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WIHM 2022: An Interview With Lisa Kröger

Horror Tree Presents: An Interview With Lisa Kröger

  1. What does it mean to be a woman in horror?

 

First, being a woman in horror means being part of a community. I have found a supportive and encouraging group of women who have helped me so much in my career. But women in horror need a community. We have a unique perspective and can help each other navigate the gatekeeping that is unfortunately sometimes part of working in the genre. It’s part of why I’ve worked hard with NYX Horror Collective to create opportunities for women, like our Stowe Story Labs fellowship for women over 40. It’s not just the gender gap that we are working against, but ageism too. We have come a long way, mostly because of the supportive community, but we still have a long way to go. Often, I feel as if I have to work twice as hard to get the same amount of recognition. I’m sure I’m not alone in that feeling. 

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WIHM 2022: The Fear of the Fallow

Get your butt in the chair (BIC).

Treat writing like you’re going to work.

Write every day.

Write at the same time every day.

Write X number of words per day.

(Sigh.)

We writers have heard these sayings, and more, and they’re all valid ways to be productive as writers; to combat the dreaded writer’s block.

Except, are they really?
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WIHM 2022: Top Horror Movies About College Students

Top Horror Movies About College Students

When it comes to horror movies, people’s opinions vary. Yet, modern scientists confirm that watching them is not such a bad idea, as there are real benefits to indulging in this movie genre. There are also different topics for a horror film. There are ones focused on ghosts, paranormal activities, even time travel, so there is something for everyone to appreciate. It might interest you to know there’s also a decent amount of horror movies focused on college students. It was in college that I fell head over heels in love with horror so I felt that the best way to celebrate this was to feature where the two have been combined. In this article, we discuss 5 of the top horror movies about college students.

The Top 5 Horror Movies About College Students

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WIHM 2022: Upcycling Emotions, or Why I Write Horror

Upcycling Emotions, or Why I Write Horror

by Katherine Quevedo

 

Blood-red paper. Twin blades. An amusement park ride. Sounds like the stuff of horror, right? Except, the ride I’m talking about was a miniature one occupying a corner of my dining room table, next to a sheet of red tissue paper and scissors. One of my sons had a school assignment to collect things destined for our recycling bin and instead convert them into an amusement park ride. He took a paper towel roll, a flattened cardboard box, a takeout beverage tray, and that scarlet tissue paper, and he crafted a carousel. Little red seats hung down from the top wheel, and he painted the central pole blue. It was a lesson in engineering and, to my eyes, a prime example of upcycling—crafting something new out of what would otherwise be discarded as waste, with the end result becoming more valuable than the sum of its parts. 

What does this have to do with writing horror? Everything. Step right up. 

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WIHM 2022: Kristina Rienzi: Beyond The Bio

Beyond The Bio

If you’ve read my bio, you’ll get a pretty good sense of who I am even if you don’t know me and you’ve never read my books. However, there’s more to an author than her writing life summed up in one paragraph. I’m here to let you in on the details I left out. 

If you’ve read my thrillers but never met me in real life, you’d likely believe that I’m an introvert. You’d also probably believe that something dark lurks inside of me. Then, you’d meet me in person and your head might just spin around. 
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WIHM 2022: An Interview With Cassandra L. Thompson

The Horror Tree Presents An Interview With Cassandra L. Thompson

  1. As you are in the middle of publishing The Ancient Ones trilogy, how has the world you’ve created evolved over time?

 

I actually came up with the idea for The Ancient Ones when I was sixteen, and it took until I was thirty to finally sit down and write it out. I finished it within a year, then I finished the next two the following year. So from the completion of one to three, nothing changed very much, but from sixteen to thirty, incredibly so. As an undergrad, I majored in History with a concentration in mythology, so the more I learned, the more I wanted to include in my stories. 

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