The Prestige and Question the Erastes!

[erastes]

Not as slashy as I wanted it to be. Should have read the book first, I think.  I saw the ending coming about half way through, too.  Nicely photographed but pretty meh. Disappointed.

Help help help!  In a couple of days I’m doing a Q&A interview on Unusual Historicals—thing is I have to create my own questions which is pretty dull. There’s nothing much I don’t know about me.

So could you—pretty please?—come up with some questions for me?  Doesn’t matter how many, I’ll pick and choose my favourites, and one of the question setters will get a free book of their choice, how’s that sound?

I’m minded to ban some of you asking, but that’ wouldn’t be fair. ;)  Ask away! Please! 

I won my printer!  Whee! It’s a nice canon colour laser and not very expensive – I hope it’s more reliable than the one I have.

Bathtime.

Comments

[angrboda]

Here's a pretty obvious one.

Where do you look for inspiration?
Is there anything you find particularly inspiring such as listening to a specific kind of music or looking at pictures or other things like that?

another obvious one ...

[suryaofvulcan.livejournal.com]

I'm sure a lot of people ask, 'why m/m?', but I'm going to ask the other obvious question - Why historical? Is there one particular period that attracts you more than others, and if so why? I think you've said you've only written one contemporary m/m story - why is that?

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

Q: How many fanning Cabana boys does it take to make Erastes a happy bunny? LOL... Okay *concentrates and squeezes braincell*

Q: Is Erastes a lark or an owl? (Had to get the birdies in somewhere)

Q: Unusual Historicals...right up your street. Do you think you could ever write a Usual Historical? (Please say no ;p)

[the-sea-to.livejournal.com]

How do you pick the boys' professions? Their names? (the size of their *****)

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

What is a *****? The public should be told.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I think she means spats.

cock!

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness you cleared that up. For one moment, I thought she was being vulgar...

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

What's been the single most difficult thing to research?

What was the closest you came to committing a 'great historical clanger'?

Which famous, lauded fictional work do you think is the worst at depicting the era in which it's set?

Who would you rather meet - and why? Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Mary Renault? Or, which question woul you ask those gals?

[mzcalypso.livejournal.com]

I like these ??s!

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

We need to remember them and use them at chats.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I have a huge list of interview questions - I'll add these in and post on the macs files.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Assume no historical novel had ever been written and you'd write the very first book in the genre, how would you write this genre-defining work?

What is the book you wish you'd written and why?

If you could write about any real historical person (and nobody had ever written about them), which one would it be?

Assume you had unlimited funds, time and health, how would you work differently?

What is you ideal work space like?

Do you become a hermit or a blabbermouth while working on a novel?

[leatherdykeuk.livejournal.com]

How do you research the fighting?

[jl_merrow]

What has most tempted you to stray from historical accuracy for the sake of the story?

Have you ever tried a time period and thought no, that's not for me?

Will we ever see Fleury again? ;D

Have you ever researched something and thought readers wouldn't believe it? (I'm mostly thinking draconian laws and scandalous goings-on here!)

Which of your characters has caused you most problems getting their voice? Why?

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, Fleury...the wined namesake *sips*

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

What has most tempted you to stray from historical accuracy for the sake of the story?

This? Best question ever.

Qs

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

If you can go back in time and slap an author, which one would it be?

If you can go back in time and fangirl an author have an earnest discussion with an author, which one would it be?

Is your writing method similar from one novel to the other? Are they radically different?

As a reader, how long have you been interested in the historical genre?


ETA: If you don't pick my questions, I still would like to know the answers please =D

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

What are your favourite eras and why?

Who is your favourite character out of all your books, and why?

and who is your favourite character out of all the books you've read?

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Do you always use a word processor/computer or are there times when writing by hand on paper is more comfortable?

When writing historical, which would you do when you want to write something but can't find out the truth - for instance, did the Assyrians whistle? Do you put it in and trust to luck or leve it out completely?

[mzcalypso.livejournal.com]

What is the airspeed of a laden swallow?

Are there any periods you absolutely Do Not Want to write?


I've had Canons and they're pretty good overall. Hope yours is not too new--my ink refill place says they've switched to proprietary ink formulas so you ahve to buy new ones. (On the good side, they've copied HP systems and HP has good machines..) Good luck with it!