John! You picked the day my house guest is off visiting family! Hopefully I can listen to this before she gets back. I don’t like or write horror (ok, I do get macabre now and then) but I’m definitely succumbing to the clickbait about fantasy.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. I hope you’ll check out the other episodes as well. The one with Mills talks about Substack’s design philosophy and how they make decisions. The interview between S.E. Reid and Bridget Riley talks about serializing on Substack and the things they’ve learned.
I finally got a chance to listen to the whole interview! I’m not the biggest horror reader, but this interview, in addition to it currently being spooky season, are making me want to branch out. This was a fascinating interview!
Clive Barker is awesome in small doses but his repetitive "There Are Monsters But We Are Worse" message (which makes sense, given his youth as a gay male and such) does get tiresome in large doses. His non-horror stuff is excellent though.
The source of inspiration has to be both internal AND external. You are interpreting something that is a mix of internal and external stimuli, but the style and words are your own.
As to what draws people to horror .. I think fairy tales. The fact that (in the "cleaned up European ones) all these horrible things happen to the heroes and yet they all live happily ever after with no scars or emotional damage... Always bugged me as a kid and is part of what made me want to do stories where the characters paid their for mistakes
Soooooo Shaina, you don't think muses are real?
Someone's cruisin for a bruisin.
That’s right! She’s denying your very existence and your entire personhood.
She's in the inspiration dog house now!
John! You picked the day my house guest is off visiting family! Hopefully I can listen to this before she gets back. I don’t like or write horror (ok, I do get macabre now and then) but I’m definitely succumbing to the clickbait about fantasy.
If it helps, there’s nothing scary in the episode.
You ask the best questions John! Thanks for having me on!
So much fun. I'd love to hear from other horror writers in the community!
This was so illuminating and inspiring! Thank you!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. I hope you’ll check out the other episodes as well. The one with Mills talks about Substack’s design philosophy and how they make decisions. The interview between S.E. Reid and Bridget Riley talks about serializing on Substack and the things they’ve learned.
Yes! They’re on my list.
I loved hearin' y'all talk about things. And seein' you too. Blink Blink
I finally got a chance to listen to the whole interview! I’m not the biggest horror reader, but this interview, in addition to it currently being spooky season, are making me want to branch out. This was a fascinating interview!
Clive Barker is awesome in small doses but his repetitive "There Are Monsters But We Are Worse" message (which makes sense, given his youth as a gay male and such) does get tiresome in large doses. His non-horror stuff is excellent though.
The source of inspiration has to be both internal AND external. You are interpreting something that is a mix of internal and external stimuli, but the style and words are your own.
I like the relaxed vibe you three had going right from the start.. so relaxed that Sean had to hear the first question again!
I feel that . Thanks to all for your insights .
As to what draws people to horror .. I think fairy tales. The fact that (in the "cleaned up European ones) all these horrible things happen to the heroes and yet they all live happily ever after with no scars or emotional damage... Always bugged me as a kid and is part of what made me want to do stories where the characters paid their for mistakes