Now for the Moral of This Story:
Don't Swim in the Company's Pool With Your Manuscript
Besides the realization that horror writers aren't actually
crosseyed psychopathic nethercreatures with horns, the thing
that amazes non-writers the most is that the majority of
us hold down day jobs. Yes, alas, the days when we authors
(and now I'm referring to all of us, not just horror writers)
relaxed in plush firelit dens with our quills to dash off
a few lines of dialogue before adjourning to the boudoir
for intimate conversation, brandy, and pipes lit with $100
bills, are long gone.
This article is no longer available online.
Read it in Matthew Warner's new collection
Horror Isn't a 4-Letter Word:
Essays on Writing & Appreciating the Genre
Matthew Warner is the author of the critically acclaimed
first novel The
Organ Donor and a forthcoming story in Cemetery
Dance magazine. He lives in Falls Church, VA, with illustrator
and web designer Deena
Warner . Stop by his
website and say hi.
