Life is short. Eternity is long.
BENTLEY LITTLELife is short. Eternity is long.
BENTLEY LITTLEAs far as I’m concerned, those wussboys should sever all ties with the horror community if that’s the way they feel and get out of the way so real horror writers can do their work.
BENTLEY LITTLEI would waste countless hours looking up things about myself, writing fake posts about how great I am and arguing with people who don’t like my work. It saves me a lot of time and frustration to just stay out of the loop.
BENTLEY LITTLEThere’s always been a need for horror fiction, though – ghost stories have been a staple of every human society since the beginning of recorded literature – and while commercially the field may have its ups and downs, it will never go away.
BENTLEY LITTLEHell, look at the Bible: gods, devils, ghosts, witches, giants, resurrections. That’s one big horror story. And it’s the most popular book on the planet.
BENTLEY LITTLEI know that I, personally, lost respect for writers who, when there was a downturn in the market, started shouting from the rooftops that they wrote thrillers and suspense novels rather than horror.
BENTLEY LITTLENames have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man’s name gives you mastery over him.
BENTLEY LITTLEIf there’s any mystery to me at all, it’s probably due to the fact that I’m not online and don’t go to conventions–which means that I’m probably not as accessible to fans as most writers are these days. If that makes me seem like a weird recluse, so be it.
BENTLEY LITTLEI write horror. And if no one wants to buy my books, I’ll just keep writing them until they do sell–and get a job at Taco Bell in the meantime.
BENTLEY LITTLEMost people are middle class. Most people do wish their lives were better than they are. And I think by making my main characters ordinary, average guys.
BENTLEY LITTLEIt helps readers identify with their problems. It also helps ground the supernatural events that follow in a recognizable reality and perhaps gives some of my wilder scenarios a little verisimilitude.
BENTLEY LITTLEI write what I want to write. Period. I don’t write novels-for-hire using media tie-in characters, I don’t write suspense novels or thrillers.
BENTLEY LITTLELike most authors, I’m a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access,
BENTLEY LITTLEMurder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.
BENTLEY LITTLEThe Revelation was my master’s project, and after I finished it, I thought I’d send it off to a publisher and within a year or so be a rich and famous writer.
BENTLEY LITTLEReal life was messier than fiction, and in it you didn’t always have time to do or say the right things.
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