TIH 109: Writers’ Craft Talk: Best Writing Advice with 20 Writers

In this podcast twenty writers discuss the best writing advice they've received. Contributions from Stephen Graham Jones, Mercedes M. Yardley, Helen Marshall, Paul Tremblay, George Ttoouli, Nina Allan, David Moody, Jessica McHugh, John F.D. Taff, John C. Foster, David Bowles, Lisa L. Hannett, Bob Pastorella, Josh Malerman, Richard Thomas, Vincenzo Bilof, Jasper Bark, Sarah Langan, S. P. Miskowski  and This Is Horror Podcast Host, Michael David Wilson. Show Notes [02:15] Stephen Graham Jones [4:05] Mercedes M. Yardley [05:20] Helen Marshall [06:10] Paul Tremblay [07:35] George Ttoouli [10:15] Nina Allan [17:30] David Moody [20:00] Jessica McHugh [21:45] John F.D. Taff [24:35] John C. Foster [25:00] David Bowles [26:30] Lisa L. Hannett [31:40] Bob Pastorella [42:00] Josh Malerman [43:15] Richard Thomas [48:25] Vincenzo Bilof [50:05] Jasper Bark [53:20] Sarah Langan [54:00] S. P. Miskowski [55:35] Michael David Wilson/wrap-up About The Authors Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones is the author of fifteen novels and six collections. He really likes werewolves and slashers. Favorite novels change daily, but Valis and Love Medicine and Lonesome Dove and It and The Things They Carriedare all usually up there somewhere. Stephen lives in Boulder, Colorado. It’s a big change from the West Texas he grew up in. He’s married with a couple kids, and probably one too many trucks. Further listening TIH 094: Stephen Graham Jones on Story Revisions, Endings and Audio vs. Print Books TIH 092: Stephen Graham Jones on Werewolves, Mongrels and Common Writing Mistakes TIH 029: Stephen Graham Jones on Writing Fiction, Dialogue and Personal Development TIH 028: Thirteen by Stephen Graham Jones TIH 017: Stephen Graham Jones on What You Can and Can’t Learn From Creative Writing, Slasher Movies and Self-Doubt Mercedes M. Yardley Mercedes M. Yardley is a dark fantasist who wears red lipstick and poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of many diverse works, including Beautiful Sorrows, Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls, and the Bone Angel trilogy. She recently won the Bram Stoker Award for her story Little Dead Red. Mercedes lives and works in Las Vegas, and you can reach her at www.abrokenlaptop.com. Helen Marshall Helen Marshall is an award-winning author, editor, and bibliophile. Her poetry and fiction have been published in The Chiaroscuro, Abyss & Apex, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Tor.com and has been reprinted in several Year’s Best anthologies. Her debut collection of short stories Hair Side, Flesh Side (ChiZine Publications, 2012) was named one of the top ten books of 2012 by January Magazine and won the British Fantasy Sydney J. Bounds Award. Her second collection Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine Publications, 2014) won the Shirley Jackson Award and has been short-listed for the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award and the Aurora Award. Further listening TIH 063: Helen Marshall on Gifts for the One Who Comes After and Medieval Research TIH 062: Helen Marshall on Fantasy Genre Misconceptions, Clarion West Writers Workshop and Rules of Writing TIH 049: In The Year of Omens Written and Narrated by Helen Marshall Paul Tremblay Paul Tremblay is the author of the novels Disappearance at Devil’s Rock and A Head Full of Ghosts. His other novels include The Little Sleep, No Sleep till Wonderland, Swallowing a Donkey’s Eye, and Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn’t Fly (co-written with Stephen Graham Jones). Further listening