News - Carrie Green

Carrie Green is delighted to be the featured horror author in the current issue of SANITARIUM MAGAZINE. Along with providing some insight into Carrie's writing process and book promotion tactics, this 88 page literary publication includes ten horror short stories (find a short excerpt from Carrie's interview, below).

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Carrie Green shares a humorous guest post on YA Horror Author (writer of the vampire series, Antiserum) Patricia Carrigan's blog titled 'Carrie Green, On Vacation,' complete with candid photos!

A fun Q&A with Carrie Green on Matilda Wren's blog, where she reveals, among other things, the perfect cast if her book, Violets Are Blue, was ever made into a film.

Carrie Green is credited with corrupting innocence in this amusing post by Pete Abela on his 'Spread your Wings' blog titled An Innocent's Introduction to Horror.

Carrie Green is featured in Three Questions with Van Heerling on the 'Van Heerling Books' website. These are extremely personal questions!

You also say on your blog that horror is the "most generous genre in terms of plot and character," which is a statement I tend to agree with. Why then do you think it is such a relatively small genre?

I think that the horror genre has gained a bad reputation by association with B-quality horror movies that are released every year as teenage summer flicks (often in 3-D). These films have become extremely gore focused with no attention paid to character development or plot.

I have found that books that I consider to be very horror orientated are now showing up under thriller and mystery labels (there are a couple popular series where half of a novel is presented in the serial killer's mind).

I'm guessing that it's a marketing move. It greatly broadens an author's reading audience to not be labeled horror. YA and paranormal seems to be another marketing choice for books that could be labeled horror.

In conclusion, horror still exists and it's pretty popular, they just don't market it as 'horror.'

The above excerpt is from Carrie Green's interview with Nicholas Strange for his Indie Horror Spotlight. Read the full article on the 'Strange Amusements' website.

Carrie Green is cited in this 'Yahoo! Voices' article written by B. Kent of the Yahoo! Contributor Network titled The Kindle Author Revolution: Here's How to Tell Who's Worth the Download.

"The introduction to the tale is a short essay that would have us believing this is a kind of women's horror, and in a way, it is. Much of the horror is tied to distinctly feminine experiences (the desire of a wife to be accepted by her mother-in-law, the protectiveness of motherhood, etc.). Yet, this is not to say this tale is written for just women; it's not a feminist story where men are villainized. Instead, Violets Are Blue is a kind of horror that stems from real human insecurity and the resulting horror that arises when those insecurities come face to face with each other."

Nicholas Strange reviews the second book in Carrie Green's New Blood Trilogy--Violets Are Blue on his funhouse of a blog, 'Strange Amusements.'

Carrie Green pops in for a visit at Louise A. James' blog 'Murder, Suspense & Musings' to discuss writing horror.

"Thanks to intriguing plots, well-developed characters, and captivating writing these three short stories gave the same satisfaction as three novels. Not to say I didn’t want more, because I did. But I say that even at the end of a good novel, no matter how long it is."

Tia Bach, blogger for 'Mom in Love with Fiction' reviews Roses Are Red.

"...a great collection of short stories that deals with the worst horror of them all… the nature of man."

Horror author Alex Laybourne reviews Roses Are Red.

"Sarah had dreamed of a warm mother-daughter relationship with her new mother-in-law. She learned very soon, that this was not to be. What starts out as minor annoyances escalates to threatening behavior that now feels sinister. Her husband was no help--he refused to believe his mother was anything but perfect. Mama’s boy.

And in the end the lines blur and you cannot point out the monster."

Kat Patel reviewed Sugar Is Sweet which she titled "This Is No Cutesy Fairytale!" and interviewed Carrie Green regarding life, writing, and book marketing on her blog 'Kathleen Patel Books.'

Today's Featured Read on T.M. Souder's 'Cheap Kindle Daily' is Violets Are Blue.

"Each story leaves you wanting more, needing more. The suspense builds at a steady pace, and the author manages to successfully develop meaningful characters in a few words. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection, and the 4.5 star rating is a reflection of liking Roses are Red (5 stars) even more."

Tia Bach reviews Violets Are Blue on her delightful blog 'Mom in Love with Fiction.'

Carrie Green was interviewed on Ashley Barron's self-titled blog regarding #TeaserTrain, author promotion, and writing in general.

"Haunting touches of “something wrong” creep out of the cornfield and lurk behind ancient dressers in the home where Todd grew up. Newly-wed Sarah has moved in with a slightly unwelcoming mother-in-law. Meanwhile minor irritations grow in menace and intensity. The author’s perfect timing keeps those pages turning, a longing for things to turn out well warring with the fear that they can’t."

Sheila Deeth reviews Violets Are Blue for her Book Group on Gather.com.

Today's Featured Read on T.M. Souder's 'Cheap Kindle Daily' is Sugar Is Sweet while Roses Are Red was a Featured Read earlier in the month.

"Allan is definitely a good example of an unreliable narrator. But he starts to think he didn’t finish the job, and that’s when the story gets really interesting as Allan’s personal demons come out to play."

Review of Roses Are Red by Darkeva.

"A trip through harsh realities, haunted hope, and scary fantasy, all told with character, conviction and smooth-flowing language, Sugar is Sweet is the kind of treat you’ll savor long after reading, and Carrie Green is definitely an author to watch."

Sheila Deeth reviews Sugar Is Sweet for her Book Group on Gather.com

The witty and zany ZenCherry interviews Carrie Green about Roses Are Red in the Author Spotlight on the 'World Literary Cafe' site. This is not a simple Q&A, but comedic improv at its very best!

Carrie Green contributed a guest post at Tia Bach's warm and entertaining Depression Cookies blog site during the WoMen's Literary Cafe's Gratitude Blog Hop. Her article titled 'Thank You, Stephen King,' shared her opinion that the horror genre, of all genres, offers the greatest amount of creative freedom for authors. She was delighted to interact with many readers through their comments regarding her post. Tia also wrote a follow-up blog about Carrie's insistence that she should give horror another try (as it wasn't her favorite genre).

Carrie Green was interviewed by 'We Do Write,' Dorothy Dreyer's popular blog for "aspiring writers - and those who are on their way to stardom."

"The characters are real and immediate. The situations, however strange, are quickly and convincingly described. The action’s blended with thoughtful and well-timed introspection. And the whole is three smoothly told, intriguingly different stories with quick set-ups, well-drawn action, and startling twists in the tale."

Sheila Deeth reviews Roses Are Red for her Book Group on Gather.com.

"Rather than narrowly focusing her voice on one type of horror, or one particular subgenre, Green shows that she has an appreciation and understanding of a variety of horror types. More importantly, she proves that she is capable of delivering scares in each of them."

Nicholas Strange reviews Roses Are Red on his wonderful horror site, 'STRANGE AMUSEMENTS.'

"A good short story leaves a great deal unsaid, but next to nothing unspoken. Carrie Green's short story collection, Roses Are Red, does that well, very well, and remarkably well. I say this because I quite enjoyed the book."

W.J. Rosser's review of Roses Are Red on his literary blog, 'Rosser's Relaxed Reading Reviews.'

"Think of the phrase 'roses are red.' Chances are that trite declarations and gestures of love will immediately come to mind. Carrie Green's short story collection, however, is as far from romantic trifle as you can get. These three stories explore the darker side of mankind, with selfishness and deception among Green's main themes."

Great review of Roses Are Red by the online horror resource, 'HorrorNews.Net.'

Check out this interview with Carrie Green on T.M. Souders' self-titled blog, No More Vampires, Werewolves or Wizards, where Carrie shares her views regarding the YA niche and people hoping to write the next Twilight or Harry Potter series.

"ROSES ARE RED is the first of three books, VIOLETS ARE BLUE and SUGAR IS SWEET, that introduce the new horror writer Carrie Green. In ROSES, I was struck by how all her stories start in the middle of the action and drag you kicking and screaming to the end. It’s in-your-face horror. Her bad guys are the most disgusting, evil, and terrifying characters that you’ll ever NOT want to meet."

Roses Are Red reviewed by Keith Weaver on 'FearDex.'

Carrie Green was delighted to be interviewed about Roses Are Red, writing, and marketing in Doug Dorow's blog, 'Thrillers R US.'