TIH 292: Kealan Patrick Burke on We Live Inside Your Eyes, Creating Cover Art, and Whether to Abandon a Story

In this podcast Kealan Patrick Burke talks about We Live Inside Your Eyes, creating cover art, whether to abandon a story, and much more.

About Kealan Patrick Burke

Kealan Patrick Burke’s works include the novels Kin, Currency of Souls, Master of the Moors, and The Hides (Bram Stoker Award nominee), the novellas The Turtle Boy (Bram Stoker Award Winner, 2004) and Vessels, and the collections Ravenous Ghosts, The Number 121 to Pennsylvania & Others, Theater Macabre and The Novellas.

Show notes

• [04:40] Patreon questions. Kev Harrison, via Patreon, asks about creative headspace for art and writing
• [07:15] Kealan Patrick Burke on Inventing cover art and being the Elon Musk of nothing.
• [10:30] Cover art tips
• [19:30] Ryan Whitley, via Patreon, asks about one writer whose work genuinely frightens Kealan
• [22:00] First Ramsey Campbell story
• [28:10] Roger Venable, via Patreon, asks about writing changes since started writing
• [33:50] Chad Lutzke, via Patreon, asks about favourite genre outside of horror
• [38:20] We Live Inside Your Eyes collection
• [46:40] Whether to abandon a story
• [52:40] Connect with Kealan
• [53:25] Final thoughts

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