The International Order of Horror Professionals

Paulzuzu (He is the owner of Eye Strain Video Productions and is co-owner of Autumnal Creative Services) and Tenebrous1 (She has published the award-winning writing 'zine, Scribe & Quill, for the past nine years. Her latest nonfiction book, Sun Signs for Writers, was published by Writer's Digest Books in August 2006. Her first fiction novel, Mending Fences was released by Whiskey Creek Press in September 2006. She is also the co-author of The Complete Writer: A Guide to Tapping Your Full Potential. She is a client of the Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency in New York City.) started a new organization for horror lovers. Read: Horror Lovers. It includes professionals among non-professionals and they all interact on a discussion board very much like this one.

The interesting thing with this org is that they are THERE for all horror freaks, me included. I am a member and love it there. Shit, I'm there more than here. That can't be good. LOL. The creators have constructed a site unlike any other org I have come across in many years.

There are a lot of sites out there that offer their members a host of information, yet I have never found a place I truly liked. The HWA comes to mind at first but after a year I realized what a waste of time they are.

IOHP is completely different. They have so MANY things for writers and non writers alike. Even metal bands are welcome if they love horror. There is a yearly fee of $5 for non-pro and $10 for pro. And everyone I have met there is friendly and interested in horror. Books, movies, music, interviews with professionals in the field etc plus there's a host of information for writers incl but not limited to: agents | markets | writing classes | chats | pro interviews with transcript | and so much more, more than I can list. It's one of the largest boards I have ever seen.

http://www.leepletzers.net -- direct links on my main website to regions (Yes, the IOHP is THAT big already. After only one year.

http://horrorprofessionals.org/ -- direct link to their site.

Enjoy and join. You'll love it there. But you should interact as it is more fun that way.

Amen, brother. Hopefully, the board will get more active soon, as there are some new ideas for it floating around amongst the regional reps.

Bev offered me the NZ rep position a few weeks back, haven't heard anything since then.

Little NZ has been forgotten LOL