In the chilling movie Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, a group of teenagers stumbles upon a haunted house, only to discover a book filled with terrifying tales. It is penned by Sarah Bellows (Kathleen Pollard), a tortured young girl whose dark secrets have lived on through her sinister ...
That sounds like a unique collection of stories, for sure. Do you keep a notebook or file of potential story ideas? If so, how many do you think you actually end up using? The short answer is “no.” My relationship with the muse is not a sunny one; I have to wrestle her for i...
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book (and ninth written), for which to satisfy my agent I needed to rewrite half of it, one of the two main POV characters,twice, the first time basically from scratch. “It’s good, John, but it doesn’t belong in this bookat all.” (And then, for my editor, I had to write...
Helter Skelter is a 1976 TV film based on the 1974 book by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry. In the United States, it aired over two nights. In some countries it was shown in theaters with additional footage. The movie is based upon the murders committed by the Charles Ma...
Her advice to writers who’d like to follow in her footsteps is to keep working on new ideas, like Andy Warhol recommended years ago—always go on to your next work. “Don’t get married to your first book or idea. Write your first book, put it in a drawer, and then write your ...
While this book does have a horror feel, it is not overly scary. The suspense and thriller vibes come through more than the horror and as the author brings the story to a climax these vibes continue and increase along with the pace of the story. ...
each reacting to Margot’s appearance in an unexpected way. One of my favorite elements of this book is the characterization of Margot and her new friend Tess, foils in ideas and influences. Margot sees the world through the eyes of someone living a tragedy, unable to get a firm grasp on...
often not returning home until the wee hours of the morning. Leaving our dark and eerily deserted Manhattan office near dawn and venturing out onto the silent—yet unawakened —streets of midtown, I used to feel like Tanith’s heroine fromThe Birthgrave, her first DAW book: a woman emerging...
Excerpt from Midnight's Edge: The Secrets of Sleepy Meadows Book 1 Chapter 1 It would soon be Midnight’s Edge or ME as the witches call it, a time of the night when the veil between the living and dead disappears. My name’s Shelly Hawkins-Wickcliff, and I live in the Wickcliff ...