Thoughts From Angelica and Zi Continued ~
Ever hit a point in your book where we don’t know where to go next....
Z: Never happens. This is not intended to be dismissive but completely honest. Because we work together, we have wonderful sessions where we outline. We texture locations and pre-define characters. It is rare that on the fly do we ever vamp in a new direction. That would be unfair considering we share the geneses and development of every project. Oops, you just saw the engineer, a vision becomes reality within a certain set of guidelines.
A: However, when we are in the midst of creating the outline we sometimes want to go in different directions, that makes for some interesting bantering.
Do we include people we know disguised as characters....
Z: Not a single one yet everyone. Characters are the cross-culmination of varying personalities. Circumstance draws upon traits of every person and every experience that life has granted, then magnified, embellished, and altered with nuance to meet the plot's need.
A: (Winks.) Nary a soul is safe.
What does our family and friends think about our occupation as a writers....
Z: They say they're proud but by definition because they are family and friends, they have to be. We have never had the fire squad moment where its live or die, like me or not. That's obviously a tad morose so I'll just believe them.
A: They're my cheerleaders, and you should see their pom-poms.
Z: Lean to the left... lean to the write... stand up... sit down... write, write, write! Go Angelica! Go!
Do we get family support when writing and upon publication....
Z: Abso-frackin'lutely!
A: Can we say that? If so, what he said.
Something surprising about us....
Z: That I had to file an accident report for a company car where a buffalo sat on the front hood. That explained the crater-like dent. The accident report did not include the very simple fact that this mammoth creature shat on that same hood and that material was so viscous and was expelled with such force that it covered the entirety of the windshield, hood and side panels and I could not put a claim in for the five hours of lost time bucketing water from a stream just so I could see to drive to a place where I could wash it.
A: That I drive Zi crazy 'caaaauuuussseee I'm sometimes allergic to logic, and engineers live by logic.
Plotters (laying out all the plot points ahead of time) or pantsters (plotting by the seat of your pants)....
Z: Duh! I'm a plotter's plotter. I pre-plot the plot.
A: Plot... plot... plot... running off... Zi grabs me by the seat of my pants metaphorically) and sets me down ... and then we plot... plot... plot...
Our favorite characters....
Z: wRen from SNAKE DANCE, being released February 2010. She's a blossom, a steel blossom.
A: Vench and Vilgal from KILLER DOLLS. They're just so nasty. What fun to dive into that villainy.
Favorite genre to write?
Z: Contemporary thriller with the sub-text of growing romance. All wrapped in the banana peel of quirky.
A: Fantasy and thrillers and sci-fi and... Oh shoot, the more apt question would be, what genre don't I like to write... non-fiction.
The most important thought: chocolate or vanilla....
Z: Strawberry.
A: Vanilla with chocolate fudge syrup. We were talking ice cream, right? Oh, and don't forget the M & Ms.
We'd love to hear from anyone interested in what we do. Anyone who writes us at angeliahartandzi@yahoo.com and leaves an s-mail address, we will send you a gift and add you to any future mailings.
Angelica Hart and Zi
angelicahartandzi@yahoo.com
angelicahartandzi.com
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