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Today’s guest is a fantastic author, great friend and all around rabble-rouser! That’s right, it’s fellow Canuck, Duncan Ralston!

Welcome, Duncan!

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Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?

Duncan: Hey, thanks for asking! I tend to work evenings so I write most mornings, on weekends as well if I’m able. I don’t tend to have a word count but I’ll generally stop if I’ve hit 2 or 3k before I have to start getting ready for work.

Steve: Out of all your releases, do you have a character you could write about forever?

Duncan: I guess my favorite character would have to be a tie between Ben Laramie and Rex Garrote from Ghostland. I had a hell of a lot of fun writing Garrote, who’s kinda of gleefully evil. I put a lot of myself as a kid into Ben so I wanted to be sure I played fair with him and Lillian (his best friend) throughout the trilogy.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!

Duncan: My latest novel is Gross Out, which is in part a soft sequel to what has become my most popular release, Woom. Gross Out is about a horror convention where all the writers and critics and fans have ulterior motives for being there, some of them not very nice. In a way I kind of felt like it was the bastard offspring of Palahniuk’s Haunted and King’s Needful Things… in the sense that everyone has an axe to grind with another of the guests. If nothing else you should read it if you’re a fan of Woom, since it features a return of Shyla and Angel at the Lonely Motel.

Steve: Bonus question! Do you have a favorite album?

Duncan: Impossible question, sorry!

Steve note – because Duncan was a knob and wouldn’t choose a fav album, I’ve chosen one from his personal collection – Californication from The Red Hot Chili Peppers! I know Duncan loves RHCP a ton, ever since he met them at Woodstock… true story?

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