Horror Screenwriting is now available through Michael Wiese, my publisher. You can order it for a short time for 25% off the list price.
Yes, there is a story behind the cover art for Horror Screenwriting. Originally I had conceived of something more along the lines of a comic book depiction of Death driving a souped-up hot rod, cigarette in hand hanging out of the driver’s side window. But the final artwork became something even more.
Surety in screenwriting is something that I’ve watched drop off the radar as of late. It might be that most of the scripts I read come from first-timers or those considered amateurs, but I believe there is a lesson here to be learned by all.
If you are interested in having me speak on a panel for your horror festival or convention about my book, horror screenwriting in general, or to get a screening of The Cursed, please contact me by leaving a comment on this post. I am soliciting any and all takers right now for the late 2009-2010 season.
This week on ScreenTalk our special guest will be John August, writer of such hits as Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as well as both Charlie’s Angels movies and Titan A.E.
Tonight’s ScreenTalk ran a little long, but I didn’t mind. It was a great, information-packed show that was also a lot of fun. We had Harold Jackson III, Chris Soth, and Marilyn Horowitz on. When we have three guests we end up sometimes cramming for time, but the Internet radio gods smiled on us and let us run our course.
It’s fun sometimes to kick back as a writer and do some pie-in-the-sky hypothesizing about something you’d absolutely love to work on. This is, of course, frowned down upon by some, but to them I give a hearty raspberry and move on. It doesn’t hurt to dream, and some of my best writing comes out of shooting for that elusive moon. So what are my dream writing gigs? Some of you may already know, but I’ll lay them all out here anyway.
A lot of different things seem to be happening all at once regarding the book today. It seems a bit overwhelming, but I’ll try to get through it all.
From time to time, I get asked where my ideas for my horror stories come from. Over and over it’s almost the same kind of answer: I’m not entirely sure, but it’s somewhere in my head brewing away.
I’m pleased to report that the galley proofs for Horror Screenwriting have been proofread. Which means we’re on our way to getting bound galleys.
