Question: How do you feel fiction-writing and screen-writing compare? Gothic.net’s Panel of Experts weight in on the ways fiction-writing and screenwriting compare. Some of our experts feel writing fiction allows for more intricate character development and internal monologues, while writing for the screen requires a tighter focus on action and dialogue. Some find that writing for film or television requires more collaboration with directors, producers, and actors, while writing a novel or short story allows for more solitary creativity. Some find it all comes down […]
February 24th, 2023 | Filed under Headline,Professional | Read More »
The Kickstarter for Panel of Experts member Cecilia Tan is coming to a close in only ten hours. Gothic.net has the night owls, so this probably schedules out just right. Daron’s Guitar Chronicles is a trilogy about coming of age in the 1980’s while being different. The Daron’s Guitar Chronicles Omnibus Book has already been successful, but there are still additional perks like special online chats and extra-fine paper quality, which will be added in if enough people participate. I’m Cecilia Tan, I’m a writer […]
May 22nd, 2012 | Filed under Fiction,Headline,Video | Read More »
Question: Does a storyline seem more or less frightening to you, when BDSM themes are included, such as those in Hellraiser or Ichi the Killer? Some of us find BDSM imagery aesthetically pleasing or erotic and some of us find it unappealing or dull. However, we nearly universally feel that, no matter what the elements of a story are, the most important feature is the skill of the story creator. A story is not necessarily scarier for utilizing BDSM themes. Some of us might find […]
October 5th, 2011 | Filed under Books,Headline,Horror,Movies,Professional | Read More »
Question: What was the first movie or book or television show that scared you? We are a motley bunch with both some pretty disparate and even shocking influences and some very real commonalities. Some of the answers here are eye-openingly unique and some are horror classics. Given that the question is about the first media which scared us, it is no surprise that some children’s fare made the list of our Gothic.net Panel of Experts. Probably to be expected that the Wizard of Oz was […]
May 18th, 2011 | Filed under Books,Dark TV,Headline,Horror,Movies | Read More »
“Cecilia Tan transcends time, space, gravity, and cultural norms in her line of work: erotic science fiction,” according to the San Francisco Weekly. Susie Bright calls her “simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature.” Tan always considered herself a writer, but her career took off in 1992 when she self-published a chapbook of three kinky science fiction stories entitled Telepaths Don’t Need Safewords–and thus Circlet Press was born. Since that time Circlet Press has published over 70 […]
May 11th, 2011 | Filed under Who's Who | Read More »
