3Q’s – Scott J. Moses enjoys his coffee in the sun!
Today’s guest is one the nicest guys in the dark fiction community! Scott is always supportive and is a very talented author.
I’m excited to have him join me today!
Please welcome Scott!
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?
Scott: Hey, thanks for having me, Steve. There’s no set answer here, life being what it is, but I’m currently shooting for 500 words a day to complete the first draft of a new novella. I haven’t been perfect, as I’ve just purchased a home and with moving and all, the mental bandwidth hasn’t been there, but I’m excited to get back to a daily routine. I write most weekdays at night, and though it varies on the weekends, I shoot for the morning/afternoon.
Steve: You decide to host a writer’s retreat. One weekend in a luxury house on an island. What three other authors do you invite to come along?
Scott: I’d have to say Tyler Jones and JAW McCarthy off the cuff. I see them as literary siblings, if a term like that exists. We just hit the same tones and themes in our writing and I’m always excited to see what they’re up. The third is tricky, and so I’ll cheat a bit: either Brian Evenson (my favorite living author) or Claire North (the most influential author on my work).
Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
Scott: My latest release is alongside weird horror author Carson Winter via Dread Stone Press. It’s a dual split book with a novelette from each of us, blurbed/endorsed by the likes of Brian Evenson, Laird Barron, Joe Koch, Alex Woodroe, and many others. Carson brings the weird cosmic noir, while I bring what I think is a mix of weird/horror adventure(?) fantasy? The reviews and reception have been swell so far, and I’m looking forward to the additional volumes in the series from Dread Stone. If you like weird horror that reminded contemporary masters Baird and Evenson of past greats, you’d probably be into it.
Steve: Bonus Question! You receive an invitation in the mail from one of these two people. The invitation invites you to have dinner and spend the night in their home. Do you accept the invitation from Victor Frankenstein or Dracula and why?
Scott: Hmm… This one’s tough, but for the sake of empathy (and self-preservation) I think I’d say Victor Frankenstein. That man is intensely afraid of death, and seeing as we’ll both die one day, I think there’d be an empathy there. I think something we as humans have to come to grips with, sooner than later, is that we’re all gonna die one day. This isn’t morbid, mind you, but simply fact, and I think knowing it makes us live harder and take less for granted. If I received an invitation from Dracula, he might not eat me outright, but that dude might drone on about living forever, and that’s not really my bag. Besides, I’ve recently become a morning person, and enjoy my coffee in the sun.
Excellent decision!
Thank you so much for doing this Scott!
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottJ_Moses
Website: https://www.scottjmoses.com/
