MICHAEL McCARTY’S WRITING ADVICE: The Old Trunk

by Michael McCarty

Here is an old dusty trunk in a cobwebbed filled attic, it has been abandoned for years. Maybe there is a priceless antique inside, who knows? Maybe it is stuffed with money or a dead body. Curiosity gets the best of you and you decide to open it … and it the portal to another world.

This is how I describe how to write a novel. You have to go to the places nobody wants to go. You have to open that old trunk up and see what is inside….

That is just my advice ….

That is my two cents worth and you can keep the change …

If you want advice from such writers and filmmakers as Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, John Saul, John Carpenter, Ray Garton, Nancy Holder, Joe Lansdale, Owl Goingback, Terry Brooks, Thomas Ligotti, Jack Ketchum, Connie Willis, Alan Dean Foster, Bentley Little, Neil Gaiman, Richard Matheson and more … check out the MODERN MYTHMAKERS books….

MORE MODERN MYTHMAKERS features Horror, Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy’s most influential writers and filmmakers interviewed about the art and craft of their genres.

The 25 interviews include Steve Alten, Reggie Bannister, Terry Brooks, Charles de Lint, Dennis Etchison, John Everson, Alan Dean Foster, Ray Garton, Sephera Giron, Owl Goingback, Charles Grant, Nancy Holder, Paul Kane, Ronald Kelly, Joe Lansdale, Bentley Little, Jeff Long, Jonathan Maberry, Elizabeth Massie, Larry Niven, William Stout, Jeff Strand, Harry Turtledove, J.N. Williamson, and Connie Willis.

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MODERN MYTHMAKERS

by Michael McCarty

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And it includes in-depth interviews with Forrest J. Ackerman; C. Dean Andersson; Adrienne Barbeau; Ray Bradbury; Ramsey Campbell; John Carpenter; Dan Curtis; Rusty Fischer; Neil Gaiman; Mick Garris; Laurell K. Hamilton; George Clayton Johnson; Jack Ketchum; Dean Koontz; Herschell Gordon Lewis; Thomas Ligotti; Bentley Little; Graham Masterton; Richard Matheson; Joe McKinney; Christopher Moore; Night of the Living Dead Crew: John Russo, Kyra Schon, & Russ Streiner; William F. Nolan; Ingrid Pitt; Fred Olen Ray; John Saul; David Snell; Darce Stoker; Peter Straub; Whitley Strieber; Timothy Zahn;

Foreword by Alan Dean Foster

Afterword by The Amazing Kreskin.

Whether you’re an author looking for career advice, a fan of classic films and authors, or looking for true stories of inspiration, this is the book for you.

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Also check out this blog too….

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” – William Shakespeare

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