In this podcast Nicole Cushing talks about writer’s block, depicting sexual violence, transgressive fiction, and much more.

About Nicole Cushing

Nicole Cushing is the Bram Stoker Award® winning author of Mr. Suicide. She has also written the Stoker-nominated short story collection The Mirrors and three stand-alone novellas (including her Shirley Jackson Award-nominated book Children of No One). Her latest novella, The Sadist’s Bible, is out now from 01 Publishing.

Show notes

• [03:05] Interview start/early childhood lessons
• [07:40] Combating writer’s block
• [15:20] Setting limits to prevent overworking
• [19:00] Hobbyist vs serious writer
• [35:35] Influence of and lessons learnt from Richard Laymon and Jack Ketchum
• [40:40] Depicting sexual violence: mistakes and common traps
• [53:10] What is and isn’t transgressive writing
• [01:09:05] Current impressive authors writing transgressive fiction

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Resources

• Nicole Cushing
• Justine by Iben Mondrup
• Hermann Ungar
• Nicole Cushing’s Forgotten Lore YouTube series
• Milan Kundera

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