Interview with Alan Baxter, writer of dark weird shit
‘Write caffeinated and edit drunk’
Episode 69 – Alan Baxter – Show Notes
- Baxter believes plotting and pantsing is a sliding scale.
- Vomit drafter but often edits a little before starting each day’s writing session
- Has a target of 5000 words per week when writing first drafts but doesn’t try to write every day
- Coffee in the day, whiskey in the evening
- Genre is ‘dark weird shit’ – soup of urban fantasy, horror and the weird plus crime and noir
- Themes of justice and consequences
- Time is the most important thing
- Martial arts mindset – time and commitment – developing a practice and striving for improvement
- Stepping away from the manuscript to let the brain to work out the problems
- Short stories can shake up the process, like cross-training
- Clive Barker, Stephen King, Lovecraft, Poe, Kaaron Warren, Margo Lanegan and comics
- Short story collection Served Cold leans more into horror and explores Australian identity
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