What is a professional writer? Is it somebody who consistently turns out a certain quality level of writing? Is it somebody who is paid for their work? Is it a storyteller who keeps the reader enthralled as they weave their way through the imaginary scenarios and images they create on the page? Is it somebody who is a household name? If you answered yes to the above questions then you are talking about Gene O'Neill. Well, yes to all of the questions except the last one. But after 30 years he stands ready to make that one happen also. Here is part three of our interview with author Gene O'Neill.
So after 30 years in the writing world would you do something different if you were to do it again?
I don't think so. I think a lot of people look back on their lives and would like to redo them. I...
So after 30 years in the writing world would you do something different if you were to do it again?
I don't think so. I think a lot of people look back on their lives and would like to redo them. I...
- 2/12/2013
- by Del Howison
- FEARnet
Having become a professional writer for some time since retiring from his day job Gene looks back at the path he followed and the possible opportunities he left sitting on the table when his choices were made. He realizes he could be further along, but as he stated in Part One of this interview, family is first. My feeling after spending some time with him during this interview is that friends are second with writing being the love that he feels still needs consummation.
FEARnet: Right now the publishing industry is the wild, wild west. The problem with the easier you make technology the more every Tom, Dick, and Harry can come out of the woodwork thinking they have talent. So, for you, how is full-time writing in that environment?
Gene O'Neill: Because I fooled around in the investment business and made a few bucks so I can do what I want to,...
FEARnet: Right now the publishing industry is the wild, wild west. The problem with the easier you make technology the more every Tom, Dick, and Harry can come out of the woodwork thinking they have talent. So, for you, how is full-time writing in that environment?
Gene O'Neill: Because I fooled around in the investment business and made a few bucks so I can do what I want to,...
- 1/21/2013
- by Del Howison
- FEARnet
Author Gene O'Neill is a man with a plan. That plan is to write and get paid. He hopes that readers begin to recognize his work and seek him out. He certainly has the skill set having graduated from Clarion in a class filled with, what are now, successful writers. But he was sidetracked along the way because the one thing more important to him than writing is family. But now he is back on track and I was able to sit down with him in late 2012 at Dark Delicacies and have an extensive conversation.
One of the first things you wrote that sticks in my head was the Burden of Indigo short story in Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981. What had you done prior to that that made you think "Hey, I can write short stories"?
About a year before that I won a Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association writing...
One of the first things you wrote that sticks in my head was the Burden of Indigo short story in Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981. What had you done prior to that that made you think "Hey, I can write short stories"?
About a year before that I won a Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association writing...
- 1/9/2013
- by Del Howison
- FEARnet
This weekend at the 2010 World Horror Convention -- held in the lovely seaside town of Brighton, England -- the annual Bram Stoker Awards for literary horror were given at the famous Palm Court fish-and-chip restaurant on Brighton Pier. Hit the jump now to see who took home horror's most distinguished prize. This year's winners were... Novel: Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan First Novel: Damnable by Hank Schwaeble Long Fiction: The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton Short Fiction: "In the Porches of My Ears" by Norman Prentiss Collection: A Taste of Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill Anthology: He is Legend edited by Christopher...
- 3/29/2010
- FEARnet
The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the 2009 Bram Stoker Award, honoring superior achievement in horror literature:
Superior Achievement In A Novel
Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan (Harper)Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)Quarantined by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)Cursed by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement In A First Novel
Breathers by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)Solomon's Grave by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)Superior Achievement In Long Fiction"Dreaming Robot Monster" by Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)The Hunger of Empty Vessels by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)Superior Achievement In Short Fiction"Keeping Watch" by Nate Kenyon (Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror...
Superior Achievement In A Novel
Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan (Harper)Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)Quarantined by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)Cursed by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement In A First Novel
Breathers by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)Solomon's Grave by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)Superior Achievement In Long Fiction"Dreaming Robot Monster" by Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)The Hunger of Empty Vessels by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)Superior Achievement In Short Fiction"Keeping Watch" by Nate Kenyon (Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror...
- 2/21/2010
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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