Nick
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hey Michael, I have seen you say in the past that you are a big fan of Stephen King and particularly The Stand. Have you ever thought about writing a horror novel, or more horror oriented novel? Or even fantasy/horror combo?
Michael J. Sullivan
Hey Nick, Thanks for asking. I have! I have a couple of ideas running around in my head and once I get through the projects I'm pretty far along on, I think I'll give this a try. I know that a lot of people think of me as a "fantasy" writer, but I don't see myself that way. It's just that it was my fantasy that was picked up first. I had written 13 novels before The Crown Conspiracy (my first published book) and several of those were horror. One of my goals is to release a book in all the genres that I'm interested in. Early this year I started that by putting out Hollow World (science fiction). And I have an idea for a mystery/thriller to hit that market. The only ones I don't think I'll do anything in is erotica and romance as I don't think I could create something in those genres that would be successful...it's just not a strong suite of mine. But other genres - absolutely. I like mixing it up and stretching myself by attempting tasks beyond my comfort level. So yeah...by all means I want to do some horror writing. I just need to get some time to do so.
Thanks again for asking.
Thanks again for asking.
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Justin hight
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Michael J. Sullivan:
I read on an earlier post that you actually don't mind tropes. Maybe because I'm a little newer to fantasy I found that I'm not sick of them yet. Do you think other authors are trying way too hard to be different ? And dark ? I should worry about just writing a great story ? Now I really want to try your books . I still like an old fashioned fantasy story .
Kristen Joy Wilks
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hi. Perhaps you answer this in your other series...but I was wondering why Royce pushed them to go ahead and take the job from Thrace when it went against our expectations for that character? Don't get me wrong, I love that part! But his reasoning was never explained and I was wondering if there was a reason.
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