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Getting spooky with Christina Henry, author of The Ghost Tree

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Ep. #475 - On today's episode, Adam interviews Christina Henry about her newest book, The Ghost Tree. They chat about how Christina lets character choices drive her plot, discovering them in real time, and the various subgenres within horror. They also discuss re-imagining existing titles and making it your own, and how scary stories are best when they're shared.

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Christina Henry returns to scare the hell out of you

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Adam welcomes back Christina Henry to chat about her terrifying new novel, Near the Bone. The discuss the idea of showing the POV of a victim vs. a villain, how she writes characters instead of plots, and why the true terror of the unseen.
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Authors behaving badly

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Lately, a number of authors who have high profiles have been doing some less than awesome things online.
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On grief, laughter, and giving ourselves grace with Joan F. Smith

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Author of The Half-Orphan's Handbook discusses the grieving process
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