I've been doing a lot of reading and experimenting lately on using emotions as I write. I just finished a story now that comes from my concern for the high level of crime in South Africa. And, although it was very difficult for me, I managed to tap into the hatred and disgust I have towards it. I write horror, so yes, the highjackers were brutally slaughtered afterwards. And I have to say, it felt great to punish them. Why? Because I saw them as every criminal who ever hurt someone. I also fe...

Being a person who doesn’t do a lot of sight-seein...