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Timothy Baker

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Born

in Pauls Valley, OK, The United States

Website

http://skeletonroad.wordpess.com

Genre

Horror, Short Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Cormac McCarthy, Stanley Kubrick, Elm ...more

Member Since

May 2012

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Timothy Baker is a retired firefighter, martial arts instructor, Certified Peer Specialist, Dudeist Priest, a lover of cats, and an aspiring horror writer.

He has published several short stories in anthologies with Angelic Knight Press, a novel with Ragnarok Publications, and a trilogy of horror with Black Bed Sheet Books. His short story, Cell of Curtains, is a proud addition to the anthology, Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed from Tor and edited by Del Howison and Joseph Nascisse. His most recent release is the new edition of his first novel, Path of the Dead from Black Bed Sheets Books, and includes a never-before-seen chapter for a startling new ending. ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 270 ratings · 69 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Fading Light: An Anthology of the Monstrous by Tim Marquitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author), William Meikle (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Shades of Decay by Stacey Turner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mandy DeGeit (Goodreads Author), Blaze McRob 4.15 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manifesto UF by Tim Marquitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tyson Mauermann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Path of the Dead (Hungry Ghosts, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Dying 2 by Mark Tufo (Goodreads Author), Patrick C. Greene (Goodreads Author), Armand Rosamilia (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dying Days: Siege 1 And 2 Set by Armand Rosamilia (Goodreads Author), Timothy Baker (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	State of Horror: New Jersey (State of Horror Series) by Scott M. Goriscak, Armand Rosamilia (Goodreads Author), Julianne Snow (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Hoodoo, Voodoo That You Do: A Dark Rituals Anthology by Lincoln Crisler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Marquitz (Goodreads Author), Timothy Baker (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monster Ink 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I have a mental illness you may know as clinical depression. There. I said it. To the world. Well, at least my small part of it. Now all tens of you know.

It’s not a pretty thing, oh no, my friends. When I’m in dark deep end of it, I’m a walking cliché of symptoms: deep sadness, death of motivation, repetitive thoughts, sleeplessness, sleepiness, severe introversion, irritability, fear, guilt, feel

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Timothy’s Quotes

“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing

1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard

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