{"id":1078,"date":"2014-01-08T00:23:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T13:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2014-02-25T00:19:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T13:19:47","slug":"back-to-the-beginning-for-wolf-creek-nice-article-in-local-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Back to the Beginning for Wolf Creek&#8217; &#8211; nice article in local paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have another article in a newspaper today &#8212; my local the <em>Progress Leader<\/em>. I like the photo a lot more in this one, I have to say. Hopefully I don&#8217;t look quite as intimidating (though I&#8217;ve been told that&#8217;s quite fitting considering what I&#8217;m publicising).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/progress-leader-07-01-14-p1-header.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"progress leader 07-01-14 p1 header\" src=\"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/progress-leader-07-01-14-p1-header-1024x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Back to the Beginning for Epic Aussie Horror Story<\/h1>\n<p>by Holly McKay, <em>Camberwell Progress Leader<\/em>, 7th January 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aaron-sterns-progress-leader-7-1-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1082\" title=\"aaron sterns - progress leader 7-1-14\" src=\"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aaron-sterns-progress-leader-7-1-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Aaron Sterns with his <em>Wolf Creek<\/em> prequel novel. <em>Picture &#8211; Steve Tanne<\/em>r<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Balwyn North writer with a passion for gothic literature has co-written the prequel to one of Australia&#8217;s greatest horror films.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Sterns has not only co-written the sequel to the film <em>Wolf Creek<\/em>, <em>Wolf Creek 2<\/em>, but is also the co-author of the prequel novel <em>Wolf Creek: Origin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sterns said the book, released last Thursday, told the backstory of the films&#8217; central character, Mick Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>The book was released alongside another book, <em>Wolf Creek: Desolation Game<\/em> as part of a series of six books.<\/p>\n<p>Sterns said the idea for <em>Wolf Creek: Origin<\/em> came about as a way to give readers an insight into the childhood years of Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It goes right back to the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It follows him as a ten-year-old in his home town and how he witnesses the gruesome death of his sister, which has repercussions through his own life. [And] it follows him as he works on a cattle station and is pushed to the extreme by others &#8212; that&#8217;s when you realise the depth of his psychosis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sterns said he and co-author Greg McLean, the producer [and director] of the films, had come up with the background story while filming the sequel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw it as an opportunity to write a great Australian gothic story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[Actually, I&#8217;d completed the novel long before we started shooting, but close enough.]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>For more posts: <a href=\"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/?page_id=69\">THE LATEST<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have another article in a newspaper today &#8212; my local the Progress Leader. I like the photo a lot more in this one, I have to say. Hopefully I don&#8217;t look quite as intimidating (though I&#8217;ve been told that&#8217;s quite fitting considering what I&#8217;m publicising). &nbsp; Back to the Beginning for Epic Aussie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blatant-self-promotion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1099,"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}