| Jonathan Maberry August 12, 2006 |
| About Jonathan Maberry Jonathan Maberry is a professional writer and writing teacher; since 1979 he's sold more than 900 articles, sixteen nonfiction books, three novels, as well as numerous short stories, poetry, song lyrics, video scripts, and two plays. Jonathan recently released his first book-length fiction, with the spooky thriller Ghost Road Blues. Visit Jonathan's Ghost Road Blues website at www.ghostroadblues.com. |
Post Meeting Write-up
A good time was had by all at the August installment of the SFSNNJ
Face The Fiction lecture series held last night at the Borders B&M
store in the Garden State Plaza Mall, Paramus. Since there was no
pre-meeting activity planned out of respect for the passing of Carol
Smith last Friday, we started at 8:00 pm with Chris Hasselkus
introducing Jonathan Maberry, our guest speaker for the evening. Mr.
Maberry began by discussing the writing life in general,describing
how it's easier to get non-fiction work published easier than
fiction,specifically magazine articles. He started his career by writing
articles on martial arts,blues & jazz music, cooking,& child care,then
his career made a twist when began researching the folklore of
vampires & werewolves. This led him to write a series of books on
the subject(including his latest, Vampire Universe, which is due out
next month) and inspired him to write his first novel Ghost Road
Blues. Its the story of the spirit of a deceased blues singer returning
to his hometown in order to save it from an evil reincarnation. Mr.
Maberry read from a flashback portion of his novel, which had the
blues singer engaged in a fight with a werewolf
(which may have been the devil)whom he eventually kills, then
buries in a unmarked grave. It is later revealed the singer has been
hung for this action and also hints that the devil could come back.
Maberry answered many questions and gave his opinions on other
sci-fi /horror authors & films, including Harlan Ellison, Stephen King,
2010, & The Haunted. We thank Jonathan Maberry for a great
lecture and discussion.
A good time was had by all at the August installment of the SFSNNJ
Face The Fiction lecture series held last night at the Borders B&M
store in the Garden State Plaza Mall, Paramus. Since there was no
pre-meeting activity planned out of respect for the passing of Carol
Smith last Friday, we started at 8:00 pm with Chris Hasselkus
introducing Jonathan Maberry, our guest speaker for the evening. Mr.
Maberry began by discussing the writing life in general,describing
how it's easier to get non-fiction work published easier than
fiction,specifically magazine articles. He started his career by writing
articles on martial arts,blues & jazz music, cooking,& child care,then
his career made a twist when began researching the folklore of
vampires & werewolves. This led him to write a series of books on
the subject(including his latest, Vampire Universe, which is due out
next month) and inspired him to write his first novel Ghost Road
Blues. Its the story of the spirit of a deceased blues singer returning
to his hometown in order to save it from an evil reincarnation. Mr.
Maberry read from a flashback portion of his novel, which had the
blues singer engaged in a fight with a werewolf
(which may have been the devil)whom he eventually kills, then
buries in a unmarked grave. It is later revealed the singer has been
hung for this action and also hints that the devil could come back.
Maberry answered many questions and gave his opinions on other
sci-fi /horror authors & films, including Harlan Ellison, Stephen King,
2010, & The Haunted. We thank Jonathan Maberry for a great
lecture and discussion.
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