Today G.R. Lyons joins us! You get to spend a day with a character from any book—but not one of your own. Who do you choose? Locke Lamora from The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. I apparently have a thing for con artists (no wonder White Collar is my favorite TV show and …
Amy Aislin spins the wheel today! Describe a hobby one of your characters likes to engage in. Sam, one of the MC’s from my upcoming release, As Big as the Sky (available August 4), gardens as a hobby. It’s something he learned from his father and it’s a way for him to get out of …
Today’s player is F.E. Feeley, Jr.! What is your superpower? My superpower is being Don Quixote. Write a haiku poem about your favorite beverage. Nope. No Haiku. But I will give you a poem I wrote when I was drunk on Johnny Walker: Memory chase memory through the wildflowers down by the stream and across …
Today’s player is J. Scott Coatsworth! If you could be granted instant virtuosity on a musical instrument you don’t now play, which one would it be, and why? OK, so I used to play the flute (only because it was the smallest instrument that would get me into band. OK, yeah, I was a total …
Please welcome Anne Barwell! You’re on a ship with Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Catherine the Great, David Bowie, Billie Holiday, and Gengis Khan. But oh no! The ship is sinking and the lifeboat only holds four people. You get to decide—who gets on that lifeboat? You’re starting with the difficult questions. My first thought is that …
Happy Fourth! Today we’re joined by L.J. LaBarthe. What is your worst habit? Your best one? Procrastination. I think I’m a master at it. If I can put off something I don’t want to do, I’ll find a reason to make that happen. As for best… hm. I’ve been told I’m too generous sometimes, so …
Today’s player is Aisling Mancy–with a free story! One of your characters comes to you for advice. Who is it, what does he ask, and what do you tell him? I have two characters pelting me with questions at the moment. Candelario (the wraith) from Aeromancer (WIP with betas), asks: Is it possible for a …
Today’s player is A.D. Ellis! You’ve just met an alien from a planet where there’s no such thing as fiction writing. Explain to him/her/it/them why humans read made-up stories. I would have the alien describe to me all of the mundane, painful, and difficult things beings on his planet have to deal with on a …
Today’s player is Jamie Samms! What is your least favorite thing about California? Its distance from Northern Ontario. A few of my very favourite people live there, and I’d love to be closer to them, if I could. Describe a really bad decision you once made. A lot of bad choices I’ve made over the …
Please welcome Tanya Chris! Paper or plastic? I have reusable bags, but if I’m only buying a couple of items, I’ll get a plastic bag because I use them for scooping kitty poop into when I clean the litter box. What is your favorite insect? Spiders get a bad rap. They eat flies and mosquitos …