title: Writers on Writing Volume 1 - 4 Omnibus: An Author's Guide
author: Ketchum Jack
description: "The essays are a mixture of the business side of writing as well as craft and they all feature topics that most writers would do well to read about. Whether you struggle with finding time to write or with self-confidence and putting yourself out there as an author or indeed how to create three-dimensional characters, this series has you covered." - A.E. Siraki
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  HIGH PRAISE FOR JACK KETCHUM AND OFF SEASON
  
  
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  “If you read Off Season
  
  
  at Thanksgiving, you probably won’t sleep until Christmas.”
  
  
  —Stephen King
  
  
  “[Off Season
  
  
  ] still influence[s] horror today. Only a novel of expert articulation and
  emotional truth can cast such a long shadow, and Ketchum’s is both.”
  
  
  —Publishers Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  “Ketchum [is] one of America’s best and most consistent writers of
  contemporary horror fiction.”
  
  
  —Bentley Little
  
  
  “Just when you think the worst has already happened… Jack Ketchum goes yet
  another shock further.”
  
  
  —Fangoria
  
  
  
  
  
  “Ketchum’s prose is tight and spare, without a single misplaced word.”
  
  
  —[Cinescape.com](http://Cinescape.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  “For two decades now, Jack Ketchum has been one of our best, brightest, and
  most reliable.”
  
  
  —Hellnotes
  
  
  
  
  
  “Welcome to Jack Ketchum’s ferocious and unforgettable first novel.”
  
  
  —Douglas E. Winter
  
  
  “A major voice in contemporary suspense.”
  
  
  —Ed Gorman
  
  
  “Jack Ketchum is