Tag: scary

Horror week #005: “What are you afraid of?” Michael Slade

Aug 5, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, short stories, standing 8 count

8+ FEARS TO THINK ABOUT In October, 2005, I attended a session given by Jay Clarke, aka Michael Slade, horror/thriller novelist. The subject of the workshop was FEAR. Here’s a few of the notes I took: “No one ever lost money by offering readers a good ride to hell.” –Michael Slade –“Fear is the…
Horror week #004: VOICES make your horror fiction unsettling…

Aug 4, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, power punch, short stories, writing technique

As writers, we all have those little voices in our heads; they’re called characters. But voices in the head of your character can be downright creepy. Look at how Ronald Kelly makes it even worse by making an INTERNAL voice EXTERNAL in his novel, Blood Kin: Dudley Craven stared at the piece of wood…