![]() ![]() Wright tells a tale of British spies dealing with monsters during the Cold War, and Brad Torgersen recounts the supernatural adventures of Benjamin Franklin. Jonathan Maberry wrote about Agent Franks fighting the Nazis in WWII, John C. #MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL GUN REVIEW SERIES#Most books in the series are set in the present day, but Monster Hunter Files proposes that Monster Hunter International has opened its archives, so the stories are set in the past. "If I hadn't written much about a particular item, writers had more creative freedom to explore it." "In a continuing series like this some topics already have a lot established, and others are fairly open," Correia explains. Butcher, for instance, wrote a story about a new character, a janitor, and came up with a type of creature that had never appeared in the series before.Ĭorreia read through the rough drafts looking for character or continuity errors. "Sometimes the authors surprised me, because they came at the world from an angle I had never thought about before," Correia explains. "We got so many volunteers that we filled the entire roster in the first day," Correia recalls.Ĭorreia served as a kind of consultant to the other writers in the anthology: authors pitched their ideas and he provided guidance. Coeditor Bryan Thomas Schmidt, who came up with the idea, helped Correia compile a list of authors who had expressed their love of the series, and then asked the authors if they'd like to contribute stories. The latest book in the Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter Files, is an anthology that includes stories set in Correia's world but written by other authors such as Jim Butcher, Jessica Day George, and Mike Kupari. ![]() If I get stuck, then I skip ahead to the next part, or I work on a different project." I don't really do the whole muse/inspiration thing. "I start in the morning, sit at my desk, and work all day, pretty normal work hours. "I treat writing like a regular job," he says. He has also won numerous awards including several Audies and the Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel.Ĭorreia keeps a dedicated writing schedule, with the goal of writing 10,000 words a week. #MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL GUN REVIEW MOVIE#"I like to draw inspiration from a wide variety of sources, like classic movie monsters, fiction, myths, and folklore sometimes it's fun to just make up something weird and new, and give the monster new traits or abilities."Ĭorreia has authored many fantasy novels, including the Monster Hunter series and the Grimnoir Chronicle series. "When people ask me what kind of monsters I have in the series, my answer is, ‘all of them,'" says Correia, who lives in northern Utah. Beginning with Monster Hunter International (2007), Correia invented a world in which monsters are real, hungry, and must be hunted. Despite the running joke among his friends and coworkers that most monster movies would be over during the opening credits if the characters were armed, Correia knew he could make it work. ![]() When he began his career as a writer (he also worked as an accountant and firearms instructor), he wanted to bring his two passions together. Fantasy author Larry Correia is a self-described gun nut and B-horror-movie freak. ![]()
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