Monthly Archives: August 2011

Sketchy Bits with Sally Bosco

Sally Bosco closes out our Many Genres, One Craft interview series. A writer of dark fiction, she finds her place in an area not well explored in the horror genre: Young Adult fiction. And what do many teenagers enjoy these day? Manga. So join us as Sally tells us about horror’s role and perception in both the YA and Manga audiences as well as few other tid bits on women writer of horror and horror’s relation to paranormal romance.

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Ecto Bits with Scott A. Johnson

Novels, short stories, articles, non-fiction books, Scott A. Johnson does it all. From zombies to demons, he writes it all and writes it well. As both a teacher and mentor in the Seton Hill Writing Popular Fiction program, he helps the next generation of horror writers learn the chops of creating effective, engaging stories. So let’s see what he has to say about realism, literary merit, ghosts, and the ever popular zombie.

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Dead Bits with Tennessee Hicks

Today we have an man that has as many pen names as a Sopranos character has aliases. Under the name Tennessee Hicks he writes Urban Fantasy, one of those genres that have the DNA horror if it realizes it or not. He has written some horror stories as well, especially under the name R. M. Haag. Lets see what he think the vital stats of the Horror genre are and how the genre effects his writing.
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Survey Results Through July 2011

We have created a new page for past results if you wish to see the progress.