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“Understanding psychology allows me to add dimension to some of my characters: explore the motivation behind their behaviors…” -Tessa Dawn

DarkMedia Interviews Tessa Dawn: Tessa Dawn grew up in Colorado where she developed a deep affinity for the Rocky Mountains. After graduating with a degree in psychology, she worked for several years in criminal justice and mental health before returning [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

“…want to know a secret? Human evil is the worst evil there is.” -Carole Gill

DarkMedia Interviews Carole Gill: Author Carole Gill wrote her first story at age 8. It was science fiction. She switched to horror in her teens and has been writing ever since. Widely published in horror and sci-fi anthologies, The House [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

“Just like we all need to laugh, we all need to feel fear. It’s human nature.” -Brandon Ford

DarkMedia Interviews Brandon Ford: Author Brandon Ford grew up in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started writing at the approximate age of 8 and spent a lot of time testing the waters with various genres. He wrote dramas, comedies, essays, plays, [...]

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“I think people are so enchanted with the mythology of vampires because there is an innate romanticism about the concept of forbidden love and eternal life.” -Jessica Cartwright

DarkMedia Interviews Jessica Cartwright: Jessica Cartwright lives in Sydney Australia with her husband and loveable but hyperactive dog Phoenix. She is currently working on her second instalment of the Fallen Grace trilogy, Hidden Splendour which she hopes to release in [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

“Kids today read more than ever before, but they’re reading screens instead of pages. What does that mean for books? I think it means that we need new books for them.” -Bekka Black

DarkMedia Interviews Bekka Black: After a childhood often spent without electricity and running water, Bekka Black (pseudonym for author Rebecca Cantrell) escaped the beautiful wilderness of Talkeetna, Alaska for indoor plumbing and 24/7 electricity in Berlin, Germany. Used to the [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

“Very few of us are heroes, and all of us at some point in our lives are villains whether we know it or not, whether we want to admit it or not, and that’s how I see the vampires in my story.” -Michael Smith

DarkMedia Interviews Michael Smith: Caballo Blue’s Michael Smith is an art director living in Chicago with his two crazy macaws, Mitch and Bruno. He sometimes let’s his imagination run wild. When did you begin work on “Caballo Blue”? What would [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

“My starting point was that I wanted my vampires to be indisputably the bad guys… I wanted to get back to the monsters of my childhood.” -Jasper Kent

DarkMedia Interviews Jasper Kent: Jasper Kent was born in Worcestershire, England in 1968. He attended King Edward’s School, Birmingham and went on to study Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, specialising in physics. Jasper has spent almost twenty years working [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

“The best advice I have received to date is: “So you want to write a musical? Stop! Don’t do it! Run the other way!” -Crystal Collier

DarkMedia Interviews Crystal Collier: As a composer and writer for over seventeen years, Crystal has written, composed, conducted, directed and acted in several productions. Her creative credits include: Witches Brew, Shurlock Domes, The Girn, Search for the Holy Cheese, and [...]

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