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With the film version of Michael Connelly’s THE LINCOLN LAWYER hitting theaters today, we asked the best-selling author how he feels about the finished product. Oh, and we asked him about his novels, too.
BOOKGASM: How does the film adaptation of THE LINCOLN LAWYER compare to the one Clint Eastwood did for BLOOD WORK? Is one truer to your vision than the other?
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Author Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
Nate Southard is the author of RED SKY, now available for pre-order from Thunderstorm Books. It’s the best novel I’ve read this year.
BOOKGASM: Elements of your soon-to-be-released debut novel, RED SKY, reminded me of early Jack Ketchum, visceral and gritty. It’s also very cinematic. If I had to describe it, I might say it’s THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE if Ketchum had directed it, and not just because of the setting. It’s also got a dash of Sam Peckinpah tossed in for good measure. How much of your writing is influenced by where you live?
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People always seemed to be surprised when they hear that an actor has written a novel, as if a talent in one field precludes having one in another. Personally, I’m far more surprised that more actors don’t try their hand at fiction, considering how the nature of their craft allows them to get into the heads of characters whose behavior and attitudes are often anathema to their own.
That and they often have a lot of free time on their hands.
Still, despite this there is an annoying tendency to treat novels written by actors as amusing novelties rather than as serious works of genuine merit. Hopefully the efforts of celebrated cult movie actress Adrienne Barbeau will go some way toward changing that.
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Author Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
After selling his first novel in 1991, World Fantasy Award winner Graham Joyce has pursued writing full-time. He teaches creative writing to grad students at Nottingham Trent University, and his current novel is HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH DEMONS, published by Night Shade Books.
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Comics scribe Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
Author/filmmaker Mick Garris chatted with us to promote RIDING THE BULLET: THE DELUXE SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE from LonelyRoad Books, which includes Garris’ screenplay for the movie with Stephen King’s original novella.
BOOKGASM: Was your ultimate goal to be a filmmaker, did you just fall into it in large part to your break on Steven Spielberg’s AMAZING STORIES, or did you just want to be a storyteller, regardless of the medium?
GARRIS: I actually started writing fiction when I was about 12, after having been all about drawing. My father had gone to art school, and was a pretty good artist who was never able to make a living at it. Once I started writing, I quit drawing; I originally wanted to be a cartoonist and animator.
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