Q: Are we going to hear more about Juliana? Is the character Nicky, Nathaniel’s brother? Would you be interested in writing in third person? A: She says that fans think that Nicky was Nathaniel’s brother who was supposed to have been killed, but it’s not true, but there is a book in the future dealing with this because there are no statute of limitations on murder. She now talks about how memory can be a tricky thing when it comes to eyewitness testimony. And how memories seem to change over time. Third person isn’t really her thing, She’s needs a character to talk to her. She goes off on how her characters talk to her mostly commenting on how Asher sulks. She has a short story idea in mind with Juliana and Asher with the shared memories
Q: Could you tell me more about Nightseer? And what about the endings of Anita and Merry. Do you see endings for them? A: Anita is not a fairy tale so there isn’t really a ending for her. And she goes off on a tangent about being on tour with the Anita book is helping her write the next Anita book. Nightseer was supposed to be a four book series, but the first one didn’t sell well, so they didn’t want the next one. She wanted to write Toilken meets Robert E. Howard. But the fantasy market crashed, so she looked through her short story ideas. She says she got some of the best rejection letters because the fantasy thought it was horror, horror thought it was mystery, mystery thought it was romance, blah, blah, blah. She goes on to mention that those editors have apologized to her.
Q: Tell about what happened to the Anita TV series. A: If she could get a series or movie made that kept to the points of the book she would do it. But if it won’t be good, she won’t do it. She says she doesn’t know enough about the business yet and is learning about Hollywood so that it could have a better chance. She tells a story about being on a elevator with Angelica Houston.
Q: Will Anita be more comfortable with homosexual aspects of her sex life? A: Laurell says that in Bullet more women were added to the cast and they crossed a few lines that haven’t been crossed before.
Q: How many guns do you own? Have you used them and have you had any formal training? A: No formal training but friends who were former military and police have taken her out shooting. She doesn’t want to reveal all the guns she owns but just says that she’s well armed. She then goes on this tirade about how she shoots and how her husband shoots and about how they like different types of guns and ammo. Jonboi admits that he’s a “size queen” when it comes to guns. Laurell goes off on different types of handguns and what she likes and doesn’t like about them. She tries to shoot everything Anita shoots, but draws the line at things Edward used. She will never use a flamethrower.
Q: You’ve been writing the Anita books for twenty years, but it’s only been a few years in the series. Did you make a conscious decision to stay away from the upgraded tech like cell phones? A: She made the decision in Bullet to update everything. She could keep trying to remember how it was, but said screw it, and now Anita has a iphone. She said she had fun finding songs for the ringtones for everyone. Nathaniel programmed a ringtone for himself on her phone: “What’s up Pussycat?” by Tom Jones.
Q: How would you like the books to end? A: She goes on like it’s like asking for a friends life to be over, so she doesn’t want that and she doesn’t know. And anyway the books have not gone on in the direction she set out.
Q: Is there any author that is your personal favorite? A: Robert B. Parker’s Spencer series. She says these books helped her learn how to write dialogue. She says she’s doesn’t read her own genre, because she writes it how she wants to read it and no one does it like her. She says that she keeps in contact with other paranormal authors, and tells about how some writers who came from romance are “Girl Mean” and that’s not the way the sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal people are.
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A: She says that fans think that Nicky was Nathaniel’s brother who was supposed to have been killed, but it’s not true, but there is a book in the future dealing with this because there are no statute of limitations on murder.
She now talks about how memory can be a tricky thing when it comes to eyewitness testimony. And how memories seem to change over time.
Third person isn’t really her thing, She’s needs a character to talk to her. She goes off on how her characters talk to her mostly commenting on how Asher sulks. She has a short story idea in mind with Juliana and Asher with the shared memories
Q: Could you tell me more about Nightseer? And what about the endings of Anita and Merry. Do you see endings for them?
A: Anita is not a fairy tale so there isn’t really a ending for her.
And she goes off on a tangent about being on tour with the Anita book is helping her write the next Anita book.
Nightseer was supposed to be a four book series, but the first one didn’t sell well, so they didn’t want the next one. She wanted to write Toilken meets Robert E. Howard. But the fantasy market crashed, so she looked through her short story ideas.
She says she got some of the best rejection letters because the fantasy thought it was horror, horror thought it was mystery, mystery thought it was romance, blah, blah, blah.
She goes on to mention that those editors have apologized to her.
Q: Tell about what happened to the Anita TV series.
A: If she could get a series or movie made that kept to the points of the book she would do it. But if it won’t be good, she won’t do it. She says she doesn’t know enough about the business yet and is learning about Hollywood so that it could have a better chance.
She tells a story about being on a elevator with Angelica Houston.
Q: Will Anita be more comfortable with homosexual aspects of her sex life?
A: Laurell says that in Bullet more women were added to the cast and they crossed a few lines that haven’t been crossed before.
Q: How many guns do you own? Have you used them and have you had any formal training?
A: No formal training but friends who were former military and police have taken her out shooting. She doesn’t want to reveal all the guns she owns but just says that she’s well armed. She then goes on this tirade about how she shoots and how her husband shoots and about how they like different types of guns and ammo. Jonboi admits that he’s a “size queen” when it comes to guns. Laurell goes off on different types of handguns and what she likes and doesn’t like about them.
She tries to shoot everything Anita shoots, but draws the line at things Edward used. She will never use a flamethrower.
Q: You’ve been writing the Anita books for twenty years, but it’s only been a few years in the series. Did you make a conscious decision to stay away from the upgraded tech like cell phones?
A: She made the decision in Bullet to update everything. She could keep trying to remember how it was, but said screw it, and now Anita has a iphone. She said she had fun finding songs for the ringtones for everyone. Nathaniel programmed a ringtone for himself on her phone: “What’s up Pussycat?” by Tom Jones.
Q: How would you like the books to end?
A: She goes on like it’s like asking for a friends life to be over, so she doesn’t want that and she doesn’t know. And anyway the books have not gone on in the direction she set out.
Q: Is there any author that is your personal favorite?
A: Robert B. Parker’s Spencer series. She says these books helped her learn how to write dialogue. She says she’s doesn’t read her own genre, because she writes it how she wants to read it and no one does it like her. She says that she keeps in contact with other paranormal authors, and tells about how some writers who came from romance are “Girl Mean” and that’s not the way the sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal people are.