Sean Taylor
@seanhtaylor
23 posts
Atlanta, GA, USA
Joined on 20 Mar 2021
Summary
Sean Taylor has written short stories, novellas, graphic novels and comics for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing and The Oxygen Network.
Skills and Interests
Writing Reading Playing Bass (Keys Harmonica Drums) Volleyball Sci-Fi Urban Fantasy Pulp Board Games
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over 3 years ago
Fashion Sense (Writers on character clothing and fashion)
For this week's roundtable, let's talk fashion. No, not your own, but that of your characters.How much do you use your narrative to draw attention to your characters' clothing choices?Tom Hutchison: In comics, design is a huge key. In novels far less so. So it depends on ...continued
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over 3 years ago
PUBLIC DOMAIN CHARACTERS: A USER'S GUIDE -- YOU CAN TRY... BUT SHOULD YOU?
by Frank Schildiner One of the running themes in the discussion of public domain characters are the technicalities about public domain versus trademark. This is a surprisingly hot button issue for some people, so I will try and explain why the argument is, in my opinion a...continued
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Public Domain Characters: A User's Guide -- If You Like...
by Frank Schildiner One of the issues that writers face is an inability to fulfill the lifelong desire of writing a character they love. Take me, for example; I am one of the last major fans of the occult work of Dennis Wheatley. My chances of writing his seminal hero, th...continued
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over 3 years ago
Movie Reviews for Writers: The Haunting of M.R. James
I suppose it's a common question to ask of writers of ghost stories if they actually believed in the paranormal. Folks like M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Gilman Perkins, and Ambrose Bierce become maybe more authentic in the eyes of their readers if they actual...continued
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over 3 years ago
Derrick Ferguson -- An Ongoing Collection of Tributes
Derrick Ferguson's death has left a hole. He touched a lot of writers and readers and just plain ol' friends, and many of them are sharing their memories of and tributes to him all over the internet. I'm keeping this post as an ongoing update of links of those memorials p...continued
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over 3 years ago
Movie Reviews for Writers -- Hammett (Guest Review by Derrick Ferguson)
NOTE: I had been emailing with Derrick a little before his death about having him contribute some reviews for the Movie Reviews for Writers section of this blog, and sadly, those reviews will now never happen. I was able however to dig through his Ferguson Theater blog an...continued
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over 3 years ago
Daniel Emery Taylor: It's the ADHD
We're going to change things up a bit for this writer interview. We're going to talk with Daniel Emery Taylor, an indie movie producer and scriptwriter. He's still a hardcore genre writer (horror being both a genre and hardcore), albeit in a different format. Plus, he's j...continued
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over 3 years ago
Remembering Derrick Ferguson (In His Own Words)
The New Pulp community lost a hero on April 4, 2021. The New Pulp movement lost its soul on April 4, 2020. The independent genre writers world lost its heart on April 4, 2021.I know it's all en vogue to all but raise writers to sainthood upon their death and rattle off ac...continued
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over 3 years ago
The Mysterious Worlds of Mark Allen Vann
Mark Allen Vann is a writer I recently discovered. I figured in the spirit of "share and share alike" I should introduce him to you as well.Tell us a bit about your latest work.Currently I am in the process of finishing up the editing process for the sequel to my first An...continued
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over 3 years ago
Movie Reviews for Writers: The Adventures of Anais Nin
After watching this docu-drama, I regret not having a deeper bench of Nin's work rattling around in my brain. She seems like a very experiential writer who saw with world with the sense of wonder that C.S. Lewis called Sechunct, almost a sort of magical realism tinted gla...continued
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over 3 years ago
Romancing the Genre (Apologies to the Stone)
This week, let's look at working romance into your other genres. What is the appeal of having romantic subplots in stories that are more typically focused on action, adventure, or even horror? We turned to the jury to get their verdict. 1. Have you found a romantic subplo...continued
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over 3 years ago
Tamara Lowery and the Waves of Darkness
I can't remember which convention I was attending when I met Tamary Lowery, but I can tell you it wasn't the last we'd attend together. She's such a stalwart on the convention scene that no doubt most of my blog readers have probably already met her themselves. Still, for...continued
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over 3 years ago
Movie Reviews for Writers: Playhouse
Be warned. Playhouse is a slow-burn haunted castle story. In fact, I'd say it's a very slow burn. Luckily, that's right in my wheel house, so I loved it. It's eerily similar in tone and theme to the far superior film by Kubrick, The Shining, based on King's novel. But, in...continued
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over 3 years ago
Not Fitting in at the Bookstore — And What It Taught Me About Who I Am as a Writer
I love used bookstores. Most of my ever-growing library comes either from online discounters or used bookstores. Even so, with all that love (I can spend hours wandering in a single, skinny store in a low-rent shopping center), I still always have the hardest time at used...continued
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over 3 years ago
Public Domain Characters: A User’s Guide
A Guest Post by Frank SchildinerOne of the best Western films ever was “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, a true classic in every sense of the word. It also exists as a wonderful metaphor in many areas. Today we will take that concept into the world of public domain chara...continued
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over 3 years ago
Mike Bullock: Writing the Thousand Words (and more)
My first encounter with Mike Bullock was his wonderful fantasy comic book Lions, Tigers, and Bears. But it’s time to discover what he’s been up to lately. Tell us a bit about your latest work.My first full-length sword & sorcery novel, Runemaster: Shield Maiden’s Blad...continued
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over 3 years ago
Movie Reviews for Writers: They Live Inside Us
This review contains serious spoilers near the end. You've been warned. This little new horror gem might not be everyone's cup of tea (or red dyed corn syrup) but it's a pretty spry little thriller about widowed screenwriter Jake who feels all the ideas for good horror ha...continued
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over 3 years ago
New and Classic: The Pulp Conundrum
New Pulp is a term accepted/embraced by lots of writers today, from Chuck Wendig to Adam Christopher, and among the new publishers that identify with that marketing/genre terminology. But what does it mean? This week on the blog, we go straight to the sources to find out ...continued
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over 3 years ago
Midnight After the Reception
You take the treasures of a queenAnd lay them at the feet of a whore,Ignoring the heavily perfumed skin,The sultry scent of sex,The eyes smear-streaked with tears,Blue and black and trailing eye shadowAnd mascara in riverlets across her cheeks.The room filled with latenig...continued
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over 3 years ago
Why Do You Write... Horror?
Just one question this week, folks. And it's for the horror writers.Why Do You Write... Horror?Nikki Nelson-Hicks:I have a theory that writers write because they subconsciously want to save...or kill...someone over and over again. As for me, horror gives me a way to not o...continued
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over 3 years ago
Movie Reviews for Writers -- Dead Poets Society
Dead poets pass down literature. And literature is anarchy. Literature is counter culture, regardless of the culture. But not all fiction or poetry is literature (but it can be in the right setting and with the right catalyst). There is safety and there is fringe. Fringe ...continued
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over 3 years ago
Movie Reviews for Writers: Authors Anonymous
I really wasn't expecting a lot from this flick. It wasn't any of the actors or even the plot synopsis. It was the whole idea of doing a comedy about a writers group without resorting to overdrawn caricatures. Luckily, as close as this actually gets to that kind of portra...continued
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over 3 years ago
The ABC (Plots) of Ongoing Storytelling
Writing an ongoing story is a different animal than writing a stand-alone novel or short story. And it's not as simple as "What's the next big story?" How do you keep your whole cast of characters involved, including supporting cast? How do you build up to new stories wit...continued
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