M. L. Hollowell
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Podcast Appearances
But does she even really think of me as a writer?
Or am I a schoolteacher with a hobby?
As somebody said, put your madness into your art and your sanity into your life.
Or something like that.
I'm trying to look up the actual quote, but all I get is stuff about writers being crazy.
Yeah, well, no shit.
The fact is, my family is the one thing that keeps me sane.
My wife, my kids, my job, my kids at school.
It's like a warm embrace from inside of which I can reach out with my writing and unleash the beasts.
Though sometimes the darkness gets so black and thick you can't get it all out.
And it backs up into your life.
That's why I keep a lid on my darkest impulses.
There are lines I won't cross.
Kids, for instance.
Children in jeopardy.
Even King shelved Pet Sematary when he first wrote it.
Of course, times change, and eventually he published it.
Because now anything goes.
Network TV, medical shows, police procedurals, streaming series.