Ask the Author: Derek Johnston
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Derek Johnston
My first response is 'Middle Earth', except that I'd like to lead a nice quiet hobbit-y life rather than being involved in wars and Ends of Ages. Then I could get on with some writing...
Derek Johnston
When a friend introduced me to the 1970s BBC productions known as the 'Ghost Story for Christmas', and I wondered why the idea of a Christmas ghost story seemed perfectly sensible. Especially when I thought about US series that were normally non-supernatural but which included episodes with supernatural elements, episodes which usually turned out to be Halloween episodes. So why the difference? Exploring the history was fascinating, and I wanted to present my findings and interpretations to other people, to see what they made of them and where they could expand the ideas further.
Derek Johnston
When I have ideas that I want to work out, or to explain to other people. There are so many interesting and important things to say about the media and the way that we use them that there is always something to write about.
Derek Johnston
Journal articles related to the Ghost Story for Christmas, a book chapter on seasonality in the television series American Horror Story, and editing a special issue of a journal on seasonal television.
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