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An Interview with Ohio Author Sean Seebach
In October, I had the great opportunity to
meet author Sean Seebach. Sean writes Occult Fiction/Horror and has a large fan
club. It was great to catch up with Sean and ask him about writing, marketing,
and more.
From Sean’s bio: “Raised in the Buckeye state in a
town of no more than 200 people, Sean Seebach began writing at the age of 33.
He's published two novellas, one novel, and a collection of short stories. His
work has appeared in the anthology "Dig Two Graves Vol. I" from
Death's Head Press.
When he isn't writing or working a day job, he enjoys reading, cooking, and listening to an eclectic variety of music. He currently lives in Ohio with his wife, daughter, son, and their little terror terrier, Bowie."
When he isn't writing or working a day job, he enjoys reading, cooking, and listening to an eclectic variety of music. He currently lives in Ohio with his wife, daughter, son, and their little terror terrier, Bowie."
SS: Hey, Gina! Thanks for inviting me. It’s a pleasure to be here. My latest release is The Buck Stops Here. It’s about a sheriff with OCD who sets out to solve the heinous murders happening in her town. If The Buck were a Syfy original movie, it’d be marketed as a Creature Feature, and would probably air in the middle of the night after a Sharknado marathon.
SS: I’ve written a novel called Autumn Dark and a short story collection called A Looking In View.
SS: My life as a writer isn’t glamorous. No second story office where I’m typing away, occasionally glancing out a window overlooking the lake. I work over 50 hours a week as a retail manager. My wife also works and we have two young children. She supports my second job as a writer, so I’m able to write for about an hour each day, depending on the circumstances. I get one weekday off per week, and that’s when I usually get cooking with a cup of coffee and have a six-hour window to pound keys and scratch in a notebook before I get the kids off the bus.
SS: When I quit drinking over eight years ago. I needed something healthier to indulge in.
SS: Writing is the most thrilling puzzle you’ll ever try to solve. Editing is fun and can be enlightening if you’re involved with a good critique group and have trustworthy beta-readers, for example. That said, both writing and editing offer different challenges. Like with anything else, the more you practice and do the work (reading widely, for one), the better you become at recognizing what should stay and what shouldn’t. Because every story demands to be told differently (and the story is always the boss) you’re constantly starting over again. Kealan Patrick Burke once said, “The good news is your best writing is just ahead of you. The bad news is it always be.” I think that honestly sums up both writing and editing.
SS: I have many, so I’ll name one I recently discovered. Laird Barron, because he takes the most fantastical elements and roots them deep in our reality. You can’t help but believe what’s happening could happen. I read his novel The Croning twice in the same calendar year. It’s that good.
SS: Locked Away by Amanda Bryk.
SS: Movie buff. The Shawshank Redemption.
SS: I encountered a group of devil worshippers in the backcountry during high school. I wrote about it online, and a production company used it for their tv series Evil Encounters. It’s like Unsolved Mysteries to the effect they interviewed me and filmed a reenactment. I learned two things: One, make sure you get paid for your time to do those things, and two, you’ll get edited in such a way that facts will be sensationalized.
My 7-year-old son is a better drawer than I ever was and will ever be
Amazon Author Page
https://seebachblog.blogspot.com/
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| Sean and Mirror Man at the Rocktober Book Festival, Nelsonville, Ohio 2022 |
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