Our alter-egos are taking over:
FROM THE DESK OF
DONA PENZA TATTLE, ESQ.AND
ASSOCIATE WRYE BALDERDASH
Greetings,
Off to our interview with CBG author, Celia Breslin.
Off they go on another interviewing venture. This time with Celia Breslin, urban fantasy and paranormal romance author of such
books as DESTINY and HAVEN to name a few.
Off they go on another interviewing venture. This time with Celia Breslin, urban fantasy
and paranormal romance author of such books as DESTINY and HAVEN to name a few.
Tattle gulps. “You sure they’re aren’t any vampires around here?”
Wrye does the eye lift to heaven look. “You know those things
don’t exist. We live in a world devoid of that kind of magic and fantasy and
spooky stuff.”
“All I can say is when we reviewed Celia’s books, she sure made me
feel like all sorts of things can happen.”
“You’ll be fine. Now, let’s
just materialize in her office.”
And they do, startling Celia.
C: Celia shrieks and jumps from her chair. “What the--? How did--?
You sparkled like the Star Trek transporter beam…”
She picks up her water glass from her desk. Sniffs. Sips. Shrugs.
“Okay…um…Hi?”
T: “It is very nice to meet you in the flesh.” Keeps watching Celia’s mouth, checking for
fangs as she takes a seat, perching on the end of it as if ready to dash at any
moment. “Now, to get things
started. Tell us, do you believe in
ghosts? In your world are they horrid or friendly or a mixture? Do you talk to them?
W: “That’s rude! Of course, she talks to them if she sees
them. Oh, sorry, Celia, for
interrupting.”
C: She gestures at them. “Well, clearly I believe in ghosts, since
I’m talking to you now. Actually, given how you arrived, alien makes more sense
to explain you, right?” She rolls her chair back several inches away from them.
“Yep, friendly ghosts and/or aliens works for me.”
W: “Great response. As for
us, we are simply literary magic.”
T: “In other words a combo of ghost, alien, and unexplainable. We,
however, can be whatever…”
W: Cuts Tattle off, knowing she can digress with the best of them.
“Please tell us which of your characters’ has you totally mesmerized and why?”
C: She relaxes against the back of her chair with a sigh of
relief. “So… you’re ghost and/or alien journalists? Cool! Well, All my
characters hold a piece of my heart, but since I’m currently writing about
vampires, I’ll share my favorite. His name is Jonas, and he appears in my
Tranquilli Bloodline Series. He’s the
heroine Carina’s mentor. An ancient vampire originally from England, Jonas
embodies extreme violence in a pretty package.
He’s a man of few words, dark and moody, fiercely loyal and violently
protective of those few people he loves (such as Carina). I adore him so much
that I gave him his own short story in the series: VAMPIRE CODE.
T: Please tell us if you belong to the tribe of geek, nerd, weird
or are you a sensible, logical person like… well…moi, for instance?”
C: Laughs. “Well, I’d like to subscribe to your brand of “sensible
and logical”. You can travel through space and time -- and without even a
Tardis! She grins. “Aaaaand, I think my answer just put me squarely in the
geek/nerd tribe.” Points at a dashing
navy coat hanging in her open closet. “The Tardis coat probably gave me away,
too. The swirly lining with the exploding Tardis was inspired by the episode,
'Vincent (Van Gogh) and the Doctor.' Season 5, episode 10.” She shrugs.
“Yeah…geek.”
T: “A gal after me own heart. I never miss a show, and honestly
believe Doctor Who is real, and the shows are the way he is preparing us for
his actual arrival.”
W: Interrupts before she goes into fandom. “For an infinitely more important question,
if you were a shapeshifter, what creature would you be and why?”
C: She nods. “I get this question a lot. A mermaid might be cool.
I like the idea of being able to breathe underwater. I’m also a cat person, so
maybe a black panther shifter. Wolves are amazing, too, though. I have some sexy Scottish Wolf shifters in
Destiny (Book 2, Tranquilli Bloodline). They’re a fun pack.”
T: Soooo, you like lairs? Horror? Scaring the beejees outta
people? Is there a dark, dank place deep within you? Tell us…. (Poises on the
edge of her seat, and bites a nail)
C: “Well, clearly you two love to scare the bejesus out of people,
given your sudden sparkly appearance in my office. I like some horror fiction,
especially Stephen King…”
W: Wyre holds a hand to his heart as he interrupts. “You are
indeed a woman of discernment. I own every version, of every book Stephen King
ever wrote. I am a down-home fan for the King of Horror. Forgive my outburst and
do go on.”
C: “And in movies, the best horror movie of all time is, hands
down, The Cabin In The Woods by Joss Whedon. That man is a genius. Everything
he writes is amazing. There’s Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Avengers, Dr. Horrible’s
Sing-long…oh…”She blushes. “I’m letting
my geek flag fly again, aren’t I?”
T: Geeks are some of my favorite people. They think outside the
circle.
W: If you could interview a vampire, what would be your first
question?
C: Celia’s smile disappears. She leans forward. “I’d ask: Do you play for Team Evil or Team
Good?” Points her finger at them.
“Actually, make sure you ask them that before you agree to meet in person. And
don’t beam yourselves into their space unannounced. Even a vampire on Team Good
might get rather cranky about that!”
T: Thank you so much for
allowing us to grill… um…. Interview you.
You have been a delight, and also thank you for the great advice and for
not biting us. (Tattle could swear she
saw a glint of fangs.)
Dona
Penza Rutabaga Tattle, Esq. and Associate Wrye Balderdash
of
Blather City, Wannachat
Created and written by: Angelica Hart and Zi
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