Ask the Author: C. Michael Forsyth
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C. Michael Forsyth
Many fans have been demanding an Hour of the Beast sequel, and I hope to get to it as soon as I've finished the current projects I have on my plate. I myself am eager to explore the further goings on at the mysterious Hallerton College, focusing on professor Cairo Oldewood and her students. I envision a series, in fact, in which like the "Scooby team" in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, they solve supernatural mysteries and face new dangers including zombies and witches.
C. Michael Forsyth
Read, read, read. You absorb narrative techniques by osmosis. Stephen King once said that if you do not have time to read, you do not have time to write -- nor the tools.
C. Michael Forsyth
I read that Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini were friends (and later bitter enemies). The possibilities immediately began to flood my mind.
C. Michael Forsyth
I read voraciously. Sometimes I'll come across a tidbit that gets my imagination going.
C. Michael Forsyth
A graphic novel titled "Night Cage." It's about vampires running amok in a women's prison.
C. Michael Forsyth
It's like the best part of being an actor: Your job is essentially playing make-believe
C. Michael Forsyth
I skip ahead to another part of the story that I can visualize better, or go back and refine an early section.
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