2016-10-31 15:34:45Happy Halloween from the Horror Writers Association (HWA)! As horror writers, of course we treasure Halloween, but we also understand the concerns of some educators in regards to the holiday. Halloween has a rich history that goes back over…
2016-10-31 06:00:59Back then, for me, it was all about masks. For Halloween, sure, but I’m also talking about day-to-day. This all started with the perception that people seldom said what they really felt about anything. I wasn’t sure why, but…
2016-10-30 06:00:12I have found, in 25 years of fiction writing now, that the surest way to a feeling of verisimilitude in a story is to process the experiences in my life and put them down on paper. I refer to…
2016-10-29 06:00:27 First things first: let’s acknowledge the elephant in the room. Extreme horror fiction hasn’t always enjoyed the best reputation. Despite the commercial success of books like Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho and Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door,…
2016-10-28 06:00:40I read The Exorcist early in high school. My mom was a school librarian and didn’t place any limits on what I read, figuring that if it was too mature for me, I just wouldn’t understand it. She limited…
2016-10-27 06:00:48One of my favorite pieces of advice for new writers looking to make more sales is to consider trying some non-fiction. As an author who is known for both fiction and non-fiction, I periodically get requests for articles from…
2016-10-26 06:00:02You all know my tale of woe. I am forced to live without the true spirit of Halloween because I live on the other side of the world. 🙁 But instead of crawling into my coffin when October comes…
2016-10-25 06:00:39Recently, I had the opportunity to go on a vacation with a group of friends. Five couples, and 2 of them had their daughters with them, ages 17 and 19, respectively. One day, while sitting on the beach, conversation…
2016-10-24 06:00:08I grew up in a small town in North Dakota. I’d say the population was around 16,000 to 18,000 back then. In a town that size, there aren’t a lot of celebrities, but there are generally a handful of…
2016-10-23 10:00:05 A billow of fruity vapour swirled around me as I waited to begin my morning commute. It smelled like peaches and reminded me of a smokescreen employed by the military but fused with a potent, aromatic flavour. I…
