Today’s guest has been one of my biggest supporters since I started out in the writing game. A voracious reviewer, former Podcast host and fantastic writer, Michael Patrick Hicks always speaks his mind while delivering the goods!
Welcome Michael!
Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try to write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?
MPH: At this point, I just try to write whenever I can. Balancing a full-time job and two kids means my free time is pretty sparse. I’ll use a lunch-break to write, or even just tap in a few quick sentences on my phone whenever I can. I don’t try to hit a word count anymore because even just getting in five words feels like a victory nowadays.
Steve: If you could write a story for another author’s fictional world/series, which would it be and why?
MPH: Hmmmm… good question! I actually already had the chance to do this with my contribution to Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s Extinction Cycle series. From the Ashes was originally a Kindle Worlds novella, back when Kindle Worlds existed way back when, and has since been republished in Nick’s Missions from the Extinction Cycle (Volume 2) anthology. It’s available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook, where it’s read by Bronson Pinchot. I think working in Nick’s world pretty well scratched my itch to play around in another author’s sandbox, and it was a really fun experience.
Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
MPH: My newest release is Friday Night Massacre, and as is the case with many great horror stories, it’s inspired by real events – namely the horrors of the Trump presidency. I wrote it in the months leading up to the 2020 election and, much to my chagrin but not at all to my surprise, I predicted the white supremacist terror attack carried out in Washington, DC at the urging of the president. My fictional account wasn’t exactly the same, but still… it was a bit shocking to see snippets of my horror scenario play out in real life and to be able to watch how close we came to losing our democracy on live television a few months after writing it. Friday Night Massacre was my Fuck You to Trump and everyone who voted for him, and might be worth checking out, especially if you like incredibly vulgar, gory, splattery horror.
Steve: Bonus Question! Do you have a cherished book?
MPH: I actually have several! There’s a number of limited edition Stephen King books I have and cherish, and I really, really, really, really, REALLY wish I’d have been able to get my hands on the 25th Anniversary Edition of IT that Cemetery Dance put out about a decade ago. It now goes for upwards of a $1,000 second-hand. That particular release has become my ultimate grail and if I ever win the lottery or get a sweet movie deal for one of my books, that’ll be the first thing I buy.
Oh, damn, yeah that is a phenomenally produced book!
Thank you so much, Michael for doing this!
Definitely check the links and get some awesome books!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Patrick-Hicks/e/B00ILI4XLK/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeH5856
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