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Q: Will Mildmay ever catch a break? :D
A: ... Define "break." *g*
Q: Which came first when you were creating the Mélusinian world: language, character, or place?
A: Character. Specifically Felix. Place got extrapolated from "I have this person. What kind of world would he have to live in to be who he is?" The languages are just the result of my being in love with my own cleverness. Or if you meant the prose style(s), for me that's part of character--although the process of bringing the two into alignment can be kind of bumpy.
Q: When will Mildmay be cured of his fictional character status so that I can run off and have a torrid affair with him? ;)
A: This problem, I cannot help you with.
Q: What is your favorite color?
A: Amber.
Q: Would you rather have fame without fortune or avoid false dichotomies?
A: Binary thinking is a snare and a delusion.
Q: I've noticed that you say that the Lower City clock counts hours from sunset and sunrise: do they have set 'official' sunrise and sunset times or is Mélusine close to the equator?
A: It's close enough to the equator that 6 AM/6 PM is a good solid compromise.
Q: I truly have always wondered how you got into this. And by this, I suppose I mean writing gay men, although in fact, writing in general.
A: I read Swordspoint when I was fifteen or so.
That isn't quite an answer to both halves of the question, since I was already writing stories when I was fifteen, but Ellen's book taught me a tremendous amount about how I wanted to write stories. I also think it was the first book I ever read with a gay-or-bisexual protagonist, so there's a whole 'nother set of windows onto the world it opened for me.
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A: ... Define "break." *g*
Q: Which came first when you were creating the Mélusinian world: language, character, or place?
A: Character. Specifically Felix. Place got extrapolated from "I have this person. What kind of world would he have to live in to be who he is?" The languages are just the result of my being in love with my own cleverness. Or if you meant the prose style(s), for me that's part of character--although the process of bringing the two into alignment can be kind of bumpy.
Q: When will Mildmay be cured of his fictional character status so that I can run off and have a torrid affair with him? ;)
A: This problem, I cannot help you with.
Q: What is your favorite color?
A: Amber.
Q: Would you rather have fame without fortune or avoid false dichotomies?
A: Binary thinking is a snare and a delusion.
Q: I've noticed that you say that the Lower City clock counts hours from sunset and sunrise: do they have set 'official' sunrise and sunset times or is Mélusine close to the equator?
A: It's close enough to the equator that 6 AM/6 PM is a good solid compromise.
Q: I truly have always wondered how you got into this. And by this, I suppose I mean writing gay men, although in fact, writing in general.
A: I read Swordspoint when I was fifteen or so.
That isn't quite an answer to both halves of the question, since I was already writing stories when I was fifteen, but Ellen's book taught me a tremendous amount about how I wanted to write stories. I also think it was the first book I ever read with a gay-or-bisexual protagonist, so there's a whole 'nother set of windows onto the world it opened for me.
[To ask your question, go here.]
