I hereby posit that there is no such thing as the perfect horror story. To my mind the absolute perfect horror story would be so utterly terrifying that the reader would drop dead upon reading the story. He or she would be literally “scared to …
Read MoreYou don’t have to live it to write it; you simply have to imagine it.
I like Hemingway, but often think he did not help writers or the art and craft of writing by perpetuating certain myths. For instance, the myth that you have to live it to write about it—whatever it might be. You don’t! As Stephen King points …
Read MoreRevisiting Stephen King! My thoughts on the new television show Ghosts. And my own personal encounter with the spirit world.
I have to admit, I love this time of year. It’s not so much just Halloween, as I’m up for a good ghost story any day of the year. I can as easily get lost in a scary book in the middle of summer also. …
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