____________________________________________________ {Thanks again to J. Haniver for conducting this interview and editing out the “ummms.” –TmC] What led to the writing of this novel? I’ve always liked giant monster movies, so it seemed sort of inevitable, maybe, that I’d write about big creatures at some point. For this story in particular, what happened was I… Continue reading Q & A for WE ARE STRANGE CREATURES
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Q & A for INVASION OF THE BEEKEEPERS
[Thanks to J. Haniver for once again recording and editing the following interview. –TmC] I remember you telling me that you came up with this novel while you were writing After the Death of the Ice Cream Man. Sort of. I thought, back when I was writing After the Death in 2004, that I wanted… Continue reading Q & A for INVASION OF THE BEEKEEPERS
“Iowa” and Me
It’s hard for me to believe I wrote Iowa back in 2007 (though it came out in 2016). It speaks so much to our modern era, political and otherwise, that it spooks me a little. Like this stuff: “And noticing this, he began to notice how prevalent Madness had become. It was always there, in… Continue reading “Iowa” and Me
Science
I was thinking, recently, of how people who disbelieve in science are annoying (COVID is real, ya fucktards), but also how equally annoying are those who fetishize it. The latter, of course, seems to be the de rigueur attitude among those who wish to seem enlightened, but it certainly seems obvious that science, as a… Continue reading Science
Final work on forthcoming novel, “Invasion of the Beekeepers.”
I am currently heavily involved in the final work on the forthcoming novel, Invasion of the Beekeepers. This is the “fine-tooth comb” point, in which I go through and make sure everything is where I want it. A final edit, if you will. Sometimes you’ll catch things that are obvious (like a name that should… Continue reading Final work on forthcoming novel, “Invasion of the Beekeepers.”