Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am the author of Gray Lake, Death Sight (the Will Castleton psychic detective series) and several other supernatural thrillers. Many are straight-forward, but every now and then I like to go humorously B-movie over the top! (Think the 2021 “Suicide Squad” or old Troma Studio movies.) I’m an award-winning journalist, I’ve taught English to thousands of college students, and I have an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. My shorter work has appeared in many publications, including Weird Tales and Strange Horizons, and in several anthologies alongside my heroes like Ray Bradbury, Joe R. Lansdale, RamseyCampbell, Jack Ketchum, Brian Keene, and many others, with honorable mentions in The Year’s Best Horror and Fantasy.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Although I write in many genres, including everything from science fiction serial killer thrillers, I just released the third book my Riders of the Weird West series – RIDERS THROUGH THE MISTS OF TIME! I’ve planned several more books in this sprawling, far-out series, but this particular book introduces larger than life, fiendish new villains with immense powers that challenge all the newfound powers of the main characters – and all my powers as a writer!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do not believe in writer’s block. I do believe in procrastination or having a bad case of “the don’t wannas” but I also believe any writing problem can be solved by opening a blank document and writing about what you’re writing about. I wrote a little book about this, if you’re interested…. 🙂
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’ve got a huge blog post ranking Stephen King’s books in order, if you’re interested…. 🙂 When my students ask me what they should be reading, my answer is, “Widely.”
What are you working on now?
I am working on a book called KILLER CHASE. And the next book in several series. I have ideas for books to keep me going should I live another fifty years, easy.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know that there is a best promotional practice. I am always learning, pivoting, open to new ideas. My current website is http://www.AuthorDavidBain.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Take the time to learn every sort of writing, from poetry to drama to journalism to screenwriting, plus. Try to learn from the best. But make sure to find an hour to shut the door – and don’t let anyone tell you what to write during that hour.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Why don’t you go take a short nap and then look at it again?
What are you reading now?
Paperbacks from Hell – Grady Hendrix
Sandman Part II (audiobook)
working my way through Stark (Westlake)’s Parker novels
various Joyce Carol Oates short stories
poetry by Stephen Dobyns and Albert Goldbarth
What’s next for you as a writer?
More books in various series. There are a couple stand-alones I’d like to get to in the next couple years. We’ll see….
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Probably Joyce Carol Oates’ HIGH LONESOME or her novel BELLEFLEUR; there’s nothing she can’t do with words and there’s an encyclopedia of genre in those two books. Probably Hendrix’s PAPERBACKS FROM HELL because that’s such a fun overview of the grue I grew up on. My own novel GRAY LAKE because it sums up the first thirty years of my life. And there’s a tiny little book by Tai Sheridan called BUDDHA IN BLUE JEANS that’s about as nifty a reminder as one needs that this too shall pass.
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