This interview was conducted by Hellnotes contributor Rick Hipson. Hell Notes: Wow. What a book! How tough was it for you to write through some of the more brutal parts compared to the impact of reading it back afterward? John Paul Allen: Writing the bad stuff is...
HELL NOTES: To begin with, Steve, how did such a poignant, morally challenging tale like Amara’s Prayer come to take over your imagination in the first place? STEVEN E. WEDEL: I guess it would start with my Pentecostal upbringing. I always knew the...
Dark City: An Early Years Repairman novel by F. Paul Wilson Gauntlet Press 2013 Reviewed by Rick Hipson Welcome to the house of cards that Jack built. In a world where everything he loves threatens to crumble down as easy as Sunday morning, Jack is the ultimate...
RICK AMORTIS: I’d like to express what an honor and thrill it is to welcome to Hellnotes.com my very special guest at this time author Eric A. Shelman. Delving right into the meat of things how was the initial brainchild for the runaway hit series Dead Hunger...
I’m a lazy, ADD-riddled workaholic. I guess what it comes down to is that I don’t like being bored. I don’t watch much TV, though when I do I tend to chew through entire seasons in a weekend–Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Dexter…. I wake up in the morning between six...
JournalStone Publishing recently asked some of their authors to discuss their newest books and what lead to them writing about their subject matter. Kristina’s article gives you a bit of insight into her creative process: From the website: The Thinking Man’s...