What makes a good horror writer?
For horror, I think that unpredictability is a good policy to follow. When writing straight horror fiction, which really has been done to death through the 80s, it’s difficult to stay away from the clichs that are rife throughout it. If there weren’t so many bad horror clichs they wouldn’t have been able to make two Scary Movie spoofs that made millions each here in the states. 8) We’ve all been driven from our beds in the early hours with a feeling not to be confused with but very similar to the need to pee. It is of course the urge to write that crazy idea that floated into your head unbidden in the early hours. With you it must be intermingled with ungodly-hour-ideas for the mag. When were you first hit with this affliction? I have a problem sleeping at all, since I’ve always considered it a waste of time. Getting bonked awake by an idea doesn’t happen very often to me since when I do sleep I tend to crash rather than rest. The house can crumble down around me and I’ll sleep on. Whe
