Posted on February 8, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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February is WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH, a month I’m sure most of you had no idea existed. February, I mean. Who keeps track of anything between Christmas and the Fourth of July? In all seriousness, women in the horror genre are often relegated to… Continue Reading “Women In Horror Month: An Interview with Lisa Morton”
Category: March of the Autumn People, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: cemetery dance, frankenstein, halloween, haunting of hill house, horror, horror writers association, hwa, interview, interview with a vampire, lisa morton, Los Angeles, lottery, stumpfucker, women in horror month, writers, zombies
Posted on July 1, 2011
by Brad C. Hodson
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Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’entrate. Abandon all hope, ye who enter. -Dante Alighieri’s proposal for a freeway entrance sign I’m sitting in traffic on the 101 trying to get to work. “Traffic” isn’t really the right word. “Traffic” implies some type of locomotion. I am… Continue Reading “Los Angeles and Road Rage Are Like PB&J”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use Incorrectly, The Poor Man's WikipediaTags: 911, ac/dc, dodge challenger, emilio estevez, Falling Down, freeways, heart attack, Hitler, improv, Los Angeles, maximum overdrive, muffin top, pistol, police, public transportation, road rage, soccer mom, time machine, who framed roger rabbit, who killed the electric car
We all do stupid things from time to time, yet years ago I decided to revolve my life around one of them. You see, I have chosen the single most masochistic, cruel, and unforgiving career path imaginable. I suppose there are worse decisions. Scraping… Continue Reading “I am an idiot”
Category: Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: 300, Ali, baseball, basketball, business of writing, Castle, Charlaine Harris, Chuck Palahniuk, Dan Simmons, David Morrell, Faulkner, First Blood, Fitzgerald, George RR Martin, Goldman, H.P. Lovecraft, Harlan Ellison, Hemingway, Joe R. Lansdale, John Grisham, John Skipp, Josh Olsen, Los Angeles, Michael Jordan, Nathan Fillion, Neil Gaiman, novel, on writing, Rampage, Rowling, screenwriting, Shaolin Temple, Shogun, Stephen King, Tarantino, Thermopylae, UFC, werewol, writing, writing well, Zinsser