Meet Dean Conrad

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Dean Conrad. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Dean, so excited to have you with us today. So much we can chat about, but one of the questions we are most interested in is how you have managed to keep your creativity alive.

I’m always looking for story and plot ideas. Therefore, I read a wide range of online and newspaper articles to determine if I can mine any nuggets for use. Also, I keep asking “what if” for any idea, which can lead to surprising and unusual outcomes. All might be suitable ideas for a plot twist or character trait. When you’re writing about horror and the paranormal, no idea is too crazy.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I am fortunate to be retired. I have worked a long time, including as a daily newspaper reporter, a laboratory technician, and as a home inspection business owner. Therefore, I’ve gathered a considerable amount of knowledge on a variety of disciplines that I can use in my fiction writing.

One thing new is I am about to publish a volume of eleven horror short stories. They feature vampires, a ghoul, a serial killer, and even an angel.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Without my family’s support, my journey to a writing career would not have been possible. Second, you must be tenacious in what you do and have clear-cut goals. Third, you must not give up, even when you think your dream can’t be achieved.

What was the most impactful thing your parents did for you?

I’m indebted to my parents for their support, whether it was in sports as a kid, financial aid as a college student, and their constant feedback throughout my life. As a writer of horror fiction, I always was a creepy person. At about ten or eleven, they let me turn our basement into a mad scientist’s laboratory and charge admission to friends, neighbors and relatives. However, I had to clean the basement before I converted it into my laboratory. It was worth it. I based my laboratory on dozens I had seen in B-horror movies. Eventually, the dummies, the caskets and the operating room all had to go for more a more practical basement floor plan.

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• Website: https://deanalanconrad.com
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