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Jason Sechrest

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in Columbus, IN, The United States

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http://patreon.com/jasonsechrest

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Horror, Thriller, Fiction

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Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, V.C. Andrews, Peter Straub, Ray Bradbur ...more

Member Since

March 2019

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JASON SECHREST has an official Patreon page where readers can enjoy a new short story or essay every month for as low as $1: http://Patreon.com/JasonSechrest

Sechrest has been a published writer since he was 15 years old, when he began his career as a staff writer for Femme Fatales Magazine, interviewing women of the horror, science-fiction and fantasy genre.

In 2016, Jason Sechrest was hired by Stephen King’s publishers, Cemetery Dance Publications, to write the monthly column “What I Learned From Stephen King”. In it, he explores the wisdom, life lessons, and spirituality hidden within King’s many works.

In 2018, Sechrest sold his own first work of horror fiction to Cemetery Dance. His short story, “Orange Grove Court,” will appear in a 201 ...more

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Traditional or self? Or both?

Jason Sechrest I'm no expert, but it seems like we're living in an era where one fuels the other. If you've had some success with self-publishing, it makes you much …moreI'm no expert, but it seems like we're living in an era where one fuels the other. If you've had some success with self-publishing, it makes you much more attractive to a traditional publishing house. When you walk into that meeting with a built-in audience, however small, and a solid, engaged social media following, you're less risk than a new author who is starting from scratch. Of course, being published traditionally could fuel sales of your previously self-published efforts. I don't think it's an either/or. It's a both. (less)

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What prepared you for the dynamics of writing? Did you major in English or Literature? Where did you learn the dos and don'ts?

Jason Sechrest Gosh, what a great question! My career in writing started very early. I became a published journalist at 15 years old -- a staff writer for Femme Fata…moreGosh, what a great question! My career in writing started very early. I became a published journalist at 15 years old -- a staff writer for Femme Fatales magazine, interviewing actresses of the horror, science-fiction, and fantasy genre. My career sort of took off from there, so I never went to college. I just kept going!

I think two things informed me as a writer:

1. My favorite toy when I was a very small child was a typewriter that my father would bring home from work. I was just drawn to it. Mesmerized by it. I loved the sounds it made and the idea that you could fill this blank piece of paper with words that made up a story. I was only four or five years old at the time, so I didn't know how to read or write. But there was a collection of books my father would read to me at night before bed. I knew every word of those books by heart because I would have him read them to me again and again. So, somehow I got it into my head that I wanted to type them out, on the typewriter. I'd grab something like Sesame Street's "There's A Monster at the End of This Book" and I'd sit at the typewriter. I'd look at the words in the book and look for the letters on the typewriter and slowly but surely, typed out the entire book on the blank page.

A few months later, I can recall picking up a book I'd never seen before, opening it, and being astonished that I could read most of the words. It was like magic. I had taught myself to read, and didn't know it. And in the process, I suppose I had also taught myself to write.

2. I became a voracious reader at a young age. My step-father used to give me books that were way beyond my reading level. When I was 7, he handed me Ernest Hemingway's THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. I said, "I can't read this. I don't know half of the words in this book." So he handed me a dictionary and said, "If there's a word you don't know, look it up."

As it turns out, I hated THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. But I loved what he gave me next: THE COMPLETE TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. And then, Bram Stoker's DRACULA. The more books I read, the more I learned not just about sentence and story structure, but about what works and what doesn't. (less)

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	Fearful Fathoms: Collected Tales of Aquatic Terror (Vol. I - Seas & Oceans) by Richard Chizmar (Goodreads Author), Jack Ketchum, Aric Sundquist (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gift of Being Different by Monica Berg (Goodreads Author), Abigail Berg, Sonia Possentini (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cemetery Dance Magazine, Issue 77 by Richard Chizmar (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bill Pronzini, Gerard Houarner (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pool 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road That Takes You There 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Tale of the Other Glove by Monica Berg (Goodreads Author), Jason Sechrest (Goodreads Author) (editor), Art by Sonia Possentini (illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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