Featured Interview: Horror Author J.F. Gonzalez

My special guest this Halloween is horror writer J. F. Gonzalez, author of several acclaimed novels of terror and suspense including Clickers (with Mark Williams), Clickers II: The Next Wave (with Brian Keene), Survivor, Bully, Fetish, and many others, as well as over sixty short stories and numerous articles. Gonzalez was kind enough to take [...]

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Interview with Joan de la Haye, author of Shadows

My guest today is horror author Joan de la Haye. She was kind enough to answer my questions about her work and writing life. Visit her at www.joandelahaye.wordpress.com. Welcome, Joan!

Tell us, what type of writer are you—the one who experiences before writing, like Hemingway, or the one who mostly daydreams and fantasizes?
I think I’m a [...]

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My Interview at Vampire Wire

Hi all,
I was recently interviewed by NY Times Bestselling author Marta Acosta on her popular blog, Vampire Wire.
The link is http://www.vampirewire.blogspot.com
I’ll be giving away two free copies to two lucky winners who leave a comment.
Thanks in advance! It’s nice to be the interviewee once in a while
Best,
Mayra

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Interview with A.F. Stewart, author of Chronicles of the Undead

Touring the blogosphere this month of February is fantasy author A.F. Stewart. Her book, Chronicles of the Undead, tells the story of three generations of one family and their dark connection to the realm of vampires. Visit the author’s blog at: http://www.squidoo.com/undeadchronicles
Q: Thanks for this interview. Why don’t you begin by telling us a [...]

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Guest Post by Bruce Skye, author of GRAYRIDER

Writing a first novel is like throwing dice; you never know how you’ll be received by the reading public when you’re published. So how can a writer guarantee he or she will get readers? There are several ways of doing that.
I believe you need to have in-depth characterizations of the protagonists. Explain [...]

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On the Spotlight: C. A. Milson, author of THE CHOSEN

Today my guest is author C. A. Milson, whose book, The Chosen, was recently released by Amira Press and will soon be translated into Russian. Milson has traveled extensively all over the world. His expeditions have taken him to such places as Australia, New Zealand, Russian, China, Japan and Canada. His second novel, Bloodline Of [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Bill Sherman, Commentator and Comics Review Editor at Blogcritics Magazine

Pop culture critic, blogger and commentator Bill Sherman is the founder of Pop Culture Gadabout, a blog focusing on comics, music, TV and film criticism. He's also the Comics Review Editor at Blogcritics Magazine. In this interview, Sherman talks about his blog, the reason why zombies are the 'hard-core champions' of all horror fiends, and what's popular in horror books [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with C. Sanchez-Garcia, author of Mortal Engines and The Color of the Moon

C. Sanchez-Garcia is the author of the novellas, Mortal Engines and The Color of the Moon. This latter ghost story was deeply influenced by the famous, old Japanese ghost story of 'Hoichi The Earless'. In this fascinating interview, Garcia talks about his work, the Japanese influence, and compares the Kwaidanshu ghost stories of the East to the traditional Western ones.
Tell [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Del Howison, owner of Dark Delicacies Bookstore

Dark Delicacies is located in Burbank, California. Run by Del and Sue Howison, this popular horror bookstore has been featured in the Sci-Fi Channel, The New York Times, Daily News, Fangoria and Bookcase magazines. Besides books, the store sells gifts, dvd's, signed first editions, and scary novelties for the horror enthusiast. Here to talk about the store [...]

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Halloween Festival: Interview with Mark LaFlamme, author of The Pink Room, Vegetation, and DIRT: An American Campaign

Mark LaFlamme is an award-winning crime reporter and columnist at the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine. His weekly column, Street Talk, where he often compares editors to bats, spiders, extraterrestrial slugs, and "other beings too diabolical to describe", has been named Best in Maine and Best in New England. In 2006, LaFlamme was named Journalist of the Year by the [...]

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