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I wanted to tell you some more about Real Stakes, and Jennifer White started a WiP Meme yesterday that I thought would make a good vehicle for doing so.
1. When did you start writing your current WiP?
Roughly December 1st as a novel. I spent a couple days on part of it last spring, trying it out as a short story concept. It's also inspired by a piece of flash I wrote for Flashy Fiction on 9 May 2009.
2. Where does your WiP take place?
All over the United States. A lot of the early action takes place in Denver, Laramie, and Iowa City. The later action... You'll have to read the book to find out.
3. Who is/are the main character/s of your WiP?
The main characters are two gamblers and an investigator known as The Detangler.
4. Describe your main character(s) in one word.
Gambler #1: Private
Gambler #2: Obsessed
The Detangler: Lawful
5. Open up your WiP to a random place and copy the first sentence you see.
He didn't know what the speaker was up to, but the man's breath smelled too much of French onion dip to be taken seriously.
6. If you were going to have lunch with one of your WiP's secondary characters, who would it be and why?
I'd probably want to have lunch with Allie, the Detangler's daughter. I'd love to find out what it would be like to grow up with such a legalistic rule-monkey for a father. That's partly because, as anybody form whom I have been dungeon or game master can attest, I'm a bit of a rule monkey myself. Be good to find out what my kids are going to be in for.
7. What do you consider your WiP's theme song and why?
In a way, every thing I write has, “Mad World,” as its theme song. When I first heard the original Tears for Fears version, I really clicked with it, and I have over half a dozen different covers in my library now. Most of my stuff boils down, in some way, to the disconnect between what people think the world is, what they discover it really is, and how we all end up running in circles because we don't really know what else to do.
8. What do you consider your main character's theme song?
Gambler #1's theme is probably “Wake Up Time” by Tom Petty. If I got into why, I'd be revealing too much about his back story. Just take the mood from it and go with that.
Gambler #2's theme has to be “Guns and Cigarettes” by Atmosphere, because he's all about obsession and drive. You'll know that as soon as you meet him if I did my job right, so I'm not giving away any secrets there.
The Detangler's theme is probably “Gabriel's Oboe” from the soundtrack of The Mission. I hadn't really thought about it until now, but there's a bit of Father Gabriel in The Detangler's devotion to doing the right thing by the Law.
9. What's your favorite thing about your WiP?
I think it sort of redefines heroism, and not in any of the cliché ways that everybody redefines heroism these days. It's not about unexpected heroes or the dark side of good people, or the secret nobility inside of evil people. But I do think it's a pretty honest picture of what real heroes are like, and what constitutes true heroism.
10. If you're WiP were to be made into a movie, who would you pick to play your main character? Your villain?
My key villains are always among my main characters. I'm an equal opportunity author that way. Either that or the lines are just sorta clurry. But here's what I might cast:
Gambler #1 – Maybe Alan Cumming
Gambler #2 – Zachary Quinto
The Detangler – Wil Wheaton
Roughly December 1st as a novel. I spent a couple days on part of it last spring, trying it out as a short story concept. It's also inspired by a piece of flash I wrote for Flashy Fiction on 9 May 2009.
2. Where does your WiP take place?
All over the United States. A lot of the early action takes place in Denver, Laramie, and Iowa City. The later action... You'll have to read the book to find out.
3. Who is/are the main character/s of your WiP?
The main characters are two gamblers and an investigator known as The Detangler.
4. Describe your main character(s) in one word.
Gambler #1: Private
Gambler #2: Obsessed
The Detangler: Lawful
5. Open up your WiP to a random place and copy the first sentence you see.
He didn't know what the speaker was up to, but the man's breath smelled too much of French onion dip to be taken seriously.
6. If you were going to have lunch with one of your WiP's secondary characters, who would it be and why?
I'd probably want to have lunch with Allie, the Detangler's daughter. I'd love to find out what it would be like to grow up with such a legalistic rule-monkey for a father. That's partly because, as anybody form whom I have been dungeon or game master can attest, I'm a bit of a rule monkey myself. Be good to find out what my kids are going to be in for.
7. What do you consider your WiP's theme song and why?
In a way, every thing I write has, “Mad World,” as its theme song. When I first heard the original Tears for Fears version, I really clicked with it, and I have over half a dozen different covers in my library now. Most of my stuff boils down, in some way, to the disconnect between what people think the world is, what they discover it really is, and how we all end up running in circles because we don't really know what else to do.
8. What do you consider your main character's theme song?
Gambler #1's theme is probably “Wake Up Time” by Tom Petty. If I got into why, I'd be revealing too much about his back story. Just take the mood from it and go with that.
Gambler #2's theme has to be “Guns and Cigarettes” by Atmosphere, because he's all about obsession and drive. You'll know that as soon as you meet him if I did my job right, so I'm not giving away any secrets there.
The Detangler's theme is probably “Gabriel's Oboe” from the soundtrack of The Mission. I hadn't really thought about it until now, but there's a bit of Father Gabriel in The Detangler's devotion to doing the right thing by the Law.
9. What's your favorite thing about your WiP?
I think it sort of redefines heroism, and not in any of the cliché ways that everybody redefines heroism these days. It's not about unexpected heroes or the dark side of good people, or the secret nobility inside of evil people. But I do think it's a pretty honest picture of what real heroes are like, and what constitutes true heroism.
10. If you're WiP were to be made into a movie, who would you pick to play your main character? Your villain?
My key villains are always among my main characters. I'm an equal opportunity author that way. Either that or the lines are just sorta clurry. But here's what I might cast:
Gambler #1 – Maybe Alan Cumming
Gambler #2 – Zachary Quinto
The Detangler – Wil Wheaton
That's all for now, but stay tuned for more information later!
.Nevets.
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