iFAQ - Infrequently Asked Questions

What's your best advice for a young screenwriter?
Learn to use the f-bomb as all parts of speech, and move to LA.

What's your best advice for a young author?
Write fanfic for at least ten years before you attempt to sell anything original.

What's your best advice for a newly-contracted author?
Find a group like Debut 2009 or the 10ers. They will save your soul.

What would you name your fifth album?
Duck Pond Suicide.

And if you had a dog?
Fisherman Bob.

Why do you do 5 Minute interviews?
Because I have a short attention span.

Who would win in a fight: Edward Cullen or Chuck Bass?
Han Solo.

DC or Marvel?
As much as I love me some Rogue/Gambit romance, DC. I'm a lifelong Bats babe.

I hear you play Warcraft.
Yup; I have a 70 Blood Elf warlock, 70 Tauren shammy (enhance,) 70 Draenei shammy (resto,) and a 70 Night Elf hunter. And no, I won't give you any gold.

But what about tabletop?
I don't play anymore, but I've played and/or run campaigns in everything from AD&D to Palladium to Teenagers from Outer Space to White Wolf. I even own a copy of Synnibar, and my first paying gig was writing modules for The Familiar Magazine. Bedlam: City of Castigates is mine.

Wow, comics, video games, RPGs- you seem like geekbait. But can you...
Shoot a gun? Yes; I earned an expert marksman rating in the US Army.

Why do you have curse words in your books for teens?
Because whether people want to admit it or not, teens use them. I find it interesting that if you write honestly about teenagers, they aren't old enough to get into the movie without a parent or guardian.

What kind of writer are you?
I'm not inspirational, aspirational or motivational. I simply write to tell one person who needs it that she is not alone.

Has anybody ever really asked you these questions?
Sarah Cross asks me these questions all the time.