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J.E. Erickson

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J.E. Erickson fell in love with horror and fantasy at an early age. The first story he wrote was at age 11 and was about a child walking home from school to discover his own gravestone. He still thinks about it when referring to himself in third person.

He currently writes horror and fantasy stories, and lives in an old house in the Midwestern United States with a nerdy soap maker, two spoiled dogs, and a (potentially) possessed vegetable garden.

His debut novel "Offerings to the Flower Moon: The Tale of the Abrams Witch" released in 2022. You should totally read it.
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J.E. Erickson It depends on the source of the blockage for me. I think most writer's block comes from places of self-doubt, lack of preparation, and not feeling lik…moreIt depends on the source of the blockage for me. I think most writer's block comes from places of self-doubt, lack of preparation, and not feeling like you're asking the right questions of your characters. At least for me it's these things.

What I do is just freewrite. I have a document that exists solely for me to smear word vomit upon. I kill characters, give them their deepest desires, change them in some fundamental way -- anything I can do to discover who they are in a little more depth. It's all stream of consciousness, no subject too taboo, not worried about editing content. It's helped put me in a workable headspace, as well as generate ideas and characters for other stories. (less)
J.E. Erickson Finish what you're working on and move on to the next thing. Writing -- any creative art, really -- is a perpetual work in progress. If you don't find…moreFinish what you're working on and move on to the next thing. Writing -- any creative art, really -- is a perpetual work in progress. If you don't find what you consider your acceptable level of failure on your project (labor of love or otherwise) you can find yourself spinning your wheels on it forever.

Finish what you write. Write something else. (less)
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Gingerbread

My brain is a radio. Not the digital ones we all have in our cars and bedrooms, but one of those brown boxes with the loose dials and bent antennas that need to sit on top of a pile of unread books to catch the staticky station between 91.1 and 93.7 FM. The sort that works best in the darkest spot of a cold attic. I really have no better way of expressing what it’s like in here, other than it's du Read more of this blog post »
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