Q Is there an actual person that inspired the Finn?
A No.
From ][mez][ :
Q Why novels?
A Make a living at home, writing fiction!
From digitalprimate :
Q What's the process like from a physical standpoint?
A Sedentary.
Q Where do you write? When? For how long?
A Most recently, in the library (which is really the dining room but who needs one?). 10AM til whenever, pretty much daily when it's happening.
Q What do you eat or drink while writing?
A Whatever's available.
Q Do you write in Word? With pen and paper?
A Word.
Q Do you read or avoid reading certain things while you write?
A I avoid reading most new fiction, while writing.
From the Hydra :
Q Why Ativan?
A Wanted my addict character to have no trace of literary drug romanticism. Which is difficult, but benzos proved perfect.
From Vesper :
Q Which literary world would you like to live in? (Doesn't have to be of your making)
A Not a fantasy I've ever had, actually.
Q What would you say if someone picked up some of the characters from Sprawl or Bridge trilogies and wrote a book(s) with them? (Not-for-profit ones, let's say some decent fan-fic e-books)
A Nothing. Mainly because I can't imagine being induced to read it. I don't even reread my own work, ordinarily.
Q A book that you wish you had written but someone else did?
A I don't understand the impulse. If someone else writes a book, I can't imagine writing it. My literary admiration never takes that form.
From Splitcoil :
Q What project have you considered seriously that your readers would probably find most surprising?
A A space opera, but in the style of Paul Scott's novel The Chinese Love Pavillion. I actually had a contract, but bailed on it, wrote Count Zero instead. Envisioned as early Delany meets Andrew Eldritch, sort of.
Q What do you think is the common thread (if there is one) between that project and your previous work?
A "Earth is the alien planet."
Q Why didn't you write it?
A First novel had better reception than I'd expected. Cyberstuff seam seemed promising. Contracted publisher had ugliest dustjackets in history of genre.
