The scary dream god
“You have to write about things you know, that are close to you.” – author D.J. MacHale New York Times bestselling author D.J. MacHale. Photo by Brent Broza (Broza photo.com) D.J. MacHale didn’t want to be a writer. In junior high, the Manhattan Beach resident and New York Times bestselling author of the wildly successful tweener series, Pendragon, convinced teachers to let him make videos instead of writing essays for assignments. He did that all the way through high school. “I hated the discipline of writing because I didn’t like sitting still in my chair,” MacHale recalled. “In third grade, I took one of those psychological tests to determine which career best suited me. It said I should go into writing and I remember thinking ‘No way. What are you crazy?’ I’d do anything to get out of it. But I was always a storyteller.” And he loved scary stories. MacHale fondly remembers his mother reading Dr. Seuss’ What Was I Scared Of? when he was a toddler, which led to an appetite for ghost stories when he got older. Most of his childhood Saturdays were spent watching horror films at the local theater. He gave himself nightmares for years after watching “Black Sabbath.” So when MacHale…
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