EP.4 Jonathan Maberry: The Grin Reaper

Bestselling author Jonathan Maberry joins author and screenwriter Edward Savio to talk monsters, trauma, productivity, and the joy of writing without fear. A candid, wide-ranging conversation about craft, character, and surviving the long haul.

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• “Writing is 99% thinking about it. The rest is typing.”

• “You find the speed at which you do your best work — not the speed people tell you to.”

• “Trauma doesn’t disappear. It changes shape.”

• “If I’m writing to please readers, that’s fear-based. I want to be joy-based.”

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