Website of Author J.B. Kish
Recently, I was invited back to my high school to speak with a creative writing class about indie publishing. It was a great experience. The thing I enjoyed most was answering the students’ questions. Unfortunately, we ran out of time before I could get to them all. But one of those students contacted me through …
The Ritual, based on the novel by Adam Nevill, is one of those films that manages to accomplish a lot with very little. Everything about it seems grandiose on paper: set in the breathtaking wilderness of Sweden, four friends attempt to cut their hiking trip in half by taking a “shortcut” through the woods. I swear to …
As a general rule of thumb, I try to write an hour every day. And because I, like many writers, have a nine to five job, it means I’m producing two types of work each week: early-morning-hurry-up-and-finish-your-sentence-then-sprint-to-the-bus type writing. And weekend writing. Weekend writing is inherently better. And for obvious reasons. There’s just more everything—more time. More coffee. …
It’s 8:00 am on a beautiful day. I’m waiting in line at the grocery store, when all of a sudden, this kid comes bursting through the front doors screaming about monsters and mist. They say drugs are a real problem with the youths. But sure enough, the next thing I know, he disappears outside, replaced …