Annie is a novelist, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author. She’s the author of The Extra, The Other, and The Spare (The Outsiders Sequence, a series of novellas), You Have to Let Them Bleed (collection), and Once the Darkness Comes (forthcoming novel).
The Spare
The Outsiders Sequence #3
3/9/2027
The Other
The Outsiders Sequence #2
You Have to Let Them Bleed
Author Archives: Annie Neugebauer
What Ray Bradbury Meant to Me
As a female horror writer, I sometimes think I was born the wrong gender about three decades too late. If you’re not very familiar with the horror genre in books, let me sum it up for you: popular contemporary horror … Continue reading
Writing Terms & Editing Symbols
Hi guys! Today I’m talking contentious writers’ terminology over at Patrick Ross’s blog The Artist’s Road. I’d love for you to visit me there to read “What the Heck Should I Call Myself, Anyway?” Also, I’ve just added a new … Continue reading
10 Tips for Attending a Writers’ Conference
This weekend I attended the DFW Writers’ Conference. It was my second year, and this time I got some things right (that I learned last year) and some things wrong (that I experimented with this year). So I thought I’d … Continue reading
What Is Literary Fiction?
And why you should stop assuming you hate it. Myth: Anything you read in school is literary fiction. Myth: “Intellectual” works are automatically literary fiction. Myth: Literary fiction is always boring/has no plot. Myth: Literary fiction is always wordy. Myth: … Continue reading
Sonnet Building Step 5: “Final Dress”
[If sonnets just aren’t your cup of tea, check out the related prose discussion below.] Critique Sonneteers! At this point, you’ve done everything you can on your own to make your sonnet shine. The next step, if you’re up to … Continue reading
