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A great discussion with dark fantasy thriller author Alan Baxter on genre fiction, writing thrillers and violence as well as podcasting and all the other things writers have to do these days. Text based overview and audio mp3 file below as well.
In this video, we talk about:
- What is dark fantasy fiction anyway?
- How genre fiction works and where novels sit – Alan's sit between horror, thriller and also have paranormal/religious themes
- Writing violence “as a nice person” and how parents/friends react
- Thrillers have high stakes and so violence and threat to life so this comes naturally in stories. It's not just gratuitous violence
- Fantasy as based on religious mythology rather than elves and fairies.
- On research and writing about aspects of life and locations we are interested in as writers – why writing is so much fun in this way
- On Alan's next book, working title “Shades of Pain”
- On the new ThrillerPodcast , for readers and writers of thriller with Alan Baxter and David Wood,
- On the different aspects of a writers life these days. Alan is writing his third novel, but also doing podcasting and putting his “writing fight scenes” course into an ebook
You can also download the mp3 audio version of the interview here.
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Loved this! Ordering the book :)
Thanks Jo - it was fun.
And thanks Ruthie - I hope you enjoy it!
Cool interview! Nice to finally put a voice to the words!