Ready to finish the novel strong? Good! It’s time to wrap up your novel … but how do you do it? The answer lies in one important phrase: “Until finally …” Provide your audience with […]
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Steven Graham Jones’ Ethereal Slasher
I’ve been dying to write about Stephen Graham Jones’ book, The Only Good Indians. The problem is, every time I start writing about something specific, someone else gets to it first! That’s the downside with such […]

The Terror Feels REal!
In this week’s column on Suspense Magazine, I write about Alma Katsu’s The Deep and delve into the benefits of research when writing fiction. Katsu is a fantastic writer, and the details she puts into […]

Writing the Dinner Scene
I have a new blog post up on Suspense Magazine featuring Rachel Harrison’s awesome book, The Return. I also have a writing activity that teaches you how to create a “dinner scene” in your stories! […]

Ranking the Josh Malerman Novels
I can now state that I’ve read all of Josh Malerman’s major novels and consider myself a fan. And while I liked the Netflix adaptation of his seminal work, Bird Box, I can very honestly […]

The Power of Language
I’ll start posting regularly from now on, but something today caught my eye that I find really, really fascinating. You can read the text above, which of course comes from Donald Trump, the human Cheeto […]