If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.
It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.
A migraine is the cockblock of writing.
Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.
Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.
Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.