Comments on: My Mom, Your Mom & The Horror Of Horror http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror Where Words Meet Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dave Wilson http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10744 Dave Wilson Sun, 11 May 2008 15:52:52 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10744 My mom didn't really actively encourage me, but then, I didn't need any...she supported me - but I wrote and read constantly as a kid...drew comic books...etc. I did get a good laugh later in life though. My first sale that paid any real money was a dark erotic tale sold to Cavalier - farmed off on their sister magazine Nugget - and then eventually published in Cavalier anyway. When I sent NUGGET to my mom I figured she'd hit the roof...but she took it to WORK and showed it off (lol) "Here's my son's story - right across the page from the article on Lebian Foot Fetishes!" My mom didn’t really actively encourage me, but then, I didn’t need any…she supported me - but I wrote and read constantly as a kid…drew comic books…etc.

I did get a good laugh later in life though. My first sale that paid any real money was a dark erotic tale sold to Cavalier - farmed off on their sister magazine Nugget - and then eventually published in Cavalier anyway. When I sent NUGGET to my mom I figured she’d hit the roof…but she took it to WORK and showed it off (lol) “Here’s my son’s story - right across the page from the article on Lebian Foot Fetishes!”

]]> By: eric wilson http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10724 eric wilson Sat, 10 May 2008 16:03:57 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10724 I love your mom. She sounds a lot like the sixties flower-children parents I grew up with. They let me explore life's corners. They gave guidance and challenged my preconceptions, but they never dictated what I should read or write. I love your mom. She sounds a lot like the sixties flower-children parents I grew up with. They let me explore life’s corners. They gave guidance and challenged my preconceptions, but they never dictated what I should read or write.

]]> By: Thomas Sullivan http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10723 Thomas Sullivan Sat, 10 May 2008 15:13:39 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10723 I think a lot of writers who have a dark side to their work are reacting to the Pollyannas in the world, whether it was a repressive mother or just unbearable censorship from the world at large. In that sense maybe horror is "over-realism" reacting to "under-realism." Yeah, I got some of that from my dear sweet mother. Even though I wrote a lot of comedy her mantra was "Why don't you write something happy," by which she meant unrealistically giddy. Humor touches every facet of my life. I see life in a fun house mirror. It's my reaction to boredom, narrow-mindedness, pain and the human condition. The dark stuff I write is really just that same reaction done in a different tone. -- Sully I think a lot of writers who have a dark side to their work are reacting to the Pollyannas in the world, whether it was a repressive mother or just unbearable censorship from the world at large. In that sense maybe horror is “over-realism” reacting to “under-realism.” Yeah, I got some of that from my dear sweet mother. Even though I wrote a lot of comedy her mantra was “Why don’t you write something happy,” by which she meant unrealistically giddy. Humor touches every facet of my life. I see life in a fun house mirror. It’s my reaction to boredom, narrow-mindedness, pain and the human condition. The dark stuff I write is really just that same reaction done in a different tone.

– Sully

]]> By: Parents and Writing « A Field of Paper Flowers http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10722 Parents and Writing « A Field of Paper Flowers Sat, 10 May 2008 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10722 [...] her parents had–as all parents do–about her going into the arts).  Cody Goodfellow has another over at Storytellers Unplugged, and before the day is out, I’m sure there will be [...] [...] her parents had–as all parents do–about her going into the arts).  Cody Goodfellow has another over at Storytellers Unplugged, and before the day is out, I’m sure there will be [...]

]]> By: Robert Jones http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10719 Robert Jones Sat, 10 May 2008 11:38:24 +0000 http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/my-mom-your-mom-the-horror-of-horror#comment-10719 One doesn't often realize how positive a lack of negative feedback can be. You did a fine job of recognizing and illuminating that rarely acknowledged fact with personal experiences. RCJ One doesn’t often realize how positive a lack of negative feedback can be. You did a fine job of recognizing and illuminating that rarely acknowledged fact with personal experiences.
RCJ

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