Tropes and Clichés – How To Keep Your Writing FRESH
by Cary Christopher & Lisanne Harrington The OC Writer’s Blog theme for the month of April is “Fresh”, so what better time to discuss clichés? Nothing will kill a fresh Continue reading
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Push to ‘The End’
By Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington This month’s theme is “Push” so we thought we’d take a moment to speak to all the writers out there who have that one Continue reading
RED
By Lisanne Harrington and Cary Christopher This month’s theme on the O.C. Writer’s Blog is “Red”. When horror writers think of red, they think of one word: Gore. There may Continue reading
New Ideas – For Monsters And Everything Else
by Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington This month’s theme is “New”. Hmm. How do you come up with something new, especially when you’re writing about monsters? Haven’t they pretty much Continue reading
Unfreeze The Frozen Mind
by Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington So this month’s theme is “Freeze”. Lisanne and Cary looked at each other and said, “What?” That’s when the writer’s block set in. How Continue reading
Put Your Book on a Diet With Self-Editing
by Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington With this month’s topic being “overindulgence”, we could think of no better time to discuss editing. In particular, self-editing. Whether you’re writing your very Continue reading
Thrilling Book Recommendations
by Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington This month’s topic is Thrills and Chills and we thought we’d share some of the stories that gave us chills. Some people prefer more Continue reading
Bram Stoker’s Dracula: An Historical Perspective, Part 2
by Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington Today we continue our perspective on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with a focus on how the age and culture in which it was produced affected Continue reading
Setting: Embracing the Ordinary to Heighten the Extraordinary
by Lisanne Harrington and Cary Christopher Believability. Setting is an important element of any good story, but even more so in horror fiction. Readers of horror expect to be entertained Continue reading
Bram Stoker’s Dracula—An Historical Perspective, Pt 1
by Cary Christopher and Lisanne Harrington A great way to tie into this month’s History theme would be to visit a horror masterpiece and look at the many ways it Continue reading