What Pulp Has Taught Me About Writing

Churning out young adult pulp leaves little time to worry about pleasing critics. The ghost of Stratemeyer smiles.

I’m in the middle of a five-story contract for neo-pulp publisher Rot Gut Pulp. The experience has been everything I’ve wanted it to be. My editor, Curt Sembello, is a drunkard who lives overseas, forgets about the time change, and calls me in fits of pique. He’s fired me thrice, fights with his staff on Twitter, and broke his arm trying to have sex with a ladyfriend in a hammock....