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Everything can be grist for the muse. Sometimes, writers draw on personal experiences. 'Ghoul' was just that.

~Brian Keene

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'Ghoul' was what my world looked like, growing up in the late Seventies and early Eighties, and what I thought it looked like. A lot of my personal experiences went into it.

~Brian Keene

Topics: Early Eighties Experiences Growing Growing Up Late Like Looked Lot Personal Seventies Thought Up World

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Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix.

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Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.

~Brian Keene

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In late 2001, I contributed a short story called 'Castaways' to an anthology called 'In Laymon's Terms,' which was a tribute to Richard Laymon, who had passed away earlier that year.

~Brian Keene

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'Castaways' was a play on what if a reality show like 'Survivor' was unknowingly set on an island inhabited by a sub-human race of creatures? Readers have often asked me to consider turning the short story into a full-length novel. So I did.

~Brian Keene

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I tend to spend a lot of time building characters that the reader will believe in and sympathize with.

~Brian Keene

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I've been a fan of 'The Defenders' since childhood, and Devil Slayer was always one of my favorite members of the team - especially during J.M. DeMatteis' wonderful run on the series.

~Brian Keene

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 22nd, 1967

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