A few months ago I talked about reading older horror authors in order to see what had come before and learning from it. Just reading modern work is like reading the stuff that came before, but diluted, with six degrees of separation. You'll see a little bit of Matheson and Lovecraft in a Stephen King … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Learning Curve (Part 2)
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Learning the History
If there's one thing that I'm particularly weak on, it's my horror history. I don't read a lot of horror to start and I read even less of the older examples of the genre. Sure, I'll pick up some pulps or read more Lovecraft than can fill the forgotten tomb city of R'lyeh, but for … Continue reading Learning the History
Branching into Paperback
I've long resisted printing my book simply because it makes for a more expensive product. It's the same product, but with a price difference of fifteen bucks. But today I finally decided that ya'll deserve the opportunity to buy my book in an actual, hard-copy form. It'll be the same thing as the Kindle copy, … Continue reading Branching into Paperback