet it wasn’t anything to do with money.”
Marcus’ new book project is “Severed Ties”, which he has told the world on his Blog’s that it is a Working Title.
“Severed Ties was a rush job, as far as the title was concerned. The name that it will have on the front cover may be different – if a publisher takes it on – but the contents will remain the same. I have never had problems deciding on a title for any other book before, except for ‘Severed Ties’, which is strange in itself. Many have told me to stick with the title.”
Brotherhood Of The Realms, is the book which has been causing a lot of interest so far this year, but what is all the curiosity about?
“With “Brotherhood Of The Realms” being the book of a book; B.O.T.R is the Anchor point of ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’, one of the deepest, darkest and most laden with Gore-Horror book’s I’ve ever had the pleasure of writing. It tells the stories of Marcus Chance, who was once an Organised Criminal in the Underworld, who becomes recruited by the police force to solve the unsolved crimes which other officers won’t touch. Initially, Marcus Chance is recruited into an unauthorized police department known as C.I.B., but when he is set-up by the Commanding Officer – Ted Calvert – the whole respect relationship goes south and a war begins. Of course, while this war goes on, Marcus is taken to places not of his time – The Present – but to a Hellish place where he is guided by both good and evil. The concept of ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’, was based entirely around ‘Brotherhood Of The Realms’, and so merged together in what I consider a unique way. ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’ volume one.”
As the wait draws to a close regarding “The Brotherhood Of The Realms” future with an American publisher, what does the Author intend to do in the meantime, and after, whatever the decision?
“The reasons behind submitting my work now, are that I want people to read, enjoy and talk about my books, my stories. Of course, it has always been my dream to see at least one of my books in print and that is solely so that I can say: ‘I’ve been published, just like those of the writer’s and authors who I have read and enjoyed over the years.’ Certainly, people are talking about money. Money makes the world go round, sure, but writing just for money is a show of a bad writer – or maybe just arrogant – because not every writer can write a book and believe that they can serious ride on its income to live. Unless of course you are Stephen King, who I am a great fan of, but even he has to generate more than three or four books per year to aid his living style.”
Now that the book is almost finished, is there any further future prospects for it? If there are, what impact does Marcus believe it will have on the world?
“There are future plans for all my work, including ‘Severed Ties’, which is to place it into script – and this is in progress as we speak – along with ‘Hacker’, ‘Darion’s Mile’, ‘The Brotherhood Of The Realms’ and a couple of others.”
What many people would like to know is, if the works were accepted by a British Publisher, would the deal be as good as done?
“I feel that it is highly unlikely that any British Publisher will take my work on. Unless you have a blood line in successful published writers in the UK, you will need something short of a miracle to get your book put into print. I am talking of Publishing Houses taking on your book and printing it for the author, not Self-Publishing where the printer does the book and you, yourself have to go out and sell the idea to potential bookstores or individuals. Self-Publishing is a good idea if you know what you are doing, bad if you don’t. But yes, if a British publisher picked up on my talent and wanted to publish me, then I would look at the ‘W.i.F.M’ (What’s in it For Me) before I gave anyone power over my books. At the moment, I truly believe the only direction for British unknown Writer’s and Author’s is in America. Big dreams can be made or broken quickly in the States, whereas in Britain, the process is longer and bleaker in my opinion.”
Sourcing some of the readers that have had the pleasure in reading “Severed Ties”, we thought we would post some of their thoughts, comments and few words that sum up the first three chapters on the BlogSpot which is about to get bloody. I’m Sarah Jones reporting from GWN.2011.
From the pen of Marcus De Storm comes a new wave of horror – Severed Ties – “Voted one of the best Gore-Horror stories of 2010-2011, Severed Ties will have you psychologically addicted to the outcome of every chapter”, say’s Writer’s Conundrum, UK.
With a “Fresh new style and traditional approach to horror as it used to be, it will be this novel which brings British horror writing back to the UK” Says Robert Cartwright, Film Director.
“I found it a little tame compared to the US horror movie styles these days, but all the same it gave me the willies. It’s a brilliant psychological horror” Says Eric Sinclair, Talented Press Magazine.
“Such talent should not be left on a Blog, it should be kept within an immortal place – in print” Says Emily Proctor of Wayward Film Productions, UK.
© GWN.2011
