![]() ![]() MY TAKE: This was in response to my stories, in general, and my novel, specifically. WORST: “Leave the slow reveal to the strippers.”-my MFA thesis director, Dale Ray Phillips I have to stay in front of people, and continue to publish stories in Cemetery Dance as well as the latest anthologies edited by Doug Murano, Michael Bailey, Joe Mynhardt, and others. That’s a new book about every other year. Add to that my writing: over 15 years penning four novels, and putting together four collections. I keep up with the most contemporary magazines and journals, and then find new, upcoming horror and literary offerings. I read almost every story that goes up on Tor.com. I read The Best Horror of the Year anthology (edited by Ellen Datlow) every year, and have for 15 years now. Nowadays I’m just as likely to read something by King as I am Catriona Ward, Ketchum as I am Brian Evenson, Lovecraft as I am Victor LaValle. But over the years my palette expanded, into fantasy and science fiction, the Beats, literary fiction, as well as neo-noir, new-weird, and other horror authors. Growing up I’d rather read book #30 by King than find a new voice. ![]() Here is some of the best and worst advice I’ve gotten over the years, and I how I have folded that all into my writing.īEST: “In order to be a writer, you must do two things-you must read, and you must write.”-Stephen King ![]() So over the years I’ve gotten a lot of advice about writing, from the masters Tweeting it out on Twitter, to my MFA professors, to my fellow authors. ![]()
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