Daniel Bautz

The award-winning series continues! THE WAKING WILD is here & it's a Reader's Favorite 5-Star smash. The perfect father-son survival story that has readers hooked. Signed copies: SledDogPublishing.com Amazon: buff.ly/gr2GRp8 #MiddleGradeBooks #AwardWinning

The dark isn't an absence of light. It’s a presence. It carries a specific kind of pressure—a physical weight that hits you in the chest. Listen to the frequency: youtu.be/ra3tk-81qM0 #DanielBautz #FrequencyOfTheDark #TheRealityOfFear

Silence isn't a sanctuary. In the rural Ohio woods, it’s a warning. When the birds stop, the system has detected a presence that doesn't belong. Listen to the frequency: youtu.be/ra3tk-81qM0 #DanielBautz #FrequencyOfTheDark #WritingCraft

Pour your coffee. Keep the lights low. Let’s begin the audit. youtu.be/ra3tk-81qM0 #FrequencyOfTheDark #GothicHorror #DanielBautz

Ep. 1 Theme: The Utility of Evil. Darkness isn’t always a figure in a cape; sometimes it’s a service provider. It steps in when people are at their most desperate. We’re looking at the transaction of the "miracle."

What makes this frequency worth the static? Welcome to the first transmission of Frequency of the Dark. I’m Daniel Bautz, and we’re here to audit the things most people try to ignore.

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood!" Silas Hemfant doesn't start with a scream. He starts with a promise. In the Black Cathedral Covenant, the dark isn't a monster in the cellar—it's the charismatic man at the pulpit. #DanielBautz #LifeIsInTheBlood #GothicHorror

"Yes, be thorough and stay disciplined. Travel, always, with your pad and pencil." Want to hold an audience, stop demanding a seat & start building the table. Discipline is the only currency that doesn't lose value in a noisy room. #OwedNothing #RespectReaders #WritingAdvice

"A form materialized from the shapeless phosphorescence." If you write to satisfy an algorithm, you aren’t an author; you’re an automaton. A story isn’t a product to be optimized; it’s a haunting to be survived. #DanielBautz #AristotleJames #HorrorAuthor

Twenty days. Twenty bricks. The foundation of this station is set. From the grit of McMurtry Manor to the blood cults of Millersburg, the door is now ajar for the Intrepid. Walk past the "Do Not Enter" signs. #DanielBautz #McMurtryManor #HorrorAuthor #TheIntrepid

If you see a "Do Not Enter" sign on a cracked door and your first instinct is to ignore the sign... we’re going to get along just fine. I build stories for the people who aren't afraid of a darkened cellar or a heavy truth. #WritingCommunity #Intrepid #DanielBautz #DarkFiction

@JenScot15004619 FB?

@daniel_bautz FB, please.

Most writing advice is a waste of your time. Here is the four-word blueprint for the Intrepid: Write. Oh yeah, read. Stop waiting. Start doing. #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #TheIntrepid #AristotleJames #DanielBautz

@ElenaFerra66490 Probably character focus

@daniel_bautz Nice choice rereading Cycle of the Werewolf is always a mood. What are you hoping your next read will match most: the horror, the atmosphere, or the character focus?

Most stories want the "Gothic" without the grief. They want to be safe. My work is served up black. It’s a jolt to the system for people who can handle a story with actual stakes. #DanielBautz #NoDecaf #HorrorAuthor #DarkFiction

@ElenaFerra66490 I'm rereading Cycle of the Werewolf currently, but next on my list is TBD

@daniel_bautz So true action is everything, and the book grows from that habit. What book are you reading right now that’s shaping the story you’re writing next?

@FrankieS4008 Thanks, but I don't pay for appearances.

@daniel_bautz Don’t overthink. Don’t wait for the perfect time. Just do the work that’s how success comes. I’d love to feature you in our Author Spotlight and share your work with our readers and audience. There is a small organizational fee. Let me know if you’re interested.

@bamideled10 It's been a dark journey into light and I wouldn't trade a moment.

@daniel_bautz How has your writing journey been so far as an author?

Ghosts follow. Our ghosts cross oceans, borders, and generations. They aren’t just spooky, they’re memories knocking on the window. From the mysteries of Aristotle James to the grit of McMurtry Manor, I’m not inventing hauntings. #Gothic #DanielBautz #Ghosts

@MikeDiazAuthor Thanks! The quote you supplied also applies.

I like the quote “ Shut up and write.” But Daniel is up to something here.

Most people look for the Devil in the basement. I find him in the router. That’s the "Sly" architecture of the modern age. I write the Gothic to turn the lights back on. Don’t lose the signal. #GDC #IndustrialGothic #DanielBautz #TheDevilIsWifi