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How a spider queen won a Bram Stoker award for her first novel with Sarah Read
Check the book out here https://amzn.to/2Naauis
Interview Timeline
Sarah Read is author of the 2019 Bram Stoker award for best first novel. She’s also a librarian and a fiction editor. We spoke about her novel, her gothic interests, her editing and ghost writing work, and her passion for fountain pens. Bone Weaver’s Orchard (Journal Stone, 2019)
0:42 – Sarah talks about why she wrote this book.
1:24 – Sarah talks about the details of the book.
3:14 – Sarah talks about her spiders.
3:46 – Sarah talks about research she did for the book.
6:11 – Sarah talks about how much she knows the history of the period of her book.
8:17 – Sarah talks about the horror atmosphere of her book. Then she discusses the things that inspire her.
9:59 – Sarah talks about her love of books.
11:38 – Sarah talks about the sound qualities of the book.
12:28 – Sarah talks about her writing process.
14:30 – Sarah talks about using a computer to finish her drafts.
16:38 – Sarah talks about what winning an award affected her writing.
20:00 – Sarah talks about post-WWII horror. She also discusses her next two novels.
21:29 – Sarah talks about Pantheon magazine and its hiatus.
22:23 – Sarah talks about her editing work.
23:32 – Sarah talks about teaching literature. She talks about her grandmother instilling a love of Gothic literature.
25:32 – Sarah talks about how she started writing.
27:08 – Sarah talks about her poetry.
28:51 – Sarah talks about ghostwriting.
32:06 – Sarah talks about underwriting her drafts.
35:34 – Sarah talks about how to balance the elements of her novel.
37:41 – Sarah talks about the lyricism of her writing.
39:13 – Sarah talks about epic fantasy writing.
42:49 – Sarah talks about wanting ghosts to be real when she was young.
46:38 – Sarah recalls growing up around wilderness areas.
49:01 – Sarah talks about the publishing process.
53:03 – Sarah can be found on twitter and instagram @inkwellmonster and inkwellmonster.wordpress.com. She also talks about her interest in fountain pens.
55:43 – Sarah talks how she writes with her fountains pens and using blotting paper.
Links of interest
https://journalstone.com/bookstore/the-bone-weavers-orchard/
https://inkwellmonster.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/inkwellmonster
https://www.instagram.com/inkwellmonster/
Contact Information
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Guests: Sarah Read
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Journal Stone, horror, Bram Stoker award,
Check the book out here https://amzn.to/2Naauis
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