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The world has gotten so rigid, tense, alarmist, and anxious of late.
Even recent books have largely unlikeable characters with massive chips on their shoulders.
In a more gentle world, the main character negotiates very real problems with thoughtfulness, heart, and humor.
In this episode, J. Elliott, founder of Hedonistic Hound Press and author of a collection of cozy and humorous as well as spooky novels, joins Lana McAra to explain how both types of stories play their role.
J strongly believes in residual energies that can linger over a person, place, or object, and a recurring theme in my stories is about lingering negative energies, though she’s also written about malevolent ghosts, plants, vampires, and there are a few monsters in the mix, too.
All of this comes together to create some powerfully #Unputdownable fiction writing – and you are about to discover the secret recipe!
Tune in and hear J. Elliott’s thoughts on:
- What inspired her to write a cozy mystery series
- How and why she created her main character, Haint Blue
- What she likes most about the writing process – and what she likes least?
- The distinction between a “plotter” (someone who writes to an outline) and a “pantser” (someone who just goes with the flow) – and why this is important to you as a fiction writer
- Her fascination with ghost stories and how they are driven by her personal experiences with the supernatural
- Why her most recent project is a ghost story novel set in Japan
- And much, much more!
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https://hedonistichoundpress.com
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About the Author: J Elliott
J. Elliott has written three novels in a funny, Buddhist-theme-dusted, cozy series set in Florida (Monkey Mind, Monkey Heart, and It's a Haint Blue Christmas).
Inspired by her passion for classic ghost stories of the Victorian/Edwardian era, she has published three collections of spooky short stories (Ghost Lite, Tales from Kensington & Other Macabre & Unsettling Offerings and Uncanny Stout).
Additionally, she’s published a ghost story novel set in Japan, Jiko Bukken "Jee-ko Boo-ken", on Kindle Vella and in paperback.
A frequent contributor to the Writers Alliance of Gainesville's blog page The Hogtowne Quill, she is also an illustrator for two online horror fanzines, Yellow Mama and Black Petals.
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