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Let’s talk about a unique, but often ignored, sub-genre of fiction: American Horror.

It might be argued that American Horror begins with Ye Olde Master, Edgar Allan Poe, himself who wrote some of it and lived too much of it. Whatever the beginnings (which you can argue about in your next term paper), American Horror is [...]

Working Out A Story

Taking the 59th street exit on the FDR in Manhattan, you usually get caught in red-light eddy between two tall buildings for what may seem like minutes, but is probably just 20-30 seconds (this is Manhattan, after all).

One access point to and from the apartment building on the left is across a footbridge over the eddy [...]

Aristotle’s Poetics

A couple of months ago,  I riffed on a Locus interviewee’s  comments about writing, and this month, well, I’m going back to the well but this time it’s john Crowley and, well, it’s john Crowley…

In the January 2010 issue of Locus, John Crowley talked about writing and how he teaches, and said the following:

“When I [...]

Heated Poo

Beware of Fonts

Never Write Something That Will Hurt Somebody

 

 

 

Always Givey a Finall Look afore You Go To Print…

 

Horror Homemaker Tip # 657

You Never Know What You Just Said.

If you are someone who knows how to read, a good rule of thumb is to read what you’ve written before others read it. Here are [...]