TQ: Describe The Diabolical Miss Hyde in 140 characters or less.ĬSI: Jekyll & Hyde meets Frankenstein, splashed with the guts of Sweeney Todd.
Or I’ll be Nora Roberts, for her unfailing energy. If I can't be Stephen King, I'll be Neil Gaiman, who seems to possess not only unlimited imagination, but an indefatigable sense of wonder. He will get you with page one, line one, every single time. Likewise, the late Richard Laymon (also a horror author, though more pulpy than King) had an amazing facility with first-line hooks. TQ: Who are some of your literary influences? Favorite authors?Įvery writer wants to be Stephen King when they grow up, right? He has this uncanny ability to draw you into his characters' souls with only a few words. I always want to include *everything* in every book… maybe that's why I love steampunk! It's an unapologetic mish-mash of genre elements. TQ: What is the most challenging thing for you about writing? Crafting plots and characters in advance is its own reward, and only makes the actual writing more fun!Īs for people who claim they 'get bored' if they have to think about their story more than once… I have no words for you. Writing is a craft for me, not a head-explosion of primordial creative goo, or whatever.
Pantsing works for some people, but I find it an utter waste of time. If I wasn't allowed to do it any more, I'd be sad, and probably bored. I write because it's challenging and interesting and satisfying. As if writing needs to be some awe-inspiring, tragic, agonising birthing process that tears my soul apart, or something… I don't believe that. Viola: Ages ago, and just because :) I'm not sure there's truly an answer to 'why write?' Some say you should only be a writer if you can't not be one.
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