Questions 274: All About Horror - The Every Day Novelist

jdsawyer Nanocast May 14, 2017 May 10, 2017

Tristan asks:
“What advice would you give about writing horror?”

Resources Mentioned:
The Complete HP Lovecraft by HP Lovecraft
The Coffee Service by J. Daniel Sawyer
The Alien Quadrilogy
The Shoes I Wore This Morning by J. Daniel Sawyer
Sunday Morning Giraffe, A Lombard Alchemist Tale by J. Daniel Sawyer
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor
The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling
Down From Ten by J. Daniel Sawyer
The Society of Miserable Bastards by J. Daniel Sawyer
Grimm’s Fairy Tales

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After a childhood in academia, J. Daniel Sawyer declared his independence by dropping out of high school and setting off on a series of adventures in the bowels of the film industry, the venture capital culture of silicon valley, surfing safaris, bohemians, burners, historians, theologians, adventurers, climbers, drug dealers, gangbangers, and inventors before his past finally caught up to him. Trapped in a world bookended by one wall falling in Berlin and other walls going up around suburbia and along national borders throughout the world, he rediscovered his deep love of history and, with it, and obsession with predicting the future as it grew aggressively out of the past. To date, this obsession has yielded over thirty books and innumerable short stories, the occasional short film, nearly a dozen podcasts stretching over a decade and a half, and a career creating novels and audiobooks exploring the world through the lens of his own peculiar madness, in the depths of his own private forest in a rural exile, where he uses the quiet to write, walk on the beach, and manage a production company that brings innovative stories to the ears of audiences across the world. For news and free stories, sign up for his occasional newsletter. Or find his contact info, podcasts, and more on his home page at http://www.jdsawyer.net

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I found this incredibly helpful. I’d never thought of Lovecraft and environmental disaster stories on a continuum but it makes sense. Thank you!

Sarah

May 15, 2017 at 7:53 am 7 years ago

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