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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Next up, it was a crowded room for another horror writer who needs no introduction</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">—</span>Stephen King famously called him the scariest man in America<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">—</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/90070.Jack_Ketchum" target="_blank">Jack Ketchum</a>, who read a selection from <i>The Woman</i> and answered some questions from eager fans about his own writing process, the origins of his pseudonym, and the film adaptations of his works.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">As writers rushed off to the Self-Editing for Fiction Writers workshop led by the Editorial Department's resident horror editor, RJ Cavender, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/52050.Brian_Keene" target="_blank">Brian Keene</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58997.Edward_Lee" target="_blank">Edward Lee</a> gave entertaining back-to-back readings, which made for one hell of a two-hour reading line-up. Still, the most fun was seeing all three horror writers on the previous night's panel, “The Book Was So Much Better! </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Film Adaptations of Books,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">” which, incidentally, saw Jack Ketchum and John Skipp doing an impromptu interpretive dance, which was delightful ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7581.Kelley_Armstrong" target="_blank">Kelley Armstrong</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1419586.Maurice_Broaddus" target="_blank">Maurice Broaddus</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20561.F_Paul_Wilson" target="_blank">F. Paul Wilson</a> answered some fascinating questions from moderator Bailey Hunter about the state of young adult fiction in horror and dark fantasy </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">on the "Why Strangers Have the Best Candy" panel</span>, and recounted their own experiences of what led them to make the foray into the wildly popular and massively successful category. Ms. Armstrong made some particularly insightful contributions to the conversation, including the importance of not pandering or talking down to the teen audience or assuming that they wouldn't understand certain references, as well as the heightened and infectious level of excitement that teen readers exhibit in a way that's very different from adults. Maurice Broaddus referenced his work with special needs students and his experiences with his own sons as being vital to the formation of his young adult works, while F. Paul Wilson pointed to the challenges of getting into the head of a thirteen year-old and consulting his daughters about the pop culture of the early 80s for authenticity to his young Repairman Jack novels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Those in the mood for thrills and chills went to the Alien Autopsy presentation by Pat MacEwan, while others flocked to make-up and FX artist Mike McCarty's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">“Zombie Effects: The Make-up of The Dead!” and reveled in the experience of getting some professional zombie make-up to showcase for the rest of the day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Con attendees flocked to the dealer's room for the mass signing to get their books signed by some favorite authors, new authors, and to stock up on the best horror fiction up for grabs during the weekend. <a href="http://www.samhainpublishing.com/horror.htm" target="_blank">Samhain Horror</a> authors had a particularly good experience with many authors selling through the stock they brought. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5623119.Adam_Cesare" target="_blank">Adam Cesare</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4979171.Damien_Walters_Grintalis" target="_blank">Damien Walters Grintalis</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1150022.Brian_Moreland" target="_blank">Brian Moreland</a> were among the Samhain authors present at the con.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4986622.Monica_J_O_Rourke" target="_blank">Monica O'Rourke</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/457301.Adam_Pepper" target="_blank">Adam Pepper</a> each did readings followed by Maurice Broaddus. The next panel, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">“Plots and Characters That Should Die! </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Clichés in Fiction that Make Readers and Editors Cringe,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">” was one of the best of the weekend as the discussion, moderated by the always fabulous and entertaining <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21719.Hal_Bodner" target="_blank">Hal Bodner</a>, kicked into high gear right away with panelists (including </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Don D'Auria, Robert Fleck, Gene O'Neill, John Skipp, Erik Williams, and Monica O'Rourke)</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> chiming in about tropes vs </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">clichés, when something becomes a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">cliché, and interestingly, the fact that even though writers are advised not to repeat them or imitate the writers who came before them stylistically and instead to find and show their own voices, readers still return to the tried and true </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">clichés and keep buying the books we all deride for the most part, because they're comfortable, safe, and people know what they're getting. There was a high level of audience engagement and some very intelligent questions with equally intelligent answers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4448495.Benjamin_Kane_Ethridge" target="_blank">Benjamin K. Ethridge</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1379428.John_Palisano" target="_blank">John Palisano</a>, Gene O'Neill, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Brad+Hodson" target="_blank">Brad Hodson</a>, and others took part in a touching tribute to</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/845097.Michael_Louis_Calvillo" target="_blank">Michael Louis Calvillo</a>, a bright and talented young author who we lost too soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Next up, the Creative Fiction Contest and the Gross-Out Contest both presented some interesting and highly entertaining pieces of fiction, with <a href="http://www.masonbundschuh.com/" target="_blank">Mason Bundschuh</a> taking home the prize for the former and this year's reigning World Horror Convention 2012 Gross-Out Champion <a href="http://www.jsreinhardt.com/about.html" target="_blank">Jason Reinhardt</a> winning the latter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Deadite Press/Cutting Block Press party came next with people having an absolute blast to cap off a jam-packed and intense but fun-filled second day at KillerCon 4.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After getting settled in yesterday and the KillerCon 4 Welcome Party sponsored by Samhain Books, attendees got this morning off to a great start with the Official Welcome to Our Guests of Honor, which kicked things into gear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20561.F_Paul_Wilson" target="_blank">F. Paul Wilson</a>, one of our author guests of honor, had a reading followed by a Q&A, which mainly focused on his short story contribution to the Richard Matheson anthology, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3547312-he-is-legend" target="_blank"><i>He is Legend</i></a>. He answered some questions about writing YA vs adult, and he mentioned that he would like to write a spy thriller but that it wouldn't be a James Bond type of thing. Another of our guests of honor, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/41749.William_F_Nolan" target="_blank">William F. Nolan</a>, also had an active and interesting reading and Q&A. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Next up, attendees crowded into the suite for the panel called "It's the End of the World as We Know It: Dystopian Fiction and the Appeal of the Apocalypse" with panelists <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1419586.Maurice_Broaddus" target="_blank">Maurice Broaddus</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/52050.Brian_Keene" target="_blank">Brian Keene</a>, and William F. Nolan. The tweets were definitely abuzz as panelists mentioned some of the reasons why they think dystopian fiction continues to grow in popularity and has endured for so long, mainly because when readers pick up such volumes, they remind themselves that things could be much worse. Although dystopian fiction generally has a bleak tone and worldview, people still want a happy ending and something to hope for. Several examples of the most effective dystopian horror fiction were mentioned, including <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11557.Swan_Song" target="_blank">Swan Song</a> </i>from Robert McCammon, as well as the beginnings of the sub-genre and the impact of science fiction elements. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the Hospitality Suite, guest of honor <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/620146.Mignon_Fogarty" target="_blank">Mignon Fogarty</a> hosted her "Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Fiction Writers" workshop to a dedicated bunch of enthusiasts while <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1157410.Cynthia_Vespia" target="_blank">Cynthia Vespia</a>, <a href="http://abrokenlaptop.com/" target="_blank">Mercedes M. Yardley</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3518965.Shane_McKenzie" target="_blank">Shane McKenzie</a> all did readings, all of which were excellent. Yardley read from her latest work, <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/tag/beautiful-sorrows/" target="_blank"><i>Beautiful Sorrows</i></a>, put out from Shock Totem while McKenzie, no stranger to Extreme Horror, read a tale from his twisted repertoire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the other interesting panels, "You're Doing it All Wrong! How we are All Fucking up the Genre and what we Can Do to Fix it," featured moderator <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51518.John_Skipp" target="_blank">John Skipp</a> with panelists Brian Keene, <a href="http://www.samhainpublishing.com/horror.htm" target="_blank">Don D'Auria</a>, F. Paul Wilson, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/90070.Jack_Ketchum" target="_blank">Jack Ketchum</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58997.Edward_Lee" target="_blank">Edward Lee</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7581.Kelley_Armstrong" target="_blank">Kelley Armstrong</a> discussing some interesting thoughts and getting into a lively discussion. Some of the reasons cited included the old guard isn't giving as much support to the writers coming up behind them, there has been a general soft-core approach to monsters in particular that has trivialized and romanticized them (although this has made them more popular with people who don't usually read horror), and that many self-published books fail to make the grade in terms of quality on many different levels and overwhelm an already saturated market in which writers must be more resourceful and hands-on than ever before. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Guest of honor and New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong hosted a reading and Q&A in which she read from both <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11918.Bitten" target="_blank"><i>Bitten</i></a>, her first Otherworld novel, and a recent short story she wrote for the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/" target="_blank"><i>Globe & Mail</i></a> newspaper. She answered questions about her writing process, what's it's like to be a woman writing in a very female-dominated sub-genre with urban fantasy, the challenges of writing for younger readers with her YA books, and more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">John Skipp showcased some of his directorial and producing skills by showing two short films and a trailer for another film he is working on, which led nicely into the panel, "The Book Was So Much Better!" about film adaptations of books in which moderator L.L. Soares led one of the most hysterical and most memorable panels. Speakers discussed the big screen adaptations of their works. Jack Ketchum, Brian Keene, Edward Lee, William F. Nolan, John Skipp, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1967515.James_Roy_Daley" target="_blank">James Roy Daley</a> and FX artist <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565425/" target="_blank">Mike McCarty</a> regaled the audience with tales of their experiences on-set, both good and bad. Although Lee joined in a bit late, he and Jack Ketchum related his experiences filming a scene for one film, as well as his connection to Lady Gaga. John Skipp mentioned <i>The Nightmare on Elm Street 5</i> and his work on that project while Brian Keene spoke about how the ending of <i>Ghoul </i>changed in the adaptation much to his chagrin. William F. Nolan lamented the unfortunate wardrobe choices made for the adaptation of <i>Logan's Run</i> but hopes the new one now in production will make some improvements. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Erotic Horror Fiction Contest also took place in the evening during which participants read their stories aloud and voted on the most titillating and frightening tale. Afterwards, an enthusiastic group gathered in the Hospitality Suite for the <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/" target="_blank">Shock Totem Press</a> party, which was definitely the hip and happening place to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="http://wordsofwrath.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Wrath James White</a></b> <span style="background-color: white;">is
a former World Class Heavyweight Kickboxer, a professional Kickboxing
and Mixed Martial Arts trainer, distance runner, performance artist, and
former street brawler, who is now known for creating some of the most
disturbing works of fiction in print. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wrath's two most recent novels are <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6962917-the-resurrectionist" target="_blank">The Resurrectionist</a></i></b> and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7189192-yaccub-s-curse" target="_blank">Yaccub's Curse</a></i></b>. He is also the author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5825416-succulent-prey" target="_blank">Succulent Prey</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8363498-everyone-dies-famous-in-a-small-town" target="_blank">Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485682.The_Book_Of_A_Thousand_Sins" target="_blank">The Book of a Thousand Sins</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2557348.His_Pain" target="_blank">His Pain</a></i></b>, and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5945404-population-zero" target="_blank">Population Zero</a></i></b>. He is the co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485684.Teratologist" target="_blank">Teratologist</a></i></b> (with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58997.Edward_Lee" target="_blank">Edward Lee</a>), co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3362510-orgy-of-souls" target="_blank">Orgy of Souls</a></i></b> (with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1419586.Maurice_Broaddus" target="_blank">Maurice Broaddus</a>), co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7694796-hero" target="_blank">Hero</a></i></b> (with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3362245.J_F_Gonzales" target="_blank">J.F. Gonzales</a>), and co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485683.Poisoning_Eros" target="_blank">Poisoning Eros</a></i></b> (with KillerCon co-founder <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/155791.Monica_O_Rourke" target="_blank">Monica J. O'Rourke</a>). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wrath lives and works in Austin, Texas with his two daughters, Isis and Nala, his son Sultan, and his wife, Christie. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Bailey Hunter</b> is a writer and book inset & cover lay-up designer who does graphic design for print and digital media, and has been professionally creating for corporate and personal requirements with nearly 20 years of experience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>R.J. Cavender </b>is the horror specialist editor at The Editorial
Department, an Associate Member of the Horror Writers Association<span class="msoIns">, </span>and the twice Bram Stoker nominated
editor of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>+Horror Library+</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>anthology series from Cutting Block
Press.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Horror Library IV<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(co-edited with Boyd E. Harris)
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Stoker-winning authors Jack Ketchum, Ray Garton, Ramsey Campbell, and Benjamin
Kane Ethridge. He is also a contributing editor at Dark Continents Publishing
and has worked closely with some of the most talented authors in the horror
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>WJW: </b>Well, KillerCon was at least partially my idea. I sort of stuck my foot in my mouth about how someone needed to start a writer’s convention in Las Vegas. That “someone” ended up being me with much needed help from Monica O’Rourke. </span></span></div>
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<b>BH: </b>RJ and I came on board near the end of Killercon 2 after seeing the effort and heart and soul Wrath was pouring into it given a major upheaval by the original venue. He had dedicated so much and it was clear support was needed. Being a west coast dweller, I saw the value of having such a con on the western side of the continent. Also, I saw it as an excellent opportunity to get some knowledge and experience under my proverbial belt should I want to submit a bid to have a bigger con come to Vancouver, BC in the future.</div>
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<b>RJC: </b>I had to miss the first KillerCon as I’d just landed a new job and I simply couldn’t take the time off work. So by the time I finally made it to Vegas for the second convention I was beyond stoked. And when I saw there was an opportunity to get involved with the convention, I decided since I live so close (in Tucson, AZ) and since an annual writers convention in Vegas is one of the best ideas I’ve ever heard of…well, it was a no-brainer for me. So I reached out to Wrath, asked Bailey if she’d be interested, and by KillerCon 3 I was setting up the pitch sessions and helping with Guest of Honor outreach. Best decision I ever made while drinking in Vegas. </div>
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<b>BH: </b>Lots of letters sent out back and forth first between the three of us as we threw several names in the hat, and then each of us reaching out to different prospective GoHs and seeing who responded. We were all quite pleased at the response–even though we did lose a couple at the last minute. Even with that, we were able to find stellar replacements. As far as getting the word out, it was a lot of Facebook posting, talking it up at other cons like World Horror in Austin, TX and using the large group of friends and ‘family’ in the community to help us spread the word.</div>
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<b>BH: </b>I’m really looking forward to the “Why Strangers Have The Best Candy: Writing Young Adult Novels” because more and more or our genre is reaching out to the youth market. I’m also looking forward to both Pat MacEwan’s and Mike D. McCarty’s panels. I’ll probably be sliding between the two. The last one I’m very excited for is on Sunday<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">—</span>“Why They Kill: The Psychology of Serial Killers” Q&A with Doctor Al Carlisle. He’s a clinical psychologist with first hand exposure and work with serial killers. I’ve always been fascinated with criminal psychology so I think it’s going to be a very intriguing panel.</div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>KC: </b>What’s the story with how you scored Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty, to come to the con? A grammar workshop isn’t exactly the first thing that springs to mind when one thinks of a horror convention, but is this a conscious effort to offer more to the large proportion of writers attending the event? </span></div>
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<b>BH: </b>That was a great score! The gents get accolades for that one. We are a writer’s con. Whether it’s novels, novellas, shorts or scripts, writing is the name of the game. We want to provide a well rounded convention experience where we are catering to knowledge and sharing of experience for writers of the dark genre. It is meant to be fun and informative. If you’re going to pay to come, it should be a worthwhile expense.</div>
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<b>WJW: </b>I’m a big fan of Grammar Girl’s series <a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/about-us/" target="_blank">“Quick and Dirty Tips for Fiction Writers.”</a> I often listen to it on the long, arduous journey to my day job. After the success of Mort Castle’s writing workshop at KillerCon3, I thought it made sense to bring in a leading grammarian to do a workshop. And since she’s one of the few I actually understand, it was an easy choice. </div>
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<b>RJC: </b>Wrath had asked me, after reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Self-Editing-Fiction-Writers-Second-Edition/dp/0060545690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347677035&sr=8-1&keywords=Self-Editing+for+Fiction+Writers" target="_blank"><i>Self-Editing for Fiction Writers</i></a> by Renni Browne (the book that my employer and company founder at <a href="http://editorialdepartment.com/" target="_blank">The Editorial Department</a> co-wrote with editor Dave King) if I’d be interested in adapting it into a workshop for KillerCon this year. Since I’ve been using the book as a personal editing bible for the last two years and have attended the SEfFW workshop locally, I thought it would be a fantastic addition to the convention. I accepted as soon as I got approval from the home office. In a nutshell, the SEfFW workshop will teach authors what editors are looking for and how to objectively fine-tune their writing to make it more appealing to acquisitions editors. It’s a great book and I’m exciting to be teaching it! </div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>KC: </b>You’re also bringing back Pat MacEwan who did the Forensic Blood Splatter event last year, and this time around, she’s doing an Alien Autopsy. Can you give us a sense of what that will be like? </span></div>
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<b>BH: </b>Pat is awesome. Her event last year was standing room only and we’re very happy to have her come back. She will be delving into what forensics would be like on some less-than-human anatomy, some of the potential differences and similarities, and there will be a slide show. Pat has a lot of surprises in store, and will likely have a few tricks up her sleeve.</div>
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<b>BH: </b>As we did last year, there will be a ‘Pre-Pitch Panel’ that will include all those who are taking pitches. It will be sort of a round table panel, in which each of those taking pitches will offer some tips and tricks on how to pitch and what they are looking for. RJ made this suggestion last year and it’s a great way to give those putting their work out there a helping hand and calmed a few nerves, too.</div>
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<b>RJC: </b>If you’re going to pitch to a market in particular, then you’ll want to research them and find out what sort of manuscripts they’ll be looking for. Familiarize yourself with their publications, come to the pre-pitch editorial panel on Saturday directly before the pitch sessions to hear the editors themselves talk about what they are looking for, bring a pen and paper for notes, and you should be fine. </div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>KC: </b>Besides casinos and the usual Vegas fare, do you have any sightseeing recommendations for KillerCon attendees while they’re in Sin City? </span></div>
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<b>BH: </b>I’m afraid I have no idea. I generally don’t leave the hotel during a con except on the last day–too much to do. Vegas is a playground, though, and I’m certain there is something for everyone whether it’s lounging by the pool, shopping, shows, a quick day trip to the Hoover Dam, or if you arrive early and want to kill a day, even a drive down to Area 51 (look to the hills for those cameras).</div>
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<b>WJW: </b>Last year, we rented a limo Sunday night and took a bunch of people to <a href="http://www.spearmintrhinolv.com/" target="_blank">Spearmint Rhino</a>. So, I can definitely recommend that place. Good, wholesome, family place. I wouldn’t recommend bringing the kids, though. Not unless they’re over 21. And I’m a foodie, so I have to talk about Vegas’s culinary delights. Around the corner from the Stratosphere hotel is a sandwich shop called <a href="http://www.capriottis.com/" target="_blank">Capriottis</a>. Best cheesesteaks outside of Philly. <a href="http://www.palms.com/" target="_blank">The Palms</a> hotel has one of my favorite sushi restaurants, <a href="http://www.palms.com/dining/las-vegas-little-buddha-sushi/" target="_blank">Little Buddha</a>. <a href="http://www.mandalaybay.com/" target="_blank">The Mandalay Bay</a> has an excellent French restaurant, <a href="http://lasvegas.citysearch.com/profile/41501360/las_vegas_nv/fleur_de_lys_mandalay_bay.html" target="_blank">Fleur de Lis</a>. </div>
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But you don’t have to leave the hotel if you want fine dining. <a href="http://www.topoftheworldlv.com/" target="_blank">Top of The World</a> restaurant is excellent. You can cut the steak with a butter knife and the mashed potatoes are exceptional. I proposed to my wife at Top of The World. There’s also an Italian place on the main floor of the hotel that has excellent carpaccio. </div>
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And if you’re not a foodie and you’re not in the mood to leave half your income in someone’s g-string, there are shows like <a href="http://www.newyorknewyork.com/entertainment/zumanity.aspx" target="_blank">Zumanity</a> at New York, New York, <a href="http://www.mgmgrand.com/" target="_blank">Imagine</a> at the MGM, <a href="http://www.bellagio.com/o-cirque-du-soleil/o-cirque-du-soleil.aspx" target="_blank">“O” at the Belaggio</a>, and of course our very own topless vampire extravaganza, <a href="http://www.stratospherehotel.com/Hotel/Nightlife/Shows/BITE-LAS-VEGAS" target="_blank">“Bite”</a> at the Stratosphere. We’re even giving out discount tickets to <a href="http://www.mgmgrand.com/entertainment/csi-the-experience.aspx" target="_blank">“CSI: The Experience”</a> in the goodie bags. </div>
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<b>RJC: </b>My biggest suggestion would be just to plan some extra time either before or after the convention for some sightseeing. We’ve got a <a href="http://killerconlv.blogspot.ca/2012/08/sign-up-now-for-flightlinez-at-fremont.html" target="_blank">zip-line event planned on Thursday night</a> and I’ll certainly be hitting the Vegas Strip on Sunday with a group, but like any convention…when it’s going on you’ll probably want to stick close to the convention hotel and not miss any of the programming and events. You simply can’t do Vegas in one night or one trip, so don’t try to. Make a list of a couple of things you’d like to do and plan them in to your itinerary so as to not to take you too far from the convention while it’s in full swing. Plus, there’s a lot to do at The Stratosphere hotel as well…and we’ve got free booze. </div>
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<b>BH: </b>Seeing old friends, making new friends and knowing that our guests are having a great time from the moment they get up to when they pour themselves into bed. This is what is most important to me. This is what makes it completely worthwhile. Thanks for your time and I can’t wait to see everyone again! </div>
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<b>WJW: </b>The sex. There’s always lots of sex at KillerCon. Vegas is just one sexy place. It may have something to do with all the alcohol— and the strippers. Did I mention Spearmint Rhino?</div>
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<b>RJC: </b>More than anything, I’m just looking forward to seeing all of our friends again this year, partying throughout the weekend, then following up and working on projects for the remainder of the year. </div>
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would like to thank Wrath, Bailey, and RJ for taking the time out
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will be involved in various events during KillerCon4, including the
pitch sessions, as well as conducting the Self-Editing for Fiction
Writers Workshop, both of which take place on </span><span style="color: #222222;">Saturday, September 22</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. For more information, please visit the </span><a href="http://killercon.com/Schedule_Events.html" style="background-color: white; color: #020cf8; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Schedule/Events page</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="http://www.briankeene.com/">Brian Keene</a> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Georgia, serif;">has won two Bram Stoker Awards, one in 2001
for the non-fiction work <em><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.briankeene.com/?p=11812"><i>Jobs
In Hell</i></a></span></em> and one in 2003 for his first novel <em><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216213.The_Rising"><i>The Rising</i></a></span></em>. He is also
the recipient of the 2004 Shocker Award for non-fiction for <em><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216216.Sympathy_For_The_Devil"><i>Sympathy for the Devil</i></a></span></em><i> </i>as well as many small and regional
awards. He has been featured in the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>The Village
Voice</em>,<em> Publishers Weekly</em>, CNN.com, The Howard Stern Show, <em>Rue Morgue</em> magazine, <em>Fangoria</em> magazine,
and participated in a documentary for the History Channel. David Letterman once
based a skit on a party at Keene’s home.<br />
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In addition to being a prolific writer, Keene is also a popular public speaker,
and has been invited to speak at a number of libraries, high schools,
bookstores, and conventions. He was also invited to speak at the Central
Intelligence Agency headquarters in 2006 and 2007.<br />
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In 2004, <em>The Rising</em> was optioned for film and videogame
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>BK: </b>I always enjoy meeting the folks who read my books, and shaking their hands and letting them know how much I appreciate their support, and hearing their thoughts on my various books. And it's always great to catch up with old friends, as well. Writing is like any other line of work. You have co-workers who you are friendly with or close to. But unlike other jobs, you really only get to see them at events like this. My least favorite moment is probably the bar tab that occurs after those first two things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714599/" target="_blank">Eric Red</a> is a Los Angeles based motion picture screenwriter, director and author. His original scripts include <i>The Hitcher</i> for Tri Star, <i>Near Dark</i> for DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, <i>Blue Steel</i> for MGM and the Western <i>The Last Outlaw</i> for HBO. He directed and wrote the crime film <i>Cohen and Tate</i> for Hemdale, <i>Body Parts</i> for Paramount, <i>Undertow</i> for Showtime, <i>Bad Moon</i> for Warner Bros. and the ghost story <i>100 Feet </i>for Grand Illusions Entertainment. He created and wrote the Sci-Fi/Horror comic series and graphic novel <i>Containment</i> for IDW Publishing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eric’s recent published horror and suspense short stories include “The Buzzard” in <i>Weird Tales</i> magazine, “Little Nasties” in <i>Shroud</i> magazine, “In the Mix” in <i>Dark Delicacies III: Haunted</i> anthology and “Past Due” in Mulholland Books’ Popcorn Fiction. His short stories “Colorblind” and “Curfew” will be appear, respectively, in an upcoming issue of <i>Cemetery Dance</i> magazine and the <i>Peep Show, Volume 2</i> anthology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His first novel, a dark coming-of-age tale about teenagers called <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15717430-don-t-stand-so-close" target="_blank"><b>Don’t Stand So Close</b></a></i>, was published in July.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>ER: </b>I was told about it through my publisher Paul Fry at <a href="http://sstpublications.co.uk/" target="_blank">SST Publications</a> who just released my first novel, <i><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15717430-don-t-stand-so-close" target="_blank">Don't Stand So Close</a></b></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>ER: </b>KillerCon’s reputation, the interesting line-up of guests, and a horror literary convention taking place in Las Vegas were impossible to resist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>ER: </b>The best thing that ever happened to me at a con was meeting my wife Meredith at the Austin Film Festival in 2001, where I was a panelist and she was a filmmaker in the short film competition. We’ve been together ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Conventions are generally a stimulating way to meet fans and socialize with colleagues in a more relaxed environment outside the business. My favorite conventions have been where the attendees come there to really get something out of it and make use of the panelists and guests. The traveling is occasionally a hassle but worthwhile as I’ve attended cons and festivals all over the world and in remote areas of the US. The only aggravation comes when the cons are disorganized, but that’s rarely the case.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>ER: </b>Seeing old friends and making new ones. And spending some time in Vegas, which is Disneyland for adults.</span></div>
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<i><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15717430-don-t-stand-so-close" target="_blank">Don't Stand So Close</a></b></i> , a strong YA thriller, just came out and has been getting some great reviews and press. It’s the best thing I’ve ever written and I hope that people who enjoy my films will give the book a chance because they won’t be disappointed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I begin shooting my next film, an epic horror western called <i>The Guns of Santa Sangre</i>, in New Mexico early next year. It’s based on my second novel and stars <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604747/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Dean Morgan</a>, from <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/" target="_blank">Watchmen</a></i> as the leader of trio of tough American gunfighters in 1880’s Mexico who go up against some very, very bad guys. It’s a rousing and scary shoot-em-up on a grand and supernatural scale.</span><br />
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rolling at KillerCon 4 in Sin City!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We know
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After all, how often do you get the chance to zip down the entire 800-foot length
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20, departing the Stratosphere Hotel at 7pm for Flightlinez (<a href="http://flightlinezfremont.com/faqs/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">425 Fremont St.</span></a>) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Interested
in taking the plunge but not sure if it's your thing? Check out this video that
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://www.repairmanjack.com/" target="_blank">F. PAUL WILSON</a></b> is the award-winning, bestselling author of forty-plus books and nearly one hundred short stories spanning science fiction, horror, adventure, medical thrillers, and virtually everything between. His novels regularly appear on the New York Times Bestsellers List. <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219418.The_Tomb_Adversary_Cycle_3_" target="_blank">The Tomb</a></i> received the Porgie Award from The West Coast Review of Books; <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219393.Wheels_within_Wheels" target="_blank">Wheels Within Wheels</a></i> won the first Prometheus Award. His novella <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5136972-aftershock-others" target="_blank">“Aftershock”</a> won a Stoker Award. He was voted Grand Master by the World Horror Convention and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America. He also received the prestigious San Diego ComiCon Inkpot Award and is listed in the 50th anniversary edition of <i>Who's Who in America</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">In 1983, Paramount rendered his novel <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62571.The_Keep" target="_blank">The Keep</a></i> into a visually striking but otherwise incomprehensible movie with screenplay and direction by Michael Mann.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219418.The_Tomb_Adversary_Cycle_3_" target="_blank">The Tomb</a></i> has spent nearly 20 years in development hell at Beacon Films (“Air Force One,” “Thirteen Days,” etc.) as “Repairman Jack.” The plan is to make Repairman Jack a franchise character. Godot might arrive sooner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Over nine million copies of his books are in print in the US and his work has been translated into twenty-four languages. He also has written for the stage, screen, and interactive media. His latest thrillers, <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10866880-the-dark-at-the-end" target="_blank">The Dark at the End</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219412.Nightworld" target="_blank">Nightworld</a></i> star his urban mercenary, Repairman Jack. <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8726518-jack" target="_blank">Jack: Secret Vengeance</a></i> is the last of his YA trilogy about Repairman Jack as a teen. Paul resides at the Jersey Shore and can be found on the Web at <a href="http://www.repairmanjack.com/">www.repairmanjack.com</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> What made you say yes to being a special guest at KillerCon 4?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>FPW:</b> Repairman Jack crosses a lot of genres so I attend a lot of cons. There's a dark fantasy element, so I've got readers at horror and fantasy cons. The crime/thriller elements allow me to participate in <a href="http://www.thrillerfest.com/" target="_blank">Thrillerfest</a> and <a href="http://www.bouchercon.info/" target="_blank">Bouchercon</a>. A lot of romance readers have the hots for Jack, and so I've become a regular at the <a href="http://www.rtconvention.com/" target="_blank">Romantic Times Booklovers</a> con. Killercon is a sort of cross-genre con, so I sort of feel I belong there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>FPW: </b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219412.Nightworld" target="_blank">Nightworld</a></i> was out in May and <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539179-cold-city" target="_blank">Cold City</a></i>–the first in the Repairman Jack Early Years trilogy</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">–</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">will be out in November. I just finished a novelette set in Pellucidar for an anthology of Edgar Rice Burroughs tributes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With more than 83 books and some 750 magazine and newspaper pieces to his credit, as well as having had his work selected for over 325 anthologies and textbooks, <a href="http://www.williamfnolan.com/" target="_blank">William Francis Nolan</a> is a one-man word factory. He is famous as the creator and co-author (with George Clayton Johnson) of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73654.Logan_s_Run" target="_blank">Logan's Run</a></i></b>– a best-selling SF classic that has become a part of our popular culture as a hit MGM film.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nolan has written two sequel novels, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084628.Logan_s_World" target="_blank">Logan's World</a></i></b> and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1101178.Logan_s_Search" target="_blank">Logan's Search</a></i></b>, and is into a third novel, <b><i>Logan's Journey</i></b>. He also wrote the pilot show for the Logan TV series. He plans a fourth Logan novel, to be written with <a href="http://jasunni.com/" target="_blank">Jason V Brock</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although he is the author of 13 novels, it is in his role as a short fiction writer for over 50 years that Nolan has helped craft modern horror. Joe R. Lansdale has called him “one of the greats of the horror-suspense field.” Stephen King has acknowledged Nolan as “an expert in the art and science of scaring the hell out of people,” and Ray Bradbury has spoken of Nolan’s ability “to create an atmosphere of ultimate terror.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nolan has also written extensively for TV and films. He is the screenplay co-writer of <i>Burnt Offerings</i>–and has scripted such classics as <i>The Turn of the Screw</i> and <i>Trilogy of Terror</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">WFN: </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I heard about it from Jason V Brock, who along with his wife, Sunni, takes me to many conventions. They convinced me that it would be fun and worthwhile. We attended last year and it was great. Las Vegas is always fun. I’ve been there many times.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">WFN: </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">It’s always a pleasure to be a guest of honor at a convention and this one is no exception. I think it will be even more fun since KillerCon is very intimate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">KC:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Can you share some amusing anecdotes from conventions past? Any great or legendary stories? What do you like and dislike most about conventions? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">WFN: </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I really like meeting people of a similar mindset. We all love the same thing. Some conventions seem to have the same types of panels over and over. Fortunately, KillerCon has a good variety and interesting speakers. If you want to hear some of my legendary stories, you’ll have to come see me at KillerCon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">WFN: </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Reconnecting with friends that I don’t get a chance to see beyond the conventions–and the parties!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">WFN: </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I’m working on ten books, and I’ve just finished a new short story. I’m not slowing down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">KillerConLV would like to thank William F. Nolan for taking the time out of his jam-packed schedule to stop by for this interview! :-)</span></span></div>
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KillerConlvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03276079757022047821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813907364465070053.post-65842961526013630882012-08-17T20:39:00.000-04:002012-09-14T22:08:27.893-04:00KillerCon 4 Interview: Horror for Good<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">KillerCon 4 Interview with eds. Mark C. Scioneaux, R.J.
Cavender, Robert S. Wilson, and Boyd Harris, <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Good-Charitable-Anthology-1/dp/1475065361/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344712965&sr=1-1&keywords=horror+for+good">Horror
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>R.J. Cavender </b>is the horror specialist editor at The Editorial
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editor of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>+Horror Library+</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>anthology series from Cutting Block
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R.J. is a publishing
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Stoker-winning authors Jack Ketchum, Ray Garton, Ramsey Campbell, and Benjamin
Kane Ethridge. He is also a contributing editor at Dark Continents Publishing
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Boyd E. Harris</b> is the publisher for Cutting Block
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horror fiction. His books +<i>Horror Library+ Volume 3 </i>and <i>+Horror Library+ Volume 4</i> were nominated
for Bram Stoker Awards for best anthology, and his novella anthology <i>Tattered Souls 2</i> was nominated for a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Mark C. Scioneaux </b>is employed as an industrial hygienist by day and a horror writer
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is the author of numerous short stories
appearing in various anthologies. His short story, “The Demon in the Water,” is
published in <b><i>Dead Bait 3</i></b> by Severed Press. His newest short story, “The Lady with
Teeth Like Knives,” will appear in <b><i>Blood Rites</i></b> by Blood Bound Books. He
is also the author of the thrilling zombie novel, <b><i>Hollow Point</i></b>, and the
editor of the anthology <b><i>Bigfoot Tales</i></b>. His smash-hit
novelette, “The Glass Coffin” is available for download on Kindle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is the founder of <b><i>Horror for Good: A Charitable
Anthology</i></b>. Teaming up with Cutting Block Press, all revenues,
less direct costs for production, marketing and distribution, will be donated
to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. It features some of the biggest names in horror and several stars
on the rise. He is a co-owner of Nightscape Press, and a member of the Horror
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is a graduate of Louisiana State University
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Robert S. Wilson</b> is the author of the
critically acclaimed dystopian vampire novel, <b><i>Shining in Crimson: Empire of
Blood Book One</i></b> and a post-apocalyptic novella called <b><i>The
Quiet</i></b>. He is also one of three editors of the <b><i>Horror For Good</i></b>
charitable anthology series and the Editor in Chief of Nightscape Press.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://horrorforgood.blogspot.ca/">Horror for Good
Website</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Horror-For-Good-A-Charitable-Anthology/180686205341958">Horror
for Good on Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.amfar.org/">amfAR</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> How did
the original concept for <i>Horror for Good </i>come
about? Who came up with the idea to do this anthology?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS:</b> I remember it vividly. I was sitting inside the
break room for a local chemical plant where I do consulting, playing around on
Facebook, chatting with people and such. When I checked on a group I stay
active with, the Kindle Horror Books group, and I noticed the number of
talented authors, I thought it would be neat to put together a book of short
stories featuring them. Someone encouraged me to pursue the idea, and suggested
donating the proceeds to charity. That made the most sense and the idea was
born. Robert Shane Wilson approached me almost immediately and expressed
interest in doing this. A budding editor at the time, he knew how to format and
sell his own books. He was also a nice guy I had gotten to know through
Facebook conversations. It went from there, and we worked together to solicit
stories from well-known authors and set up a Facebook fan page, which became
quite popular. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> To say I came up with the idea is true, but I
never could have done it alone. If Robert hadn’t approached me to help, I doubt
it would ever have become the success it is today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RSW: </b>Mark for the win…The Kindle Horror Books
Facebook group for the rebound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> When did
Cutting Block Press come on as the publisher?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RJC: </b>Mark contacted me via Facebook and asked if I
might have a story to contribute to a charity project he was putting together.
It sounded like a great idea and it looked as though he’d already done a lot of
the heavy lifting and organization, so I said I’d like to get involved. I
rarely write fiction anymore, with most of my time devoted to editing, so while
I didn’t have a story to offer, I thought I’d lend a hand behind the scenes,
and I became a publishing consultant on the project, vowing to help them find a
publisher once the book was complete. But as I helped with outreach and
acquiring stories from authors with whom I’d worked before, I became more and
more aware of the fact that this was going to be a <i>fantastic</i> project—one I wanted to be more involved with personally.
At some point, I’d offered to help with the editing, and then as things took
shape I knew <i>Horror for Good</i> was a
project that would fit perfectly with <a href="http://cuttingblock.net/">Cutting
Block Press</a>. I’m so glad Boyd agreed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>BH: </b>RJ followed what Mark and Bob were doing for a
while and he kept me in the loop. I tend
to rely on his judgement when it comes to projects that might interest us. After he became really excited about the team
(Mark and Bob) and all their energy and knack for attracting attention to such
a great project and cause, he asked me if we should approach them. They were entertaining multiple publishers at
the time, but when I agreed with RJ that these guys could deliver the goods, we
asked if they’d like to meet. They
showed interest and we did a four-way conference call. We all hit it off and things blossomed from
there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mark and
Bob have since put together a very impressive publishing company of their own, <a href="http://www.nightscapepress.com/">Nightscape Press</a>, and it appears to
me that they are on track to becoming one of the next great small press options
for authors at any career point. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We feel
good telling authors that we work with in our anthologies to consider
submitting to Nightscape Press and I’m personally planning to submit work to
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> What were
everyone’s individual roles in the editorial capacity?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RJC:</b> It was the truest form of ‘group project’ I
think I’ve ever worked on, with all of us doing parts here and there and as
needed to get the job done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stories from well-known authors. Robert and I were nervous, and the project was
becoming much bigger than anticipated. I put out a feeler to various
publishers, and RJ responded with interest. Cutting Block Press and RJ Cavender
have a great name and reputation in the horror industry, and the chance to work
with them was a dream. RJ and I set up a phone conversation and it couldn’t
have gone better. We hit it off and talked for a few hours. RJ committed, but
as an editorial consultant at the time. As the anthology began to take shape,
and RJ began to work just as hard as Robert and me, it was only fair he was
brought on as the third editor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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roles, we never assigned any. We were all in charge of reading, editing, and
proofreading the accepted stories. This led to us reading the same stories at
least a dozen times each. It will be a little while before I can pick up <i>Horror for Good</i> and read it for
pleasure. I tried reading it once and I was literally reciting the stories from
memory! RJ had a large pool to pull from for story submissions, but Robert and
I also contacted people and sent emails. It was a total team effort. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RSW: </b>For the most part RJ, Mark, and myself had a
hand in each role except for a couple of minor details here and there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> How did
you go about getting the more established horror authors like Ramsey Campbell,
Jack Ketchum, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson to name a few?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS: </b>Simple—we asked. We were honest from the start
and told them what we were doing and what our intentions were. All the authors
readily gave a story and were happy to help. I’ll never forget the feeling when
Jack Ketchum gave us the story we had asked for—I was so excited I called RJ
immediately. Or the feeling I had when I opened my email and sitting there was
a story directly from Ramsey Campbell! I could feel my heart pounding in my
chest. We are editors and creators, but we are also fans, and when these titans
of the industry want to work with us, it’s a very humbling feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RSW: </b>We really just explained what we were doing and
asked. And they were very happy to contribute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RJC:</b> Sometimes all you have to do is ask. Everything
snowballed for us with each big new name we added. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> Did
everyone have a say in collaborating on the directions for the cover art? How
did the image of the hands placed together come about?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of artwork from his website that we wanted to use. I looked through and found
an image of hands together and thought it was perfect. They were initially
black and white and horizontal before I edited them and added the text we used
for the Facebook page. In fact, we almost didn’t use the image because of its
lack of color, but with some tweaking we were able to give it the red hue that
contributed to the finishing touch. At that point, Bailey Hunter, who has been
doing graphic design work for several years, swooped in and added the final
design with the border and the beautiful typography on the cover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> Mark, in
the introduction, you tell the story of your personal connection to amfAR. Was it
always the charity you had in mind for this anthology?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS:</b> From the beginning, I always wanted <i>Horror for Good</i> to contribute its
earnings to an AIDS charity. Christine Sutton, an author who helped us in the
beginning, set up a vote on our page where she listed three charities for our
followers to choose from—amfAR was among the choices, and my favorite. I’m glad
it won out. For me, it had to win, and I watched the votes closely. I wanted to
do this for my uncle, who passed away from AIDS complications in 2002, and I
was able to do it for him, and all those impacted by this horrible disease.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> Mark and
Robert, when you set out to do this anthology, what were your original goals?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS: </b>To put together a good book and prove to
ourselves that we could do this. It was a big challenge, and there were a few
times where we could have walked away before we went too deep, but we hung in
there. As a result, we came away with a great friendship and our publishing
company, Nightscape Press.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RSW: </b>Our
original goals were simply to put out a great anthology that would make lots of
money for amfAR.
I had been telling myself for a while before the idea even came about that if I
ever got involved in an anthology I was going to do all I could to make it the
best it could possibly be. So, when the chance presented itself, I put all my
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first came to me with the idea for <i>Horror
for Good</i>, I intended to help with a few things here and there. But when he
asked me to co-edit and assist with the Facebook page, I decided that if I was
going to be involved, it would be all in or nothing. So, all in I went. For me,
the fact that we were putting together a book to raise money for charity made
it even more important to ensure we made the best damn book we could.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> The
reviews that have come in so far are overwhelmingly positive. How does it make
you feel to see the fruits of your collective labors realized? </span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS</b>: It makes me feel so proud that people are
enjoying the book. How could they not? Have you seen the names in the table of
contents? <i>Horror for Good</i> features
some of the best in the business and a few people who are well on their way to
making a name for themselves. These writers all brought their A-game. Not only
does every reader who buys this anthology get a great book, but also they
donate to a great charity.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RSW:</b> Ecstatic! It’s great to see the book doing
well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>BH: </b>I’m also ecstatic. So many great and talented authors sent us
their cherished works and trusted us with them. The book, thanks to the authors
and the hard-earned efforts of the editors, Mark, R.J., and Bob, as well as the
reading team, has earned its acclaim.
With all that in place, I'm not surprised at all that the book is doing
so well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> <i>Horror for Good </i>has recently made it on
the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: purple;">®</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Reading List for 2012. How did
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS:</b> Proud. I remember looking at that list years
ago, and telling myself that one day, I would make my way on it. I did it. More
importantly, we all did it. It was a group effort, and it paid off. But more
importantly than any awards that the book could potentially win, we made numerous
friendships, which is something you can’t put a price on.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RSW:</b> It’s a huge honor for me to see <i>Horror for Good</i> on the list. However, my
biggest hope is that being on the reading list will translate into more sales
to contribute more funds to amfAR.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> You’ll be
selling the book in the dealer’s room at KillerCon and some authors will
actually be on hand to sign books in person, like Jack Ketchum. Will you have
special autographed copies available for people to purchase?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS:</b> We will have copies available for sale in the
dealer’s room, and people can collect autographs from the contributing authors
in attendance at KillerCon. We’re currently amassing as many autographs as
possible in four books. When we have enough, we will put them up for auction
and donate the proceeds to amfAR. We accumulated several autographs at the
World Horror Convention this year in Salt Lake City, and hope to get more at
KillerCon in Las Vegas, and even more at next year’s Bram Stoker Awards<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">®</span> Weekend Incorporating the World Horror Convention in New
Orleans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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think you’ll ever collaborate on another anthology? Is a second volume of <i>Horror for Good</i> in the cards?</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>MCS:</b> A second volume is certainly in the cards, but
right now we are taking a well-deserved rest. This book was a time consuming
monster, and when we gear up for the second one, we all have to be ready for
it. But I think it will happen.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>RSW</b>: When things calm down, we have every intention
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Hopefully. The team of Mark and
Bob have been a pleasure to work with and we have already begun talks about a
future collaboration between Nightscape Press and Cutting Block Press, and
possibly <i>Horror For Good </i>Volume
2. I think the only question that
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.samhainpublishing.com/author/don-dauria/" target="_blank">Don D'Auria</a> has worked in publishing for twenty-five years, most recently as executive editor at Leisure Books, where for fifteen years he directed their horror line. Born and raised in suburban New Jersey, he was the quintessential horror kid, growing up on a steady diet of TV’s Chiller Theater on Friday nights, Creature Features on Saturday nights, and horror novels and Famous Monsters magazine the rest of the time. After earning a master’s degree in English from Columbia University, he dove into publishing, where he’s been lucky enough to work in the genre he’s always loved. He is the recipient of an International Horror Guild Award for his contributions to the genre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don joined Samhain Publishing in January of 2011 and is very excited to be working for such an innovative company. He looks forward to bringing the best in horror fiction to his fellow fans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>KC:</b> How did you first find out about the KillerCon Convention and what were your initial thoughts about a horror convention held in Las Vegas? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>DD:</b> Actually, I first heard about KillerCon when <a href="http://www.wordsofwrath.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Wrath</a> [James White, <a href="http://www.killercon.com/" target="_blank">KillerCon</a> co-founder] was initially thinking about starting it, in the planning stages. I was editing a couple of his books at the time, and he asked me my thoughts. I thought Las Vegas would be a terrific setting, as it’s such a fun destination for so many people. I knew folks would love the idea of a convention in Vegas, but I warned Wrath it would be a huge amount of work to get KillerCon off the ground. Obviously he and the other organizers pulled it off well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>DD:</b> In just a couple years, KillerCon has developed a fantastic reputation as one of the best conventions. I literally have never spoken to anyone who’s attended a KillerCon who hasn’t raved about it. Everyone tells me it’s fun, low-key and still extremely professional. So how could I pass up this chance?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><b>DD:</b> I’ve been going to horror conventions for more than fifteen years, usually at least a couple each year, so obviously I’ve seen many… amusing things. But I’m too discrete to repeat them here. Sorry. Definitely what I like best about conventions is being able to meet and talk with people. It’s a great chance to chat with authors whose work I admire, and just as importantly to meet new authors. That’s one of the main reasons I go to conventions, to meet new authors and hear about their work. I’ve published quite a few books that I heard about in pitch sessions over the years, and even books that were described to me over drinks in the bar. I guess if there’s anything I dislike about conventions it’s the travel. I’m not big on eight hour flights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>DD:</b> There are so many things. The people, the parties, the panels, and Vegas itself. I hope I’ll get a chance to see the city a bit, though I usually don’t get much of a chance to leave the hotel at conventions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>DD:</b> This fall should be pretty exciting for Samhain readers. We’ll be increasing the number of novellas we
publish, with novellas from Hunter Shea and Greg F. Gifune. We’ll have full length novels from Ronald
Malfi, Brian Moreland, Nile J. Limbaugh, Peter Mark May, Maynard Sims and Aaron
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amazing Stephen Laws to the Samhain list.
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</span></span>KillerConlvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03276079757022047821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813907364465070053.post-92186859610739432882012-08-06T14:00:00.001-04:002012-08-06T14:00:58.847-04:00KillerCon 4 Interview: Jack Ketchum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.jackketchum.net/" target="_blank">Jack Ketchum</a> is a one-time actor, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk who credits his childhood love of Elvis Presley, dinosaurs, and horror for getting him through his formative years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Jack Ketchum’s first novel, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179734.Off_Season" target="_blank">Off Season</a></i></b>, prompted the Village Voice to publicly scold its publisher in print for publishing violent pornography. He personally disagrees but is perfectly happy to let you decide for yourself. His short story "The Box" won a 1994 Bram Stoker Award from the HWA, his story "Gone" won again in 2000</span></span><b style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">—</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">and in 2003 he won Stokers for both best collection for <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179739.Peaceable_Kingdom" target="_blank">Peaceable Kingdom</a></i></b> and best long fiction for <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250109.Closing_Time_and_Other_Stories" target="_blank">Closing Time</a></i></b>. He has written twelve novels, arguably thirteen, five of which have been filmed</span><b style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">—</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179735.The_Girl_Next_Door" target="_blank">The Girl Next Door</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179738.Red" target="_blank">Red</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179742.The_Lost" target="_blank">The Lost</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179737.Offspring" target="_blank">Offspring</a></i></b> and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9209879-the-woman" target="_blank">The Woman</a></i></b>, written with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4322990.Lucky_Mckee" target="_blank">Lucky McKee</a>. His stories are collected in <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/613256.The_Exit_at_Toledo_Blade_Boulevard" target="_blank">The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard</a></i></b>, <b><i>Peaceable Kingdom</i></b>, <b><i>Closing Time and Other Stories</i></b>, and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649548.Sleep_Disorder" target="_blank">Sleep Disorder</a></i></b>, with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58997.Edward_Lee" target="_blank">Edward Lee</a>. His horror-western novella <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649547.The_Crossings" target="_blank">The Crossings</a></i></b> was cited by Stephen King in his speech at the 2003 National Book Awards. Most recently, he was Grand Master for the 2011 World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas <i>and</i> a Guest of Honor at Killercon 3 in 2011. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">JK: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You mean aside from the partying? I'm one of those writers who really enjoys meeting his readers. I enjoy seeing the diversity</span><b style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">—</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">young, old, working-class, middle-class, from Goth to white-collar straight. Though I'm not sure anybody who reads me can be totally straight. I like to spend some time and listen to their stories, their personal stories, stories about how they came to my stuff, whatever. Once they figure out I don't bite, they often open up delightfully. And KillerCon isn't one of those massive cons where it feels like an assembly-line for autographs. It's big but not too big. You have a chance to chat a bit between signatures. Some personal contact. I like that.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">JK: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More of the same. That and hanging out with Paul Wilson, Brian Keene, Edward Lee, Bill Nolan, Eric Red and Don D'Auria</span><b style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">—</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">all great guys, the latter three of whom I haven't seen in a long time</span><b style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">—</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and meeting Kelley Armstrong.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">JK: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A book called <b><a href="http://www.jackketchum.net/2012/08/02/im-not-sam/" target="_blank">I'M NOT SAM</a></b>, two linked novellas written with Lucky McKee, with whom I wrote <b>THE WOMAN</b>, due out some time this year from Cemetery Dance. We think it's pretty disturbing. And a longish short story we also wrote together called <b>SQUIRRELY SHIRLEY</b>, out soon in <a href="http://midnightechomagazine.com/" target="_blank">Midnight Echo</a> magazine. <b>SHIRLEY 's</b> utterly ridiculous, a kind of fun throwback to my Stroup stories in <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Wheel-Sex-ebook/dp/B005HFLC82" target="_blank">BROKEN ON THE WHEEL OF SEX</a></b>. Lucky and I had a fine old time with all this stuff. Hope you do too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>KillerCon4 Interview</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">—</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Founders of KillerCon:</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Wrath James White and Monica O'Rourke</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://wordsofwrath.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Wrath James White</a></b> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is a former World Class Heavyweight Kickboxer, a professional Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts trainer, distance runner, performance artist, and former street brawler, who is now known for creating some of the most disturbing works of fiction in print. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wrath's two most recent novels are <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6962917-the-resurrectionist" target="_blank">The Resurrectionist</a></i></b> and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7189192-yaccub-s-curse" target="_blank">Yaccub's Curse</a></i></b>. He is also the author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5825416-succulent-prey" target="_blank">Succulent Prey</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8363498-everyone-dies-famous-in-a-small-town" target="_blank">Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485682.The_Book_Of_A_Thousand_Sins" target="_blank">The Book of a Thousand Sins</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2557348.His_Pain" target="_blank">His Pain</a></i></b>, and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5945404-population-zero" target="_blank">Population Zero</a></i></b>. He is the co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485684.Teratologist" target="_blank">Teratologist</a></i></b> (with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58997.Edward_Lee" target="_blank">Edward Lee</a>), co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3362510-orgy-of-souls" target="_blank">Orgy of Souls</a></i></b> (with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1419586.Maurice_Broaddus" target="_blank">Maurice Broaddus</a>), co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7694796-hero" target="_blank">Hero</a></i></b> (with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3362245.J_F_Gonzales" target="_blank">J.F. Gonzales</a>), and co-author of <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485683.Poisoning_Eros" target="_blank">Poisoning Eros</a></i></b> (with KillerCon co-founder <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/155791.Monica_O_Rourke" target="_blank">Monica J. O'Rourke</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wrath lives and works in Austin, Texas with his two daughters, Isis and Nala, his son Sultan, and his wife Christie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadlymojo" target="_blank">Monica O'Rourke</a> </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">has published more than one hundred short stories in magazines such as Postscripts, Nasty Piece of Work, Fangoria, Nemonymous, and Brutarian and anthologies including <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3059697-the-mammoth-book-of-the-kama-sutra" target="_blank">The Mammoth Book of the Kama Sutra</a></i></b> and <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/509707.These_Guns_for_Hire" target="_blank">These Guns for Hire</a></i></b>. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She is the author of </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485683.Poisoning_Eros" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"><b><i>Poisoning Eros I</i></b> and <b><i>II</i></b></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> with Wrath James White, </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2150832.Suffer_the_Flesh" target="_blank">Suffer the Flesh</a></i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, and the collection </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2645524-experiments-in-human-nature" target="_blank">Experiments in Human Nature</a></i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. She works as a freelance editor, proofreader, and book coach. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KC: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How did the first KillerCon come about? </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were both attending the <a href="http://www.campnecon.com/" target="_blank">Northeastern Writer’s Conference</a> (or NECON, as it is more popularly known). It was a great time. For me, however, it’s pretty far to travel. I was speaking to a group of people one night during the convention, I believe it was actually on my birthday, and I was lamenting that there wasn’t a writer’s conference like this on the West Coast. I started telling everyone how I’d been trying to talk someone into bringing <a href="http://worldhorrorconvention.com/" target="_blank">World Horror</a> to Vegas, but that no one was interested because they thought everyone would get lost in the strip clubs and casinos and no one would go to the readings and panels. Then everyone asked me why I didn’t just start my own convention. Monica offered to help me if I did and thus KillerCon was born.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>MO:</b> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wrath made me do it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KC: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It must have involved quite a lot of work spreading the word about the con and getting people to attend the first time. How did you let people know about KillerCon? </span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We posted on message boards like <a href="http://shocklinesforum.yuku.com/" target="_blank">Shocklines </a>and <a href="http://bloody-disgusting.com/" target="_blank">Bloody Disgusting</a>. We bought ads on <a href="http://www.horrorworld.org/" target="_blank">Horror World</a> and <a href="https://www.horror-mall.com/" target="_blank">Horror Mall</a>. We even bought Facebook ads. Then we went to other conventions and handed out fliers. It was a lot of work.</span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KC: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: purple;">How did you two first meet?</span> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Monica and I met at the very first <a href="http://www.horrorfindweekend.com/" target="_blank">Horrorfind</a>. I was a new writer still trying to make a name for myself and so was Monica, but she seemed to know everyone, so Monica, <a href="http://fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue%2011/interview.htm" target="_blank">Teri Jacobs</a>, and <a href="http://www.briankeene.com/" target="_blank">Brian Keene</a> sort of took me under their wing. A couple years later we collaborated on <i>Poisoning Eros</i> and shocked the hell out of everyone.</span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MO:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wrath and I met in 1957 while working as missionaries in Cambodia. It was harrowing! We decided to collaborate and wrote <i>Harrowing Missionary Work in Cambodia</i>. <i>Poisoning Eros</i> was better received in 2004. It was also less disgusting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KC: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Poisoning Eros</i> received many accolades. Did you bring some elements of this writing collaboration to working together with organizing KillerCon, or was it completely different experience? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>WJW: </b>O</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rganizing a convention and writing have few parallels. As writers we were equals, but Monica clearly knew more about organizing a convention then I did at that time. She was only a few years removed from organizing World Horror NY in 2005, which, in my opinion, was the last truly great World Horror until they brought it to Austin in 2011. So I picked her brain a lot for the small details that are essential to a successful convention. </span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MO:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What is this “KillerCon” you keep asking about?</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because there was nothing close to a horror writer’s convention on the West Coast. All the conventions in the west focused on film, which is fine, but I’m not really interested in getting an autograph from the guy who did the voice for "Chucky" or some aging scream-queen charging twenty dollars for an autographed picture. That’s just not my idea of fun. I’m a writer and I want to be around other writers, editors, and publishers. I was sure there were others like me who were sick of the literary representatives of horror being pushed aside in favor of B-movie stars. </span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MO:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wanted to make buckets of money.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>WJW:</b> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If that’s the case, it was a dismal failure. I like to think of Killercon as a non-profit venture. Otherwise, I’d cry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KC: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KillerCon is known for its unique and daring events, including Forensic Blood Splatter with Pat MacEwan, writing contests, and being held at the famous <a href="http://www.stratospherehotel.com/" target="_blank">Las Vegas Stratosphere</a>, which is almost like an amusement park of a hotel that boasts death-defying roller coasters, but the first and second KillerCon conventions were held at the <a href="https://palacestation.sclv.com/" target="_blank">Palace Station Hotel</a>. How did you go about securing the Stratosphere starting with KillerCon 2? </span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My wife suggested it. We were having problems with our original venue. I was having a meltdown over it, and my wife sort of took the reins, called the hotel, and set the whole thing up. She saved KillerCon, truth be told.</span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KC: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: purple;">What’s the best part about every KillerCon convention for both of you? What has been your favorite part about every KillerCon convention so far? Any famous moments or great anecdotes?</span> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pat MacEwan’s blood spatter demo last year was a highlight. Seeing a bunch of horror authors playing with green blood, bashing a stuffed rabbit with a hammer; that was amazing. Deadite’s Gross-Out contest was probably one of the best contests ever. They really know how to host an event. </span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MO:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Winning $500 in the casino was a highlight. Watching Ed Lee and Pat MacEwan fistfight in the lobby was a plus. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KC: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Can you talk a bit about who the first guests of honor were for the first KillerCon and how you went about getting them?</span> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We made a list of our top ten “Most Wanted” and just started tracking down emails. That was the hardest part. It was not easy getting contact info for some of the people on our list and others we had to go through agents. We didn’t do so well dealing with agents and I just avoid them now. If I can’t speak to the author directly, I move on. In the end, we wound up with <a href="http://www.theoriginalheathergraham.com/" target="_blank">Heather Graham</a>, <a href="http://www.leslieesdailebanks.com/" target="_blank">L. A. Banks</a>, <a href="http://www.briankeene.com/" target="_blank">Brian Keene</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58997.Edward_Lee" target="_blank">Edward Lee</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/58971.Joe_R_Lansdale" target="_blank">Joe Lansdale</a>. It was a great representation of the genre in all facets. We were quite pleased.</span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MO:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3389.Stephen_King" target="_blank">Stephen King</a> was unavailable.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WJW: </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We’ve got Pat MacEwan back with an alien autopsy. We’re organizing a zip-lining event on Fremont Street for people who get in early on Thursday night. We’ve got parties every night sponsored by <a href="http://www.samhainpublishing.com/" target="_blank">Samhain Books</a>, <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/" target="_blank">Shock Totem</a>, <a href="http://cuttingblock.net/" target="_blank">Cutting Block Press</a>, and <a href="http://deaditepress.com/books/" target="_blank">Deadite Press</a>. On Sunday, we have a former psychologist for the Utah State Prison giving a talk on the Psychology of Serial Killers. The Creative Fiction Contest is back, sponsored by <a href="http://sinistergrinpress.com/" target="_blank">Sinister Grin Press</a> along with the Erotic Horror Flash Fiction Contest. And then we have an amazing group of special guests: <a href="http://www.repairmanjack.com/" target="_blank">F. Paul Wilson</a>, <a href="http://www.jackketchum.net/" target="_blank">Jack Ketchum</a>, <a href="http://www.williamfnolan.com/" target="_blank">William Nolan</a>, <a href="http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/" target="_blank">“Grammar Girl” Mignon Fogarty</a>, Editor Guest of Honor, <a href="http://www.samhainpublishing.com/author/don-dauria/" target="_blank">Don D’Auria</a>, and Special Guests <a href="http://www.briankeene.com/" target="_blank">Brian Keene</a> and <a href="http://ericred.com/" target="_blank">Eric Red</a>. This is going to be one amazing year.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Kelley Armstrong</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 18px;"> has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i>~To order your copy of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thirteen</span>, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i>releasing today, July 24, 2012, click <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780525952831,00.html" target="_blank">here</a>!~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">KillerCon, now in its fourth year, is a horror convention rising in popularity, and it's certainly gaining ground in the genre community as one of the "must attend" cons. When you were first approached about being a Guest of Honor, what made you accept? The other conventions you do focus more on paranormal romance and urban fantasy, as do the cross-promotional tours you do with your contemporaries like Rachel Mead, Kim Harrison, Marjorie M. Liu, Jeanine Frost, etc. Why say yes to a horror convention? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">My roots are actually in horror. Most of what I wrote up until my twenties would be classified as that. It was only after reading Anne Rice’s work that I saw a more fantasy-based possibility for the supernatural and switched. <a href="http://www.horror.org/" target="_blank">The Horror Writers Association</a> was still the first professional organization I joined and I jump at the chance to write short horror fiction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">There seems to be a slippery slope in definitions of genre fiction, with some people being staunchly defiant about what they consider horror</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">—</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">while they may concede that urban fantasy and paranormal romance contain elements of horror fiction, they aren't "pure" or "traditional" horror</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">—</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">what's your response to that? Do you consider what you write to be horror fiction, or just that your work has elements of horror fiction?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">I actually got myself into some trouble when <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11918.Bitten" target="_blank">Bitten</a></i></b> (Book One of the Otherworld series) came out because I wrote something saying it wasn’t horror. It was misconstrued by a few people as an attempt to distance myself from the genre or “rise above it.” That was definitely not the case. To me, horror should horrify and if that expectation isn’t met by a so-called horror novel, it’s false advertising. For the same reason, I say my work isn’t romance—because that means romance should be the central plot and there must be a happily-ever-after ending. However, I do incorporate elements of both horror and romance in my work…along with elements of mystery, action and fantasy. I’m quite happy to be “adopted” by any of those genres :-) Just as long as the label doesn’t set up reader expectations that I can’t meet!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">You've mentioned in other interviews that in your childhood, you enjoyed anything that involved ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, and that informed your work as an adult, when you became a writer, and that you view Stephen King and Anne Rice, two of the biggest horror writers of all time, as your inspirations for different reasons. What was your relationship like with the supernatural growing up? Was there ever a time when you believed in monsters? What made you decide to humanize monsters to a certain degree, as you did with your werewolves in your first book, <b><i>Bitten</i></b>? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">I can’t say that I remember ever believing in monsters, even as a child. I call myself a reluctant skeptic. I love "true” tales of the paranormal, but I’ve never found anything I can't explain away. Still, that doesn't stop me from looking for that story that seems like it could be true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">As for what made me decide to humanize werewolves, I saw an "X-Files" werewolf episode and it reminded me of how much I hate the “wolfman” depiction. I'd always preferred the old werewolf stories where someone actually turns into a wolf and displays wolf-like behaviour even in human form, so that’s what I wanted to do with <b><i>Bitten</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">You've been compared in the past to Laurell K. Hamilton, while others have said you take more of a Joss Whedon approach to your supernatural fiction, injecting humor between the drama. Do you agree with that assessment? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Like Hamilton and Whedon, I write about various supernatural types—vampires, werewolves, demons etc—with thriller-type plots, where the protagonists are trying to solve a mystery or overcome a threat. When I started <b><i>Bitten</i></b> in the early nineties, neither series had started, but I’m sure they both had an influence on later books. When I’m trying to explain what I write, I often use Buffy and Anita Blake as comparisons. I always specify early Anita Blake, though, because otherwise, I set up another expectation that I definitely can’t meet :-)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12849320-thirteen" target="_blank">Thirteen</a></i></b> is said to be the last final book in the Otherworld series</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">—</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">did you always know you would end it with Savannah leading the way? Was that the plan from the beginning, or did it gradually evolve and become apparent to you that this would be the way to go? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">I’d always hoped to end the series with Savannah, though I had no idea if the series would be successful enough to see her through to adulthood! I wanted to finish with her because she’s grown up in the Otherworld and is the most connected to all the other narrators. For the past six books I’ve been laying the framework for the big end-game that’s unfolding now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">As for the Blackwell Pages, Melissa and I had discussed writing a joint book for a while before she suggested Norse-myth-based middle-grade. We both had preteen sons and we were keen to write something “for them.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">I’m really enjoying the co-writing. I think the biggest challenge is figuring out how to share and divide the work. We split the writing by chapters and narrative point-of-view. I’m taking the male protagonist and she’s taking the two secondary characters (a boy and a girl) We alternate chapters—I do one for “my” character, then she writes a chapter for one of hers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Not at all. My initial goal was to be able to work part-time and write part-time. Being successful enough to make that switch to full-time writing was amazing…and being able to continue doing it really has been a dream come true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">You've also written a crime series, the first book of which, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11917.Exit_Strategy" target="_blank">Exit Strategy</a></i></b>, came out in 2007. How did that come about, and would you like to return to doing non-supernatural fiction, and if so, would it still be within the realm of crime, or would it be outside of that? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b><span style="background-color: white;">I love reading thrillers, so when I was worried about early Otherworld sales, my agent asked what else I’d write if it didn’t work out. I said crime and she suggested I start one, just to calm my fears. Then the Otherworld took off and a few years later, I returned to finish and sell <b><i>Exit Strategy</i></b>. I loved those books—I’m finally writing the third and final one now—but I think my heart really does belong to fantasy and I prefer to have some element of that in my stories. My next adult series is more mystery, but still has supernatural elements. It’s like a mix of the Nadia books and the Otherworld.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">You've also done work for the Buffyverse with <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6399454-angel" target="_blank">Angel: Aftermath</a></i></b>, the comic book</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">—</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">how did that come about, and which part of it did you enjoy the most? Do you think you'll write other comic book adaptations or is this kind of it for you?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">It was one of those lucky "networking" things. Someone who knew I was a big Buffy/Angel fan found out that IDW was looking for writers to continue the Angel comics . I loved the opportunity to write in that universe, but it was terrifying, too. I felt a huge responsibility to “get it right” and I never felt I quite managed it. I suspect I’ll stick with my own worlds from now on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Returning to your YA fiction, you've mentioned that it's very difficult to get into the minds of teens to be able to convey them as characters convincingly, but that your own teenage daughter is a great help with this. What other things help you get into the mindset of a teen when you're writing the Darkest Powers books?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">It actually wasn’t nearly as hard to get into the mindset as I feared. My daughter did help, mostly by pointing out words or phrasing or dialogue patterns that teens wouldn’t use. But I found I could get back into that mindset myself by immersing myself in reminders of my own teen years—listening to the music, looking through yearbooks and so on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">What's next for you? More YA? A new adult series? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">As much as I love writing YA, I started in adult, so my focus remains there, even if I’m ending the Otherworld. I’ve sold a new adult trilogy that I wouldn’t call urban fantasy—there are none of the classic supernatural types like werewolves and vampires in it. It’s definitely got a paranormal angle, though. The first book, <b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12140024-cainsville" target="_blank">Cainsville</a></i></b>, comes out next summer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KC: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Your summer and fall are shaping up to be busy with lots of promotional events and book signings and convention appearances</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">—</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">what are some of the highlights for you? Some of the ones you're really looking forward to going to? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>KA: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">KillerCon of course :-) I was very excited when I was invited for 2011…and then very disappointed when I realized I was already booked for that weekend. I’m also looking forward to the 3rd and final <a href="http://www.smartchickskickit.com/" target="_blank">Smart Chicks Kick It tour</a>—a YA group tour that I organize with Melissa Marr. And I’m heading to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories in November, which will be my first visit to the true Canadian north.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">KillerConLV would like to thank Kelley for taking the time out of her jam-packed schedule to stop by for this interview! :-)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Just a reminder that Kelley will be participating in a live <b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> </b>chat on <b>July 31, 2012! </b>For more information or to take part in "Ask Kelley Armstrong," <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/72715-ask-kelley-armstrong---july-31-2012" target="_blank">click here to join the Goodreads group</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Kelley will be involved in various panels and events during KillerCon4. For more information, please visit the </span><a href="http://killercon.com/Schedule_Events.html" style="background-color: white; color: #020cf8; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Schedule/Events page</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/mignonfogarty" target="_blank">Mignon Fogarty</a>, the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips Network, is also the author of the New York Times bestselling <a href="http://quickanddirtytips.com/static/book.html" target="_blank">GRAMMAR GIRL'S QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS FOR BETTER WRITING</a> and <a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/staticcontent/the-grammar-devotional.aspx" target="_blank">THE GRAMMAR DEVOTIONAL</a>. Her straightforward, bite-sized tips on grammar have led to features in the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, <i>the Los Angeles Times</i>, and an appearance on Oprah. She lives in Reno, Nevada. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">"Eric Red brings his considerable talent as a screenwriter to bear on this powerful tale of sexual adventure and teenage turmoil. Erotic and suspenseful, breathlessly narrated, incisively characterised, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">Don't Stand So Close</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;"> had me in its grip until I finished it at a single sitting."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Don't Stand So Close</i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is a riveting coming-of-age thriller. Heartbreaking, nail-biting, compelling and deeply insightful. Highly recommended for any teen who stands with one foot in the shadows."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by <a href="http://ericred.com/" target="_blank">Eric Red </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ISBN: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9780954252342</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Short Scary Tales</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">July 2012, 278 pp. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.badmoonbooks.com/product.php?productid=3152" target="_blank">$14.00 (Bad Moon Books) </a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Stand-Close-Eric-Red/dp/0954252349/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341257945&sr=8-1&keywords=don%27t+stand+so+close+eric+red" target="_blank"> Amazon</a> | <a href="http://sstpublications.co.uk/dontstandsoclose/" target="_blank">SST (UK)</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Acclaimed horror director and writer <b>Eric Red </b>has released his first novel, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Stand So Close</i>, with Short Scary Tales, and the book has already been getting positive attention. Dread Central did <a href="http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/56404/writerdirector-eric-red-releasing-his-first-novel-dont-stand-so-close" target="_blank">this write-up</a>, while </span><a href="http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/book-review-dont-stand-so-close-written-by-eric-red" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">JoBlo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> raved, "</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">carnally charged, wildly unforeseen and addictive page-turner about a teenager's torrid affair with his dangerously perverted new English teacher. Equal parts humorous, sordidly sexy and ever suspenseful, DON'T STAND SO CLOSE is a must read for not just horny teens, but for aficionados of well written horror fiction as well!" We expect Eric will continue to generate more fantastic coverage for his novel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When handsome 17-year-old Matt Poe moves to a rural town in Iowa, he is the new kid in school. An outsider who can't fit in, his only friend is his beautiful and sympathetic teacher, Linda Hayden. The older woman is the first to take an interest in him, helping him adjust to the community and keep his grades up. Matt can't help falling hard for Linda and what begins with a kiss becomes a torrid, secret affair. But his teacher is a lot more than he bargained for and the kid's wildest dream becomes his worst nightmare. The only people who can save Matt are his two classmates, Grace McCormack and Rusty Shaw. But the three of them are in way over their heads against an evil adult trying to make sure they stay after class permanently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eric Red is a Los Angeles based motion picture screenwriter, director and author. His original scripts include The Hitcher for Tri Star, Near Dark for DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, Blue Steel for MGM and the western The Last Outlaw for HBO. He directed and wrote the crime film Cohen and Tate for Hemdale, Body Parts for Paramount, Undertow for Showtime, Bad Moon for Warner Bros. and the ghost story 100 Feetfor Grand Illusions Entertainment. He created and wrote the Sci-Fi/Horror comic series and graphic novel Containment for IDW Publishing. Eric's recent published horror and suspense short stories include "The Buzzard" in Weird Tales magazine, "Little Nasties" in Shroud magazine, "In the Mix" in Dark Delicacies III: Haunted anthology and "Past Due" in Mulholland Books' Popcorn Fiction. His short stories "Colorblind" and "Curfew" will be appear, respectively, in an upcoming issue of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Peep Show, Volume 2 anthology.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This Saturday, July 7 at 1pm, Eric will do a </span><a href="http://sstpublications.co.uk/dontstandsoclose/signings.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">signing</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> at Mystery Ink in Huntington Beach, CA, and just did one over at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA. We look forward to his special appearance at KillerCon IV and know many of you will be anxious to meet him, as well :-) </span><br />
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the awesomeness that is KillerCon IV in Las Vegas, and our excitement grows by
the day! As July approaches, we wanted to remind the attending writers that we
have quite a few writer-related contests and activities going on that you might
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Don’t forget about our writers
workshops, the first from Guest of Honor Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty! Mignon’s
workshop takes place on <b>Friday, September 21</b> (time to be
announced). And for prose, R.J. Cavender of Cutting Block Press is running the
"Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Workshop" based on the
fantastic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Self-Editing-Fiction-Writers-Second-Edition/dp/0060545690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337477253&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #020cf8; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">book of the same name</span></a> by
Rennie Browne and Dave King. This workshop takes place on <b>Saturday,
September 22</b> (time to be announced). Both workshops cost $35
individually, but why not combine them and save? The cost for attending <b>both
workshops</b> is <b>$50</b>--take advantage of this great deal as
spots are limited :-) Visit our <a href="http://killercon.com/Schedule_Events.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #020cf8; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">schedule/events</span></a> page to sign up or for more information.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can't wait to be a part of it!<b> </b>Here is where you let all those
disgusting thoughts that ramble rotting and foul around your brain ooze onto
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">This crowd favorite is </span><b><span style="color: #980e0e; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">sponsored once again by <a href="http://www.deaditepress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Deadite Press</span></a> and dare we say, MC'd by once again
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the late night parties or sneaking off to hit the slot machines, blackjack
tables, and strip clubs (oh, I know you better than you know yourselves) how
about a little erotica to prime the pump? Announcing the Fourth annual <b>Erotic
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have 3 minutes to arouse and terrify. This is <b>not </b>a Gross-out
contest! We want romance and sensuality and genuine chills and terrors. Stories
will be judged by our celebrity judges on style, originality, scariness,
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There's still time to sign up for our workshops for writers, the first from Guest of Honor Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty! Do you find yourself struggling to remember when it's affect and effect? Is grammar making you stress out? If you've made any one of <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/20-common-grammar-mistakes-that-almost-everyone-gets-wrong" target="_blank">these common grammatical errors</a>, never fear, help is here! Mignon Fogarty's workshop takes place on <b>Friday, September 21</b> (time to be announced). Want to check out some of Mignon's great grammar books now, but not sure which one to start with? Check out some of her books below! </div>
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For prose, R.J. Cavender of Cutting Block Press presiding over the "Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Workshop" based on the fantastic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Self-Editing-Fiction-Writers-Second-Edition/dp/0060545690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337477253&sr=8-1" target="_blank">book of the same name</a> by Rennie Browne and Dave King. If you haven't read it yet, we urge you to--it has countless great tips for writers of all levels, and covers everything from dialogue and exposition to point of view and interior monologue, plus much more! This workshop takes place on <b>Saturday, September 22</b> (time to be announced). Both workshops cost $35 individually, but why not combine them and save? The cost for attending <b>both workshops</b> is <b>$50</b>--take advantage of this great deal as spots are limited :-) Visit our <a href="http://killercon.com/Schedule_Events.html" target="_blank">schedule/events</a> page to sign up or for more information.</div>
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Planning to pitch to editors at the convention? Pitches are taking place Saturday, September 22, and include such publishers as <a href="http://cuttingblock.net/" target="_blank">Cutting Block Press</a>, <a href="http://www.samhainpublishing.com/horror.htm" target="_blank">Samhain</a>, <a href="http://redrumhorror.com/" target="_blank">Redrum Horror</a>, and much more! For a full list of pitch sessions, visit <a href="http://killerconlv.blogspot.ca/p/pitches.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">our pitch page</span></a>. </div>
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But what would KillerCon be without its signature Gross-Out contest! <a href="http://deaditepress.com/" target="_blank">Deadite Press</a> is the official sponsor. More details to be announced soon. </div>
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Like your splatter? Pat MacEwan is back this year with an Alien Autopsy! More information to come soon.</div>
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And who could forget about those awesome parties that KillerCon is famous for? <a href="http://samhainpublishing.com/horror.htm" target="_blank">Samhain </a>is first up on Thursday night (September 20), followed by <a href="http://shocktotem.com/" target="_blank">Shock Totem</a> on Friday night (September 21), and a double-whammy of <a href="http://cuttingblock.net/" target="_blank">Cutting Block Press</a> and <a href="http://deaditepress.com/" target="_blank">Deadite</a> teaming up to deliver one hell of a good time on Saturday night (September 22)! <br />
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If you haven't already signed up to attend KillerCon, just a reminder that there's just under two weeks to take advantage of the <b><a href="http://killercon.com/Tickets.html" target="_blank">$99 rate</a></b>, which is in effect until <b style="color: #cc0000;">June 1</b>!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Find out more about Grammar Girls book </span><a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/staticcontent/all-grammar-girl.aspx" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Find out more about this book </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Self-Editing-Fiction-Writers-Second-Edition/dp/0060545690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337477253&sr=8-1" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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—KillerConlv </div>KillerConlvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03276079757022047821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813907364465070053.post-51274560102413509852012-05-13T12:43:00.000-04:002012-05-13T12:44:03.489-04:00$99 until June 1!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good morning, blogosphere :-) Just a reminder that if you haven't <a href="http://killercon.com/Tickets.html" target="_blank">purchased a membership</a> to the KillerCon 4 convention yet, early registration is on! Get a <b>full weekend pass</b> for just <b><span style="color: red;">$99</span></b> until June 1, 2012, after which the price is going up, so cash in on this deal while you still can :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rates for specific days/combinations are as follows until June 1:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Single day rate—Friday or Saturday only</b>: $50.00/day<br /><b>Single day rate—Thursday or Sunday only</b>: $25.00/day<br /><b>Friday and Saturday only:</b> $100.00 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You will receive an email after payment has been received. Interest in panels, readings, and other information can be indicated by replying to the email. Please note that we will do our best to accommodate your request but cannot guarantee participation in programming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And just a note that there are no refunds on memberships once they have been purchased. With the kind of fun that we have at KillerCon, you're going to walk away with new stories, memories to share, friends, and hopefully some casino winnings ;-) Just look at this video from last year's convention, prepared by the amazing <a href="http://johnpalisano.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">John Palisano</a>, and see the kinds of awesomeness you can expect for yourself: </span><br />
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