The HWA Member Handbook describes the benefits of membership and provides other information new members will find useful. Many of the links in the handbook can only be used if… Read more The post Member Handbook – Public appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more

By Lee Murray Trigger Warning: This article addresses issues mental illness. Trauma. Anxiety. Depression. Psychosis—the Venn diagram where horror and mental illness meet at times seems a perfect circle. This… Read more The post THE INTERSECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HORROR, Panel Report, StokerCon 2024, Saturday 1 June appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more

By Lee Murray Striking a sustainable work-life balance for the long-game in horror takes time and experience. Eric LaRocca, Christa Carmen, Ace Antonio-Hall (Nzondi), Pamela Jeffs, and EV Knight offer… Read more The post SELF-CARE FOR HORROR WRITERS, 2024 StokerCon Virtual Panel Report appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more

Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Linda D. Addison recommends: Bridget D. Brave hails from the dead center of the US of A. A lawyer by day,… Read more The post The Seers’ Table July 2024 appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more

By Lee Murray Trigger Warning: This article addresses issues of grief, loss, and mental health. Moderated with compassion by Mo Moshaty, an author-producer with experience working closely with death doulas,… Read more The post WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM GRIEF IN HORROR Panel Report, 2024 Virtual Stoker appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more

What inspired you to start writing? I’ve always been a big reader. When I was in my teens, in the 80s, and figuring out who I was and my orientation, there weren’t any books that reflected me or guys like me. If there were gay characters they were side stories, often made out to be broken individuals, or mentally unstable, the first to die, or worse, the villain or antagonist of the story – because their sexual orientation made them that way. I didn’t like that. In my 40s, I started to review my accomplished bucket list of items and realized that writing had always been on there, but I hadn’t ..read more

What inspired you to start writing? I’ve always written, mostly for my own amusement, since I was a small child. To me, it was something you just ‘did’ - invented stories and fancies – and I sometimes found it odd that others didn’t. My own breakthrough moment was when I stopped drafting endless convoluted novels and went directly into writing short stories, novelettes, and novellas, most of which sold immediately. So I kept doing that. The post A Point of Pride 2024: An Interview with John Linwood Grant appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more

What has writing horror taught you about the world and yourself? My first published works are paranormal horror mysteries that delve into the world of the occult and various other things. It has been wonderful to learn even more about our world’s history and, though I had already assumed, how many things within the horror genre are based on old beliefs and myths that were once rooted in a true story. Every story has a root in some experience at one point in time. The post A Point of Pride 2024: An Interview With Zachariah Jones appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more

Who are some LGBTQ horror authors you recommend our audience check out? I always recommend that people start with the classics. Oscar Wilde created one of the greatest psychological horror stories in The Picture of Dorian Gray. The gay subtext that is baked into Dorian’s relationships with the men of the book, their own self-hatred, and inability to admit their love, jealousy, and obsession for Dorian leads to terrible fates for the female characters. William J. Martin (formerly Poppy Z Brite) has written some of the best, most luscious stories I’ve ever read. The post A Point of Pride 2024 ..read more

What inspired you to start writing? I’ve loved writing for so long I can’t remember starting! I was writing short stories at least as far back as second grade, maybe earlier. I’ve always been a voracious reader, and whenever I read something that I really love, I have to try to figure out how to do it myself. The post A Point of Pride 2024: An Interview with Lindsay King-Miller appeared first on Horror Writers Association ..read more