24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What’s the most interesting way you’ve killed someone? Do you see that small group of people laughing in the corner over there? That’s my writing group. They are laughing because they all know how much I love to kill people […]
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23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting sending out? Well, the first draft of Fie Eoin took me three years to complete (keep in mind that I was not seeking to write for publication at this time – I wrote cause I was a
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22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you’ve never written or told anyone about before! A scene I’ve never written or told anyone about? I’m not sure if that exists. I mean, of course there are scenes that I’ve not yet written or told anyone about, but not out of some “you
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16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? You know, when I first had my mom read some of my writing, she gave me a book called “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon, and told me to read it and learn how
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10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Holly was attacked by a giant cat with a spiny tail and a distorted version of her own face. This was after she saw the mouse wearing pants run away with a piece of bread in its hands, but before Phooka the Dog
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7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters? I listen to music while I do everything. Drive, work, eat, write. Music was my first love, and I love just about all types of music (not so much heavy metal or rap
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5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them? My youngest major character is Mikayla Morgan, who is six years old at the beginning of Lane’s Girl. My oldest major character is… um… I’m not really sure. Once they become old enough I
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3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you’re writing about fictional places)? I used to go crazy coming up with names for people and places in my stories. Parenthood.com’s baby name generator was on my bookmarks list. I looked up every single name in Fie Eoin until I
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2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females? How many characters do I have? Oh man, I have no idea. Give me a few minutes to count them all up… Sixty-three major characters. This doesn’t include short stories or The Good Man (which can hardly be called a short story),
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You should all know almost as much about Phooka Tales as you do about Fie Eoin by now, since it deals very closely with my own past work situation and the main character is probably as close to me as you can get. Self insertion? Yes. Mary Sue? Not by a mile. Holly Thompson has