Day One of my virtual tour of the blogosphere began today. My tour has been arranged by Pump Up Your Book Promotion, run by CEO/Founder Dorothy Thompson. My first of at least 18 stops has been an ongoing visit with The Writer's Life Author Talks, an influential group of writers and readers that was founded in 2004 and that meets regularly on Yahoo. Please check it out here. Up next? I'll let you know first thing tomorrow!
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About Me
- Jim Melvin
- Clemson, SC, United States
- I was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., but grew up in St. Petersburg, Fla. I graduated from the University of South Florida (Tampa) in 1979 with a B.A. in Journalism. I now live in South Carolina near the Blue Ridge Mountains, a pleasant setting for writing, to say the least. I was an award-winning journalist at the St. Petersburg Times for twenty-five years and I currently work at the Charlotte Observer. I am married with five daughters.
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Jim Melvin, a veteran journalist, debuts as novelist.
2 comments:
Hi, Jim.
I just found your blog through a post at the SF Reader site. I have a thread there about horror/fantasy hybrids. No one has mentioned your Death Wizard books yet, probably because they are so new. But they look very interesting.
To me, the ground between fantasy and horror seems fertile for good stories. My questions are whether publishers will bite and audiences of the two genres will read something that tweaks the conventions. I think readers are ready for something more challenging. People who enjoy gritty fantasy like the Black Company or even Conan should be easy converts, but the horror fans seem like a tougher sell, since most horror has a contemporary setting.
The Pit is now on my shopping list.
I just finished my second novel, though I don't have anything polished yet besides a few short stories. One is soon to be published. I am a young writer, though not a young person. lol
Visit my writing blog if you have a chance at bryanhitchcock.blogspot.com
Cheers!
Dear Bryan:
Wow! Thanks for the great and detailed post. You bring up some thought-provoking points. I've always been of the mindset -- for better or worse -- that you have to write from the heart and then let the chips fall where they may. For me, they fall -- as you describe -- somewhere between fantasy and horror.
And I will definitely check out your blog and leave a comment!
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