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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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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.
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Guests: Sarah Read
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Journal Stone, horror, Bram Stoker award,
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Owl Goingback has been writing for over thirty years and has released many types of fiction including numerous horror short stories and novels. He won the Bram Stoker award for best first novel and most recently the Bram Stoker Award for the best novel of 2019, Coyote Rage. We spoke about the novel, his writing process, and some of the things that led him into writing horror. Coyote Rage, Independent Legions Publishing, 2019
0:39 – Owl talks about why he wrote Coyote Rage.
2:26 – Owl talks about the Native American traditions he’s familiar with.
4:11 – Owl talks about Coyote Rage.
5:51 – Owl talks about the genre of his novel and the stories he heard growing up.
6:42 – Owl talks about traditional tales and storytelling.
8:30 – Owl talks about his writing process and what he writes about. He talks about the importance of books to him.
9:39 – Owl talks about how he got books when he was young.
12:07 – Owl talks about wanting to find Bigfoot and UFOs. He talks about an event that partially inspired his novel Crota.
13:39 – Owl talks about when he started writing fiction and what kept him writing fiction.
15:31 – Owl talks how he learned writing.
16:13 – Owl talks about all the pop shows that he likes.
18:26 – Owl talks about the music that goes with Coyote Rage.
19:12 – Owl talks about his writing process.
20:35 – Owl talks about whether his writing has changed after winning awards.
22:21 – Owl talks about horror ideas that might have been over the line.
24:17 – Owl talks about the classic monsters he loves the most.
25:58 – Owl talks about his time in the Air Force and also being a historic cemetery caretaker.
27:37 – Owl talks about Poe and Lovecraft.
29:18 – Owl talks about the the things he liked when he was young such as lost civilizations.
32:08 – Owl talks about Aztecs and Native Americans.
33:19 – Owl talks about his new monster anthology.
40:29 – Owl can be found at owlgoingback.com, @ogoingback on twitter, and on facebook.
https://www.independentlegions.com/store/p148/coyoterage.html
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For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.
Guests: Owl Goingback
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Independent Legions, horror, fiction, Stoker award,
Check the book out here https://amzn.to/2MdOm72
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.