Episode 152: Resolving Anger, Ralston, and Reader Questions

Published: March 11, 2022, 9:40 p.m.

b'It\'s been another positive and productive week.\\nTBI or CTE audiobook was just released through Findaway and will be $5.99 for the reminder of the month.\\nA reminder that 25 Perfect Days is free through March 12. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ERVHWI0\\nI answer reader questions: the first three are from EMily Haynes. She asked:\\n(2:45) 1) Will there be another short story collection?\\n\\xa0- Not for a while. I need to concentrate on Dethfest.\\n(4:50) 2) Is there a genre of books you do not like to read?\\xa0\\n\\xa0- Romance/erotica unless there are pictures.\\n(6:10) 3) Do you think you and Duncan Ralston could write a Try Not to Die?\\xa0\\n\\xa0- Yes. We just signed a contract and can\'t wait to get started.\\n(8:30) Paul Young asked about joint authors working together. How does putting it all together work .Do you have heated exchanges if things don\'t go to plan.\\n\\xa0- No heated exchanges yet and no forseeable ones in the future.\\n(10:40) Alvin Pateres asked "I\'ve heard from your podcast that when you wrote horror before, where you draw the "darkness" from was all of your negative experiences. As an artist, would you say that you need to go back into that source to feel the same emotions you felt when you wrote those horror stories? Do you have to go to a dark place when you write horror?"\\n\\xa0- I do go to a place of pain for horror pieces and I\'m a little concerned hypnosis might ruin that for me.\\n(14:40) I narrate the next section from Try Not to Die: At Grandma\'s House.'