2024-02-24 09:00:17 What inspired you to start writing? I’ve always been interested in telling stories, be it verbally or through poems, I even wanted to do comic books at one point. I wasn’t huge on reading outside of comics when…
2024-02-23 14:00:34 What inspired you to start writing? Reading. I read a lot. And eventually, I started wondering if I could recreate the things I loved so much about reading. My earliest writing was just for fun—meant for myself, friends,…
2024-02-22 09:00:43 What inspired you to start writing? I started writing as a kid. While there was no single catalyst, I was largely inspired by online writers posting their stories to personal blogs (all the way back in the…
2024-02-21 23:55:22 The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Final Ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with more than 2,000 members.…
2024-02-21 15:44:53 What inspired you to start writing? It was simply fun. I was young when I first started making up stories, maybe 7 or 8 years old and when I won a writing contest in 4th grade and was…
2024-02-20 09:00:40 What inspired you to start writing? When I was pregnant with my kiddo I was terrified of losing my identity as a person and being reduced to little more than an incubator for the next generation. So…
2024-02-19 17:00:21 What inspired you to start writing? I got started in fourth or fifth grade and had some teachers encourage me as I got older, letting me know in one way or another that I was good enough…
2024-02-18 09:00:16 What inspired you to start writing? I’m from a storytelling family and culture. Exchanging stories at family gatherings, as we go about our chores, as we’re spending time together at the end of the day. We’ve always…
2024-02-17 17:00:23 What inspired you to start writing? I was inspired to start writing by seeing the 1999 movie The Mummy. I had made two horror movies but, they were low-budget and nowhere near the scope of the story…
2024-02-15 09:00:06 By Tom Joyce Horror authors are fond of setting their stories amid dark, twisty hallways full of potential perils lurking around every corner. Maybe it’s a matter of “write what you know,” because that’s how the business can…