Joy: WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
IT IS TIME FOR A VERY SPECIAL
BOOK CLUB TODAY.
YOU KNOW THE GUY IN THE END,
CONRAD FROM THE SPRINGFIELD
GREENE COUNTY LIBRARY.
AND HE BROUGHT THE NEW YORK
TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR,
JENNIFER McMAHON.
SO NICE TO HAVE YOU IN THE
STUDIO!
IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO BE
HERE I'M REALLY EXCITED.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU!
SHE'S HERE FOR PART OF THE
SPECIAL PROGRAM AT THE LIBRARY
TONIGHT.
SHE'S OUR KEYNOTE EVENT FOR
OCTOBER NOVEMBER SERIES.
AND IT WILL BE AN INTERVIEW
WITH JENNIFER McMAHON BETWEEN
SHE AND I AND WE WILL TALK
ABOUT SORT OF HER LOVE OF THE
HORROR GENRE, WRITING AND WHAT
SHE YOU KNOW THINKS IT MEANS TO
BE HAUNTED BECAUSE A LOT OF
TIME HORROR IS REALLY ABOUT THE
INTERNAL STUFF GOING ON.
Joy: OKAY!AND THERE IS
YOUR WEBPAGE THERE.
THERE IS ALL THE INFORMATION.
JENNIFER, TALK ABOUT SOME OF
YOUR BOOKS, WINTER PEOPLE IS
ONE THAT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
AND YOUR LATEST ONE, THE
INVITED.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED WRITING
HORROR?
DID YOU GO THROUGH A HAUNTED
HOUSE?>> I BELIEVE A UP IN A
HAUNTED HOUSE.
Joy: YOU BELIEVED YOU DID!
A OF MY GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE
AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAD A
GHOST NAMED VIRGIL.
THAT WAS MY INSPIRATION.
I WROTE IN THE THIRD GRADE
ABOUT A HAUNTED MEATBALL.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE COME FULL
CIRCLE.
Joy: YOU HAVE WRITTEN WHAT,
NINE BOOKS NOW?
I HAVE.
THE WINTER PEOPLE IS, I HAVE A
TIMELINE AND IT'S ABOUT A MOM
IN THE 1900S WHO LEASES HER
DAUGHTER AND IT IS VERY SAD BUT
SHE THINKS IT MIGHT BE A WAY TO
BRING HER BACK.
Joy: OKAY.
THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY
ABOUT THAT.
Joy: THIS IS THE PERFECT
TIME OF YEAR TO TALK ABOUT
THAT.
AT ONE POINT IN TIME DID YOU
SPEND TIME AT HOME WITH NO
ELECTRICITY, VERY REMOTE --
I DID.
MY BOOK, THE INVITED, MY MOST
RECENT BOOK.
IT IS ABOUT A COUPLE WHO DIDN'T
JUST WANT TO MOVE INTO A
HAUNTED HOUSE THEY WANTED TO
BUILD A HAUNTED HOUSE.
SO WE BUILT A HOUSE IN THE
WOODS OF VERMONT AND WE HAD A
CABIN WITH NO ELECTRICITY AND
NO RUNNING WATER, HE COULD NOT
DRIVE YOU HAD TO HIKE IN AND WE
LIVED VERY ROUGH.
Joy: REALLY!
BUT THE INSPIRATION CAME FROM
ALL DIRECTIONS.
YEAH!
Joy: THE HORROR GENRE, I
DON'T KNOW, I KNOW IT IS NOT
FOR EVERYBODY BUT A GOOD READ
IS A GOOD READ, WRITE?
I THINK SO.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE
CHARACTERS.
IF YOU FIND A CHARACTER THAT
YOU LOVE AND YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
I FEEL LIKE THE WORLD
ITSELF CAN BE A SCARY PLACE.
SO HORROR FICTION GIVES YOU
THIS SAFE SPACE TO EXPLORE THIS
KIND OF DARK ELEMENTS OR YOU
KNOW KIND OF WORK THROUGH
THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE SCARY
IN THE ROLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT
IS NOT REAL.
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY LIKE.
AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN
HAVE THAT MONSTER FROM UNDER
THE BED AND IN THE CLOSET
BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO BAD I CAN
DO THIS.
Joy: I LIKE THAT X MESSAGE
YOU USE A WORD PROCESSOR
COMPUTER OR THE OLD-FASHIONED
WAY?
AND YOU SAID YOU DO BOTH.
YES, USUALLY AM TYPING BUT
WHEN I GET STUCK I PULL UP MY
NOTEBOOK.
I HAVE AN OLD SCHOOL
COMPOSITION BOOK.I WILL WRITE
BY HAND AND I'VE CHARACTERS
THAT INTERVIEW.
I DO IT LONG HAND IN A
NOTEBOOK.
I PULL UP MY NOTEBOOK BUT I
CALLED TO THAT OLD SCHOOL
PENCIL AND PAPER.
I THINK THAT YOU USE A
DIFFERENT PART OF YOUR BRAIN.
WHEN I DO WRITING WORKSHOPS
WITH KIDS NO ONE WANTS TO WRITE
BY HAND.
I SAY PUT AWAY THE COMPUTERS
WAS TO CUT NOTEBOOKS.
AND THEY ARE LIKE NOTEBOOKS?
WHAT IS THIS ANCIENT TOOL?
Joy: THAT IS AMAZING!
YOU ARE WORKING ON ANOTHER BOOK
NOW.
I AM.
IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY FUN.
I'M A BIG SCAREDY-CAT.
Joy: ARE YOU REALLY?
YES I WAS LIVING IN THAT
CABIN I WAS TERRIFIED 24/7.
Joy: AGAIN, IT LEADS YOU TO
SOME GREAT IDEAS.
BUT I THINK IT IS JUST SO
INTERESTING.
THE MINES THAT COME UP WITH
SOME OF THE STORIES AND
STORYLINES.
I MEAN A CREEPY SWIMMING POOL.
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
WATER AT ALL OR DO YOU JUST
HAVE THE IDEA?
I WAS TAKEN TO A FAMILY
SWIMMING POOL OF A FAMILY
FRIEND WHEN I WAS A KID.
AND IT WAS VERY DEEP SWIMMING
POOL AND IT WAS A NATURAL
SWIMMING POOL.
AND THE CREEPY OWNERS OF THE
CREEPY SWIMMING FULL TOLD
CHILDREN IT WAS BOTTOMLESS.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT FELT TO
LITTLE TINY ME GETTING IN
THERE?
I WAS TERRIFIED!
.
Joy: YOU CAN LISTEN TO HER
AND CONRAD TALKED FOR A GOOD
SOLID HOUR TONIGHT AT THE
LIBRARY CENTER, 7 O'CLOCK.
AN EXERCISE BOOK AND YOU CAN
GET THEM AUTOGRAPHED.
JENNIFER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON!
THANK YOU!
IT HAS BEEN SO FUN.
Joy: SHE IS LOVELY!
CONRAD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MAYBE WE WILL SEE YOU TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW ON
"OZARKS LIVE!".
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