#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Seth Voorhees

I’d like to welcome author Seth Voorhees to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

Hardest thing about being a writer: The hardest aspect of being a writer, for me, is financial: professional editing services, marketing, publishing, and advertising. It requires a team. Writing and doing revisions are the easiest parts.

Easiest thing about being a writer: Drawing inspiration. I have an active imagination. I’m inspired every day. By what I read, see on television, experience at work, hearing the news, when talking to coworkers, driving down the road, or even when I’m at the gym. Frequently through observation, I find myself thinking, “I should write about that.”

Things you need for your writing sessions: I’m an early morning writer. For me, I need my coffee, or hot chocolate if it's really cold out.

Things that hamper your writing: Traveling for work. It takes me out of my groove and limits my writing time. I am an early-morning writer. That’s when my creativity and imagination are at their peak. I’ve learned that after three in the afternoon, I’m useless.   

Words that describe you: Positive, Spiritual, Creative, Caring, Productive, Humble, Loving, Joyful, Dorky, Humorous, and Patient. 

Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Stoic, Reactionary, and Blunt.

Favorite music or song: That depends on my mood. I love most genres. But the song that comes into my head frequently is “Fly Me To The Moon,” by Frank Sinatra.

Music that drives you crazy: Screaming heavy metal.  

Things you’d walk a mile for: A great movie. I love going to the movies. You can walk into a theater with troubles, and when you leave the theater, all of those troubles have vanished.

Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Big Spiders.

Things you always put in your books: Aspects of spirituality, because it is a big part of my life, and it can lead a character down many roads.

Things you never put in your books: Killing off the main character. I’m not a fan of killing them off. Even if their ending fulfilled some larger picture, or they are now at peace because they completed some unfinished business, I don’t care. I feel it ruins the experience.

Things to say to an author: Don’t let the trope police scare you. Writing about a popular trope with your clever twist is not copying someone else's work. Proof: scan the mystery section and point out all of the books with the trope: Person dies, their friend doesn’t agree with how the investigation is being handled, so they try to solve it.

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: My views on Politics, Men’s Health, and Religion.

Favorite books (or genre): The Horror Genre. I cannot pick one book. There are too many to count. But one that I’ll recommend is The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon.

Books you wouldn’t buy: Sorry Politics, but no thanks.

Favorite things to do: I love reading, fishing, going for walks, doing puzzles, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers, and hanging out with my family.

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Going to a late-night concert. I have no interest anymore.  

The first 8-track, record, cassette, or CD you ever bought: The first Cassette Tape I ever purchased was Garth Brooks, titled: Chase.

A type of music that’s not your cup of tea: Heavy Metal. I can live without it.

 My favorite book as a child: The Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel. I loved all of them. My mother read them to me before bed.

A book I’ve read more than once: I’ve only read one book more than once. That was Animal Farm by George Orwell. The reason was that I’d read it in High School and didn’t grasp its deeper themes. I reread it as an adult to better understand it.

Your favorite movie as a child: The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner. As an adult, I still love it.

A TV show or movie that kept you awake at night as a kid (or as an adult): As a child, Are You Afraid Of The Dark on Nickelodeon. The Tale of The Fire Ghost was one of several that kept me up. As an adult: Arachnophobia.   

About Seth:

Seth Voorhees lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota with his partner and stepdaughter. He enjoys drawing from his experiences as a social worker, particularly in adolescent development and mental health, to shape his characters and their journeys through human morality and challenges. He identifies himself as a Dark Fiction author. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Sociology and Psychology from Black Hills State University. 

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