Sean Foy - Author & Filmmaker, the blog

  Why I wrote The Grotesque: I was tired of novels where the “twist” is either obvious by the end of chapter 3, or the climax hits with all the excitement of a damp washcloth. Those safely written novels meant to appease the greatest number of readers possible. I’m sick of tropes and cliche’s, grammatically correct dialog, and unknowable characters. I want the demon child of Trent Reznor, Chuck Palahniuk, and Gillian Flynn. I want twisted philosophies and sympathetic characters who are a bit sick in the head. I want visceral desperation. I want it raw.  So that’s what I wrote. Go listen to GAVE UP (OPEN MY EYES) by NIN and FREE by Florence + The Machine. Watch the double feature of FIGHT CLUB followed by BLACK SWAN. Go read INVISIBLE MONSTERS by Chuck Palahniuk, and SHARP OBJECTS and GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn.  I didn’t want my debut novel to merely be about some crazy thing that happened to some made-up people. I mean, it is, ultimately, but what I sought was that story...

 Post #1 Hello, and welcome to my very first blog post! I'm pretty much going to dive right in here. In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya, "Let me explain. No. There is too much. Let me sum up." I've wanted to write novels and make movies since I was a kid. I attempted both in junior high, but didn't make it far. I designed my own computer games in high school - games played by one or two friends besides myself. In my 20's, I moved to Los Angles (Long Beach, actually - LBC!) and worked on movie sets. (I was an extra in the Wedding Singer , among other things.) I directed a feature film. It's arguably terrible, but I'm terribly proud of it. I directed commercials for the Angels and Ducks teams and a couple of short films. One was shown in a Sex-Ed class at the University of Chicago (I think? Long time ago). Then I moved to Minnesota. Then I moved to Massachusetts and started a family. Then I started making short films again. And I started to turn an o...