Verity Holloway is creating novels, short stories, poems
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Salvete, citizens. I'm Verity, and I write speculative weirdness, a bit of horror, historical fiction and non-fiction. My writing won the Norwich Writers’ Centre Escalator Award, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, longlisted for the Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize and The Guardian's Not The Booker.
It’s been a busy couple of years. Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs came out followed by my non-fiction foray into the world of Victorian quackery, The Mighty Healer. My novel Pseudotooth was published by Unsung Stories in March 2017. I've since appeared on panels at MCM ComicCon (I'm just as surprised as you are), Nine Worlds, and have events planned for the next six months. Things are beginning to take off, and I want to hit the ground running with more stories.
I want to finish my next novel. There's two of them, actually. One is sitting there, waiting to be finished. It's about a Victorian cross-dressing horror-themed nightclub. The other, set in an Edwardian water-cure resort, is begging to be started. I’m putting together a book of short stories. There’s also another poetry chapbook that’s been wanting attention for a long time.
It’s been a busy couple of years. Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs came out followed by my non-fiction foray into the world of Victorian quackery, The Mighty Healer. My novel Pseudotooth was published by Unsung Stories in March 2017. I've since appeared on panels at MCM ComicCon (I'm just as surprised as you are), Nine Worlds, and have events planned for the next six months. Things are beginning to take off, and I want to hit the ground running with more stories.
I want to finish my next novel. There's two of them, actually. One is sitting there, waiting to be finished. It's about a Victorian cross-dressing horror-themed nightclub. The other, set in an Edwardian water-cure resort, is begging to be started. I’m putting together a book of short stories. There’s also another poetry chapbook that’s been wanting attention for a long time.
When I wrote Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs, I treated it like a day job, and it was just wonderful. I had my little room at the back of the house to go to, and I’d be there from nine until five every day. Getting that much work done was a luxury, but circumstances change, and lately I’ve not had the material means to work as hard on stories as I'd like.
I have Marfan Syndrome, the connective tissue disorder that killed Rent’s Jonathan Larson. It’s an incurable illness that means I get a lot more tired than regular people, injure easily, heal slowly, and need medication and medical supervision to keep me safe and functioning. There are sudden events to worry about, like lungs collapsing and retinas detaching. It’s painful and expensive. When I'm trying to meet my material and health needs, something often has to give, and, miserably, it's usually the writing.
Your support equals more time and energy for me to finish stories and to play with new ideas. Maybe even to work a bit less and focus on what I love a bit more. Even $1 a month helps me to pay my Internet bill, buy that rare book I need for research, pay the fare to get to a convention or scout out a location. And it means I know people are listening, which is the most important thing of all for any author.
In case you don't already know me and my work, here's a window into my world...
Thanks for reading, friends. I hope I can share more stories with you soon.
Tiers
MY LITTLE MARTYR
$1 or more per month
One dollar a month warms my faulty little heart, because it means you care, and if I know someone cares, I’m chivvied on to finish projects rather than feel like I'm yelling into the void.
$1 patrons get a signed Pseudotooth bookmark in the post, as well as my ongoing gratitude and a personal thank you tweet if you're on Twitter.
$1 patrons get a signed Pseudotooth bookmark in the post, as well as my ongoing gratitude and a personal thank you tweet if you're on Twitter.
CHASE ME
$5 or more per month
$5 a month will get you patron-only sneak peeks of new fiction, including exclusive snippets and photos of the works in progress. You'll also see photos of my dog, Brontë, who is the prettiest thing I've ever found in the middle of a busy road. You'll also receive a signed Pseudotooth bookmark in the post.
CURE-ALL
$10 or more per month
Your generous $10 means you'll see periodic new fiction featuring old friends and
people you’ve never met before. These will either be Patreon-only pieces, or
new stories that haven’t yet been seen anywhere else. Plus dog pictures because
wow, what a beautiful dog.
Plus all previous rewards.
Plus all previous rewards.
QUIET
$20 or more per month
Pledge $20 for a high-quality audio recording of me reading every new
story I post here, plus all the previous rewards.
ROTTEN DIARY
$50 or more per month
A pledge of $50 means you'll receive one digital copy of Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs with a personal message of thanks. Plus all the above rewards.
STRANGE SIGNS
$70 or more per month
Physical books! One signed paperback copy of Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs
OR The Mighty Healer, mailed to you, plus all previous rewards.
SAINTLY
$100 or more per month
If you're feeling incredibly generous, $100 will get you a personal thanks
in the acknowledgement section of my next book, plus all previous rewards.
Saint Silvan will also put in a good word for you with the management.
Saint Silvan will also put in a good word for you with the management.
Goals
16% complete
If I reach this goal, I can cover my materials, research, and travel costs, helping me to work towards finishing the next novel.
1 of 2Salvete, citizens. I'm Verity, and I write speculative weirdness, a bit of horror, historical fiction and non-fiction. My writing won the Norwich Writers’ Centre Escalator Award, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, longlisted for the Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize and The Guardian's Not The Booker.
It’s been a busy couple of years. Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs came out followed by my non-fiction foray into the world of Victorian quackery, The Mighty Healer. My novel Pseudotooth was published by Unsung Stories in March 2017. I've since appeared on panels at MCM ComicCon (I'm just as surprised as you are), Nine Worlds, and have events planned for the next six months. Things are beginning to take off, and I want to hit the ground running with more stories.
I want to finish my next novel. There's two of them, actually. One is sitting there, waiting to be finished. It's about a Victorian cross-dressing horror-themed nightclub. The other, set in an Edwardian water-cure resort, is begging to be started. I’m putting together a book of short stories. There’s also another poetry chapbook that’s been wanting attention for a long time.
It’s been a busy couple of years. Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs came out followed by my non-fiction foray into the world of Victorian quackery, The Mighty Healer. My novel Pseudotooth was published by Unsung Stories in March 2017. I've since appeared on panels at MCM ComicCon (I'm just as surprised as you are), Nine Worlds, and have events planned for the next six months. Things are beginning to take off, and I want to hit the ground running with more stories.
I want to finish my next novel. There's two of them, actually. One is sitting there, waiting to be finished. It's about a Victorian cross-dressing horror-themed nightclub. The other, set in an Edwardian water-cure resort, is begging to be started. I’m putting together a book of short stories. There’s also another poetry chapbook that’s been wanting attention for a long time.
When I wrote Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs, I treated it like a day job, and it was just wonderful. I had my little room at the back of the house to go to, and I’d be there from nine until five every day. Getting that much work done was a luxury, but circumstances change, and lately I’ve not had the material means to work as hard on stories as I'd like.
I have Marfan Syndrome, the connective tissue disorder that killed Rent’s Jonathan Larson. It’s an incurable illness that means I get a lot more tired than regular people, injure easily, heal slowly, and need medication and medical supervision to keep me safe and functioning. There are sudden events to worry about, like lungs collapsing and retinas detaching. It’s painful and expensive. When I'm trying to meet my material and health needs, something often has to give, and, miserably, it's usually the writing.
Your support equals more time and energy for me to finish stories and to play with new ideas. Maybe even to work a bit less and focus on what I love a bit more. Even $1 a month helps me to pay my Internet bill, buy that rare book I need for research, pay the fare to get to a convention or scout out a location. And it means I know people are listening, which is the most important thing of all for any author.
In case you don't already know me and my work, here's a window into my world...
Thanks for reading, friends. I hope I can share more stories with you soon.
Recent posts by Verity Holloway
Tiers
MY LITTLE MARTYR
$1 or more per month
One dollar a month warms my faulty little heart, because it means you care, and if I know someone cares, I’m chivvied on to finish projects rather than feel like I'm yelling into the void.
$1 patrons get a signed Pseudotooth bookmark in the post, as well as my ongoing gratitude and a personal thank you tweet if you're on Twitter.
$1 patrons get a signed Pseudotooth bookmark in the post, as well as my ongoing gratitude and a personal thank you tweet if you're on Twitter.
CHASE ME
$5 or more per month
$5 a month will get you patron-only sneak peeks of new fiction, including exclusive snippets and photos of the works in progress. You'll also see photos of my dog, Brontë, who is the prettiest thing I've ever found in the middle of a busy road. You'll also receive a signed Pseudotooth bookmark in the post.
CURE-ALL
$10 or more per month
Your generous $10 means you'll see periodic new fiction featuring old friends and
people you’ve never met before. These will either be Patreon-only pieces, or
new stories that haven’t yet been seen anywhere else. Plus dog pictures because
wow, what a beautiful dog.
Plus all previous rewards.
Plus all previous rewards.
QUIET
$20 or more per month
Pledge $20 for a high-quality audio recording of me reading every new
story I post here, plus all the previous rewards.
ROTTEN DIARY
$50 or more per month
A pledge of $50 means you'll receive one digital copy of Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs with a personal message of thanks. Plus all the above rewards.
STRANGE SIGNS
$70 or more per month
Physical books! One signed paperback copy of Beauty Secrets of The Martyrs
OR The Mighty Healer, mailed to you, plus all previous rewards.
SAINTLY
$100 or more per month
If you're feeling incredibly generous, $100 will get you a personal thanks
in the acknowledgement section of my next book, plus all previous rewards.
Saint Silvan will also put in a good word for you with the management.
Saint Silvan will also put in a good word for you with the management.