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Activated Authors is an online author community centered around principles of healthy productivity, community, and shared knowledge. Founded by international bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, and author coach, Daniel Willcocks, the group aims to help authors and creatives of all levels achieve their creative goals and thrive as part of a healthy, positive community.
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Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
On today’s show, we forego the usual Great Writers Share format, as we turn off the lights, ignite some candles, place our Jack-o-Lanterns in the windows and invite the monsters in for a special Halloween episode of, what our guests have lovingly dubbed, the Great Writers Scare podcast.
The premise is simple. Four horror writers. Ninety minutes of unfiltered time to discuss all things horror writing. But who are these other three writers, you might be wondering.
Joining Dan today we have one of our regular co-hosts, sci-fi and horror author, John Crinan, as well as two powerhouses in the horror community. I’m excited to welcome back to the show, the founder and host of the This Is Horror podcast, Michael David Wilson, and to say hello for the first time to his glamorous (but haunting) co-host, Bob Pastorella.
In this episode we go deep into:
- Why do we write horror?
- Our earliest horror experiences
- Why are we not repulsed by horror?
- What has 2020 brought to horror, and how has the pandemic shaped writers of the genre?
- Michael and Bob’s new book, “They’re Watching"
- Michael and Bob’s collaboration process when writing the book
- John Crinan’s story as featured on Hawk & Cleaver’s “The Halloween Horrors of Mill Lane” limited series
- The Other Stories anthology, edited by Daniel Willcocks
Find out more about Dan, John, Michael, and Bob:
https://www.michaeldavidwilson.co.uk/
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/about/staff/bob-pastorella/
Links from the show:
Michael’s Interview on the show: https://pod.link/1473869415/episode/NmM2NWRjMTctZDA3Yy00Y2VlLWI0N2MtMTA5NDMxODQ2MTlm
Michael and Bob’s, "They’re Watching": https://books2read.com/u/4A7YGd
Michael David Wilson’s, "The Girl in the Video": https://books2read.com/u/b5krzR
Bob Pastorella’s "Mojo Rising": https://books2read.com/u/m2Mvn7
Chuck Palahniuk’s “Guts”: http://readfulltext.blogspot.com/2013/10/guts-by-chuck-palahniuk.html
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067341/
Night of the Living Dead: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/
Poltergeist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/
Stephen King’s “Cujo”: https://books2read.com/u/bQd9Xd
An American Werewolf in London:
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