Last time, we introduced horror writer Mark Leslie and learned that Mark was going to attempt to finish his novel A Canadian Werewolf in New York during this year's National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).

In episode 2 of Getting Published, with Mark Leslie, we catch up with Mark during NaNoWriMo and find out how the writing is going. We also discuss:

* Why publishers seem to eschew horror fiction

* What some horror writers do to try to get around the stigma surrounding horror fiction

* What types of NaNoWriMo activities he's been participating in (and avoiding)

* What type of music he listens to while writing

* What things about Mark's story Paula particularly likes

* How he came up with the notion of a "coppery taste" for blood

* How he loses ideas because he can't always write them down

* How he works out some of his plotting challenges

* How horror writers spend Halloween.

We invite you to offer your feedback on Mark's story and egg him on by commenting on our blog and/or writing to Paula B. at paula at writingshow dot com. You can also send your feedback to Mark at mark at markleslie.ca. You can even send him an ecard!