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How the evil and the dead may save the world in a new horror novel with Jonathan Janz

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Interview Timeline

Jonathan Janz has written over a dozen novels focusing on horror. He recently recently the post-apocalyptic horror novel “The Raven”. We spoke about the book and his writing process. The Raven (Flame Tree Press, 2020)

0:31 – Jonathan talks about why he wrote “The Raven”.

2:17 – Jonathan discusses the genres he used in the novel.

4:41 – Jonathan talks about mixing genres in other novels.

5:57 – Jonathan talks about how he presents his monsters.

7:16 – Jonathan talks about why he set The Raven in a post-apocalyptic setting.

9:15 – Jonathan talks about researching the science aspects of his novel with a scientist friend of his.

12:55 – Jonathan goes into whether his monsters or more science based or magical.

14:44 – Jonathan talks about being inspired by Josh Malerman, writer of Birdbox, and Ryan Lewis who helped produce the movie.

18:00 – Jonathan talks about cheesy horror films.

20:40 – Jonathan discusses Karate Kid.

21:45 – Jonathan said The Raven might have a Junkie XML soundtrack or an Ennio Morricone one.

22:57 – Jonathan talks about his approach to writing.

24:50 – Jonathan talks about what makes horror.

27:14 – Jonathan talks about a play he thinks is horror but no one else properly does.

30:30 – Jonathan talks about Salem’s Lot.

32:16 – Jonathan talks about his writing process.

34:25 – Jonathan talks about how rough his editing process is.

36:12 – Jonathan talks about what he edits in his work.

38:52 – Jonathan talks about the complexities of his characters in relation to other characters.

42:29 – Jonathan talks about how he maps his characters and he talks about how he teaches film history.

45:13 – Jonathan talks about how his writing has changed over time.

49:36 – Jonathan talks about overwriting his novels.

51:47 – Jonathan talks about how quickly he writes.

53:53 – Jonathan talks about being a big Star Wars fan and loving the Neverending Story.

59:57 – Jonathan talks about working with deadlines.

1:04:20 – Jonathan can be found at twitter @jonathanjanz and on instagram @jonathan.janz

Links of interest

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https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.janz/

https://twitter.com/JonathanJanz

Contact Information

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Guests: Jonathan Janz

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, podcast, Flame Tree Press, horror,

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