Michael is an independent author, passionate about telling dark, twisty stories packed with gut-punching emotion, inspired by Stephen King, CJ Tudor, and John Connolly. His books are but a glimpse into the realm of darkness that is his imagination. You dare not venture further.
He lives in County Durham with his wife and cats.
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QUESTIONS:
1. Tell our readers a little about yourself and your writing (including publications).
I’m Michael. I write psychological horror and dark thrillers tackling complex and uncomfortable emotions and trauma. I’ve published three books so far with a fourth on the way.
My debut, Echoes of the Forgotten, is an IT inspired psychological horror about mental health, grief, memory, and a creepy fairground that doesn’t exist. The story is continued with a sequel/prequel novella called Enter If You Dare.
Then there’s Beneath the Stains of Time, a standalone serial killer thriller following the son of the killer. It explores themes of abuse, loss, survivors guilt, toxic families, and buried pasts/secrets.
2. What writing projects are you currently working on?
I’m preparing the release of a standalone horror thriller called A FIRE INSIDE coming on October 6th, and I’ve started work on book 3 in my fairground horror ECHOES series.
3. Are you a daytime writer, a mid-day writer, a nighttime writer, or just someone who writes when the mood hits you?
Having to balance writing with a full time job, I don’t yet have the privilege of choosing when to write. It’s almost always in the evening after I get home from work.
4. Do you have a writing “Bucket List” (goals you want to accomplish as a writer)?
There’s obviously the unrealistic, shoot for the moon ones like trad published bestseller, stoker award winner/nominee, movie adaptation. But on my main goal is to be able to become a full-time writer.
5. Who is your favorite author and why?
I’ve always named King as my favourite because of the influence he’s had on me and because he was my entry into horror after being scared of everything as a kid, but recently my mind leans more toward Clay McLeod Chapman. I discovered his work last year starting with Whisper Down The Lane and reading that book filled me with growing anxiety. I haven’t had a reaction to a book like I did that one, since I read IT when I was 12.
6. Who/what first inspired you to write?
I’ve written for as long as I can remember so I don’t really know. I can tell you I was inspired to take writing seriously and consider it an option after reading Gone Girl and Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. It was so refreshing to read complex, damaged, and almost unlikeable characters in thrillers following regular people.
7. What are your favorite book genres?
I read almost exclusively horror and thrillers, although I have recently been enjoying the Dungeon Crawler Carl books, which are a great palette cleanser between all the dark and dismal things I write and read.
8. What was the first horror movie you ever saw?
The first horror movie I ever saw was called Stir of Echoes. I saw it at too young of an age. I was 8 I think. Being already scared of everything I hated the film and became terrified to around my house alone, convinced I would find a ghost waiting for me if there was nobody with me. Even though I live and breathe horror now, I’ve never rewatched the film.
9. What is your favorite horror movie?
My favourite horror film is Carpenter’s The Thing. There’s a reason we’re still talking about it after all these years.
10. Do you have any “rules” when you write? (EX for me: the dog never dies!)
I haven’t written many (if any) pets into my books but for the readers sake more than mine, I think I’d stick to a similar rule if I was to write one.
11. Speaking of animals, do you have any pets?
I had four cats while living with family but since getting my own house last year, we have not got any pets.
12. When you are in a writing funk, how do you find your way out?
Through sheer willpower and despair.
13. Do you ever base any characters on yourself? Give specifics in your books if possible.
To some degree, there are parts of me in many characters. My experience of suicidal depression was inspiration for the character of Will, the protagonist of Echoes of the Forgotten so most assume Will is me but the character who is actually based more on myself is Peter Lincoln. He’s sarcastic and pedantic, which is 80% of what I say on a daily basis. He’s more of a dick and actively pushes people away, though. He is what happens to a personality like mine after losing everything.
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