Comics writer Jordan Patrick Finn on the Kickstarter for his upcoming graphic novel Death Kanji, the influence of Lovecraft, and his love for Kurosawa’s samurai. Jordan Patrick Finn is an indie comic writer and Lovecraft enthusiast from Ajax, Ontario. His debut graphic novel, Hellcraft, was self-published in 2018 with help from Kickstarter. Death Kanji, a samurai horror […]
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Thriller Author Andrew Pyper On Writing Outlines
While I was in Toronto launching my new book, The National Gallery, I sat down at The Drake Commissary with thriller author Andrew Pyper to discuss the process of writing his novels, specifically how he creates and makes use of story outlines. Pyper’s latest novel is The Homecoming, a genre-blending thriller with science fiction and […]
Writing in a Haunted House II: The Reckoning
This week I join the crew of writers for FANTASMAGORIANA 2: David Demchuk, Jess Landry, J.H. Moncrieff, and Adam Petrash as they prepare to sleep overnight at a haunted Victorian mansion on Friday the 13th during a full moon as part of the celebrations for THIN AIR: THE WINNIPEG INTERNATIONAL WRITERS FESTIVAL. THIN AIR is […]
Leatherface Sonnets
or, What Can Writers Learn from Leatherface? Want some sonnets about Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre? TRICK QUESTION! BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Below, you’ll find the text for my talk on horror and writing, what we writers can learn from Leatherface of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre fame about being an artist. You can also […]