Simon Okill

Simon Okill asked Jeff Strand:

One Bigfoot author to anther - what made you decide t write about Bigfoot?

Jeff Strand Hi, Simon! The inspiration for DWELLER wasn't to write a Bigfoot novel--it was to write a novel about a friendship between a boy and a monster that lasts their entire lives, from childhood to old age.

In the very early brainstorming stages I'd envisioned some kind of reptilian creature that lived in a well. But I quickly decided that a well would be too limiting of a location for something that took place over sixty years, even if the creature came out of it once in a while. And I decided that, in terms of suspension of disbelief, readers would be much more receptive to a Human/Sasquatch friendship than a Human/Lizard-Thing friendship.

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As an incredibly big, ugly man, who also happens to be underemployed, latently violent, and friends with at least one drug dealer, I'd like to thank you for finally writing a protagonist I can relate to. I guess that's not a question. Here's a question: do you consider yourself a horror author who writes with a comedic bent, or a comic writer who writes horror stories?

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What is your favorite Stephen King Movie Adaptation? I think mine is Misery.

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Are you a full-time author? If so, how did you make the transition?

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