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Growing Up Dead In Texas: An Interview with Stephen Graham Jones
June 14th, 2012
In Growing Up Dead in Texas, a novel billed as part mystery and part memoir, Stephen Graham Jones goes back to his hometown of Greenwood, Texas to investigate a fire that torched the town’s cotton a quarter of a century ago, when Jones was only twelve. He takes his reader with him, back to West Texas of 1985, and relives a story about farming and basketball, about secrets and graveyards, about Hot Wheels and ghosts (albeit not in their usual form).
Read Interview →Twitterview with Bree Ogden, Instructor Of Our Upcoming Class 'Intro To Graphic Novel Writing'
June 5th, 2012
Bree Ogden is back with her hit class, Intro to Graphic Novel Writing. The course, designed to help you master the elements of writing a publishable graphic novel, was a huge success when she taught it last year. We're excited to be offering it again.
Read Interview →Paul Tremblay, Sarah Langan and John Langan Talk About The Horror Genre, And Their New Class Kicking Off Monday
June 1st, 2012
This is a first for LitReactor, and an exciting one, at that. This Monday, we kick off our first multi-instructor class, The Horror, The Horror: Writing Horror Fiction With Substance.
Read Interview →5 Questions with LitReactor's Christopher Bram; 'Beginning the Novel' Starts Next Monday
May 21st, 2012
The hardest part of anything is getting started. That's especially true of a novel--a giant, sprawling story that will never work if you don't jump off from solid ground.
Read Interview →5 Questions with LitReactor's Scott Myers; 'A Screenwriter's Approach To Story Prep' Starts Monday
May 9th, 2012
On Monday we kick off A Screenwriter's Approach To Story Prep with Scott Myers, a class that has us excited for two reasons:
Read Interview →5 Questions with LitReactor's Master of Horror, Jack Ketchum; 'Talking Scars' Starts May 7
April 27th, 2012
LitReactor is thrilled to welcome horror-master Jack Ketchum for Talking Scars. In this four-week online class, Ketchum will lead you through the dark side of fiction, revealing the dynamics of how to craft compelling horror and suspense.
Read Interview →An Interview with Chuck Wendig
April 24th, 2012
When LitReactor co-head honcho Dennis Widmyer asked me to describe the writing of Chuck Wendig, I more or less had to scratch my head and think about how, exactly, would I define it? He doesn’t exclusively write in one particular genre, so my catchall answer was Urban Fantasy. But even that doesn’t adequately describe Wendig’s style. The one thing I did say without hesitation was that Wendig was about two years away from being the next Neil Gaiman.
Read Interview →5 Questions with LitReactor's Master of Craft, Jon Gingerich; 'Fundamentals of Short Fiction' Starts Monday
April 19th, 2012
Jon Gingerich is the author of some of LitReactor's most popular columns on craft, so we're incredibly excited to debut his first online class, Fundamentals of Short Fiction, which is kicking off on Monday.
Read Interview →5 Questions With Returning LitReactor Instructor, Holiday Reinhorn; 'Embracing The Practice' Starts Monday
April 13th, 2012
A few months back Holiday Reinhorn taught a course at LitReactor. How did it go? This is what one of the students had to say: Holiday Reinhorn is a wonderful and nurturing instructor. Her workshop techniques allow for multiple perspectives on one piece of writing which allow you to really dig in and figure out what you're trying to say and do. Additionally, Holiday was extremely encouraging in every way, shape, and form. Even though it was online, I felt like I was friends with her, and most of my classmates by the end.
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