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Paul Tremblay:
I read Horror Movie and I absolutely loved it. The book was so delightfully meta! Do you have any advice for aspiring horror writers?
Paul Tremblay
Hey, thanks!
Read and read and read some more. Of course there's writing too. ;) Give yourself permission to be patient and kind to yourself as the rejections inevitably pile up (we all get and got them). Don't focus on the market (whatever that is) and focus on writing the stories that move you emotionally.
Read and read and read some more. Of course there's writing too. ;) Give yourself permission to be patient and kind to yourself as the rejections inevitably pile up (we all get and got them). Don't focus on the market (whatever that is) and focus on writing the stories that move you emotionally.
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Kelly
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Paul Tremblay:
I am currently in school for creative writing, hoping eventually to go into the publishing/editing field and of course get some writing published of my own. Did you take any english/literature/creative writing courses in college, aside from the normal required general education courses? I am just curious since you have your masters in mathematics.
William Harvey
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Paul Tremblay:
Paul, I absolutely adored Head Full of Ghosts. Prob my favorite book in the last 10 years including many greats outside of the field of horror (The Nix and Commonwealth are prob my next faves after yours). I liked your follow up novel and now I'm eagerly awaiting your next. When will that wait end, lol?
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