At the End of Church
Street
by Gregory L. Hall
Release Date: October
2016
Publisher: Fiery Seas
Publishing
Genre: YA Dark
Fantasy/Horror
BLURB
Homeless and with nowhere to turn, Rebecca De
Rosa finds a family of lost souls just like her—the vampires of Orlando.
Reborn, she revels in her new lifestyle of 'no rules'. Love whoever you want.
Seek whatever high you wish. Live forever young. Every night's an
adventure—hunting down tourists, challenging local police, screaming to the
world vampires really do exist! It's Neverland and every dream Rebecca has
comes true.
Until the first murder.
Someone else lurks in the shadows. Goths are
found beheaded, with wooden stakes pounded into their chests. The hunters have
become the hunted. As the bodies pile up, Rebecca and the Family are forced to
ask who can you trust when the only person who believes you're an actual
vampire is a vampire killer?
MY INTERVIEW WITH
GREGORY L. HALL
How would you describe you style of writing
to someone that has never read your work?
Oh
geez. Even with my most serious work, especially with horror, I can’t help but
mix in some comedy. I enjoy creating fun characters. People you would love to
meet. Or maybe not, if they’re on the shady side of the street. What I lack in
my selection of top-notch nouns I more than make up with my mastery of verbs.
When I use points of ellipsis, it’s to leave readers waiting for more…
What mindset or routine do you feel the need
to set when preparing to write (in general whether you are working on a project
or just free writing)?
Music
is very important to me! I have different folders for different moods. A party
song list, a dark and creepy list, songs that take me down memory lane and of
course an all- ABBA list. Because they’re ABBA. I like writing late at night or
early in the morning, when the world is asleep and the phone doesn’t ring. The
final ‘must have’ is coffee. I built a bathtub next to my desk. I fill it with
coffee and stick a straw in it.
Do you take your character prep to heart? Do
you nurture the growth of each character all the way through to the page? Do
you people watch to help with development? Or do you build upon your character
during story creation?
I love
spending time with my characters and finding out how they react in different
situations. In some ways I think a memorable character is more important than a
deep, intricate plot. I have a passionate background as an actor so each
character has to be developed. Has to have their own unique voice. You should
paint a picture of everyone in your story, even if they only appear for a
paragraph. Just like watching people walk down the street or through a mall.
Every one of them has a story to tell.
Have you found yourself bonding with any
particular character? If so which one(s)?
I’d
like to think I bond with every character I create. They’re like your children,
so even if you want to sell one, you have to know about them for the eBay
listing. It’s funny, when I first wrote Church
Street I connected with the main character Adam the most. As I’ve gotten
older, with this new release I’ve found I appreciate Duncan more. He’s Adam’s
nemesis, a veteran detective assigned to solving the murders. So I’ve gone from
the coolest Goth kid in the city to a ‘Get off my lawn!’ old dude.
Do you have a character that you have been
working on that you can't wait to put to paper?
My
favorite character is Johnny Midnight, an egotistical ghost hunting superstar.
He’s the Elvis of the paranormal world, more interested in ratings and dating
Hollywood stars than solving mysteries. Yet somehow he always stumbles into
doing the right thing. I’ve written one novel about his adventures, Everyone Hates a Hero, and am diving
into the next two books. I have too much fun writing Johnny.
Have you ever felt that there was something
inside of you that you couldn't control? If so what? If no what spurs you to
reach for the unexperienced?
Holy
hell with a matching handbag! What a kick ass interview. Great question. Let’s
see, I put in twenty-five years as a standup and improv comic. Not controlling
things inside me goes with the job. The laughter was as much of a drug as the
booze. Luckily, I only had to give up one of those. For those of you who are
thinking ‘Poor dude. Hasn’t heard a laugh in years’, you are evil bad people.
And I applaud you.
I think
anyone who is truly creative, whether it’s writing or painting or dancing, is
kind of a slave to that creativity. You must
let it out or it drives you mad. If you can walk away from that voice in your
head, that overwhelming need to create something from nothing, then walk
faster. It’ll save you from a lot of failure, criticism and torturous nights
lying awake at 3 a.m. thinking ‘What if I did this…?’
Author Info
Gregory L Hall has a long history in comedy,
theatre and improv. He is a national Telly Award winner and creator of the
Baltimore Comedy Fest, which supported Autism Awareness. Many fans know Greg
best as the host/producer of the popular live radio show The Funky Werepig.
As a writer his work has appeared over the
decade in various publications, anthologies and a short story collection. His
novels rarely stick to one genre, ranging from comedy and romance to intense
thrillers and horror. His biggest claim to fame is he was once hugged by Pat
Morita, Mr. Miyagi of The Karate Kid. We should pause an extra moment to
realize how awesome that is.
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