Owl Goingback interview about his horror novel “Coyote Rage” (Independent Legions Publishing, 2019) – youtube

I spoke with Owl Goingback about his Bram Stoker award winning novel “Coyote Rage”.  You can watch the video version of the interview here:

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Cris Alvarez Full Contact Nerd Interviews

How a spider queen won a Bram Stoker award for her first novel with Sarah Read

Sarah Read Bone Weaver's Orchard

How a spider queen won a Bram Stoker award for her first novel with Sarah Read

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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://amzn.to/2Naauis

https://journalstone.com/bookstore/the-bone-weavers-orchard/

https://inkwellmonster.wordpress.com/

https://twitter.com/inkwellmonster

https://www.instagram.com/inkwellmonster/

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Guests: Sarah Read

Host: Cris Alvarez

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