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Hi Michelle
thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself, your
background, and your current book.
Hi, thanks
for having me! I’m a writer who lives in Vancouver, BC, with my partner
Elizabeth and our two black cats. I have
a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and have been fascinated with
storytelling for as long as I can remember.
The Better to Kiss You With is
a paranormal romance about Deanna, the moderator of an online werewolf role
playing game, who falls for the mysterious woman living above her.
Where do you find your inspiration?
I take a lot of inspiration from the world around
me! I’m always jotting down notes about
cool things I see, or an interesting turn of phrase, or someone on my bus who
looks like they’d make an interesting character.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
I think when I autographed a copy of The Better to Kiss You With for my
parents. Being a published author felt
like such an unreachable dream that I’d never thought or fantasized about
signing a book I wrote for my
parents, so actually getting to do so felt unreal, in the best way!
Do your characters become like real people to you?
I don’t know if I’d say they become like real
people… but they certainly take on a mind of their own! Often they’ll go off in ways I don’t expect
when I’ve started writing, but at that point all you can do is cross your
fingers and go along with it.
If you weren’t a writer, what else would you like
to have done?
If I wasn’t a writer I think I would be an English
teacher. I have so much love for books
and the written word, and was lucky enough to always have amazing English teachers who had the same appreciation for
literature that my love of reading was always validated. I would love to be able to inspire and
encourage young people to read in the same way that I was encouraged to.
What do you want your tombstone to say?
Here lies Michelle.
At least, we hope.
Now let's check out Michelle Osgood's The Better to Kiss You With....
Publisher: Interlude Press
Cover
Artist: Monika Gross
Release
Date: April 21, 2016
Deanna, the moderator for Wolf’s Run, an online werewolf
role-playing game, wanders the local forest with her dog Arthur and daydreams
about Jaime, the attractive, enigmatic woman who lives upstairs. When threats
from an antagonistic player escalate, Deanna wonders if her job could be
riskier than she’d ever imagined—and if her new girlfriend knows more about
this community than she had realized.
Pages or Words: 182 pages
Categories: Contemporary, Lesbian Romance,
Paranromal
Excerpt:
“I
think I know blood when I see it,” Deanna pointed out. “It was definitely
blood.”
Beside
her on the floor, Nathan leaned his head back against the couch and, behind the
black frames of his glasses, rolled his bright blue eyes. “I’m not saying it
wasn’t blood. But just, like, blood happens.”
“‘Blood
happens.’ You sound like a tampon commercial.”
“Not
true.” Nathan snickered over the top of his glass. “They never use the word
‘blood.’”
Deanna
choked on a mouthful of wine.
“Anyway,”
Nathan continued, “it was probably just a dead animal. Dogs love that stuff.”
“He
wasn’t happy, though. He was scared. Something scared him. And Arthur’s brave.
He doesn’t scare easily.” Deanna wiped the Pinot Gris from her chin and they
both leaned forward to look at Arthur, who was sprawled artlessly on top of his
dog bed and snoring loudly. Deanna smothered a giggle with the back of her hand
and grabbed the bottle of wine.
“Just
don’t confuse fantasy with reality. I think your job is messing you up.”
Deanna
snorted. “Wolf’s Run is a just game, Nathan. I haven’t forgotten that.”
“Really?
Because you’re talking about mysterious bodies torn up in the woods, and if
that doesn’t sound like werewolves…”
Deanna
gave Nathan a shove. “Ha, ha, very funny. I’m not like that weirdo who thinks
that werewolves actually exist. It’s role-playing. Playing being the key
word.”
For
the most part, the players of Wolf’s Run were a good crowd—with the
exception of one user who seemed to think that he actually was a
werewolf. Apparently, he took offense to the game’s depictions of “his
species,” considering them inaccurate and insulting. The rants had been going
on for months, and the situation would have been laughable, except that in the
last few weeks his posts had taken on a more threatening tone. Every time
Deanna deleted his posts and blocked his username he simply created another
account. The Wolf's Run team didn’t want to block his IP address because
IP addresses could be shared by a large number of people, and doing so might
block legitimate players from the game. Besides, it was child’s play to
circumvent a block by logging in from a third-party app or web service, or just
logging in from a different location. Deanna could only shut him down and hope
that this time he finally gave up.
“Well,
then just accept that Arthur found a bunny rabbit or something and decided it
would be a good idea to roll around in its mangled corpse.”
Deanna
shook her head. “You didn’t see him. It was a lot of blood.” It had taken two
desperately unpleasant baths and an entire bottle of shampoo to get Arthur
clean. Deanna had had to scrub her bathtub three times before she’d felt
comfortable using it again.
Nathan
grabbed her hand with his long, thin fingers. “Listen, you’re my best friend,
and I love you, and I’m sure that it was really terrifying, but I’m also one
hundred percent sure that you are blowing this way out of proportion. No more
fantasy werewolf role playing nonsense for you.”
“Until
my shift starts in…” Deanna tapped the screen of her phone. “Ten hours.”
“Until
then,” Nathan agreed and clinked their glasses. “Now, tell me more about your
hot neighbor.”
Deanna
buried her head in her hands and groaned. “It’s awful. She’s gorgeous. And I
can’t think around her. Or speak. I turn into a spluttering sixth grader with
her first crush.”
“That’s
disgusting and adorable. Tell me more. What’s her name?”
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Meet the author:
Michelle Osgood lives in Vancouver, BC, with her partner
Elizabeth and their two cats. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and
has been reading, writing and blogging in online communities for five years.
She likes to read romance novels, speculative fiction and feminist pop culture
critique.
Where to find the author:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/osgoodmichelle
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OsgoodMichelle
Homepage: www.michelleosgood.com
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