'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and it was different but it was also the same. 'So Cold the River,' I knew, was going to be really different, and that's why I thought about doing it as a novella under a pseudonym, because I didn't want to damage my career.
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer be… - Michael Koryta
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer be…
- Michael Koryta
You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door. - Michael Koryta
You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door.
Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine. - Michael Koryta
Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine.
We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural. - Michael Koryta
We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural.
In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endur… - Michael Koryta
In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endur…
I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it is self-inflicted and… - Michael Koryta
I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it is self-inflicted and…
I started writing as soon as I started reading. - Michael Koryta
I started writing as soon as I started reading.
I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when were hamm… - Michael Koryta
I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when were hamm…
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or bei… - Michael Koryta
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or bei…
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