by Karen Ullo | Nov 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s November, and in writing circles, that means it’s NaNoWriMo (the rather awkward acronym for National Novel Writing Month.) As you probably already know, NaNoWriMo is an annual challenge to write an entire novel in 30 days—or at least, to get 50,000 words on... by Karen Ullo | Oct 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Halloween, 2015, I shivered with excitement and sat in the rain all day at my first-ever book event, The Louisiana Book Festival, proudly displaying the fruits of six years of loving labor: hot off the press, my first published novel, Jennifer the Damned. Since... by Karen Ullo | Oct 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
The second half of my October essay about The Spiritual Purpose of Horror Stories is now up over at Wiseblood Books. If you missed the first part, you can catch it here. Karen Ullo is the author of two novels, Jennifer the Damned and Cinder Allia. She is also the... by Karen Ullo | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have a new essay up over at Wiseblood Books, The Spiritual Purpose of Horror Stories, Part 1. If you’ve ever wondered why stories like Dracula and Frankenstein took such deep root in our cultural imagination, go check it out. Karen Ullo is the author of two... by Karen Ullo | Sep 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
There’s an article going around the internet among many of my friends, especially the fans of Walker Percy, concerning Walker Percy’s Theory of Hurricanes. “It was his impression that not only he but other people felt better during hurricanes,” Percy wrote in The Last...
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