The Weekly Writer
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Every week, you fan club subscribers will be treated to a special "bonus article" that normal readers of the e-zine won't get. It will only be posted here, to the fan club, for your reading enjoyment.
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INTERVIEW WITH A CHARACTER
written by Silverlock
WOTW has seen some amazing writers being featured, people who have stopped the judges in their tracks with their wonderful works. However, the question needs to be asked: who really is putting in all the hard yards? Maybe it's time that we interview the real stars, the characters of their works...
So this week, I am interviewing Bernard Mason, one of the characters who stars in former WOTW @Pompadour's novel, Elementarni.Weekly Writer: Hi! It's nice to be finally meeting the star of Elementarni, do you mind me asking you a few questions?
Bernard Mason: Sure!WW: Could you give us a little synopsis on your story?
B: I could, perhaps, but there's not much to tell. Two birds and a bullet. A cry for help. Death. That's pretty much it. *shrugs*.WW: Do you think your author was fair to you? Are you happy with how they used you in their story?
B: Please, authors are anything but fair. I tried to reason with my writer, truly, but she insisted that my fate in the first chapter was much needed for the continuation of the story. Preposterous! It is my story, and I do think I'd know my own world better than her, wouldn't you? Writers are cunning, sly, slithering snakes -- bending and distorting realities to meet their own ends! I refused to talk to my writer for days after she showed me my chapter, and I only consented to letting it be after she promised me I would be playing a great part in the story later on -- indirectly. That's that, I suppose, and you really can't argue with her when she's bent on doing something.WW: If you could swap places with any character from any book, who would it be and why?
B: Nobody. I'm happy in my own skin, thanks. Within my own descriptions. There's no-one to switch with except Heaney, and the poor man... So simple minded and deluded. I actually feel quite sorry for him. I am glad that whatever my fate was, I accepted it with my head held high. I do not regret my actions, although I would have preferred to live longer....WW: If you could kill off any fellow character from your story, who would it be?
B: My writer. Wait -- she's not a character, is she? Well then, I choose not to kill anyone. Yes, not even the mysterious woman-assassin whose name has not been revealed to you as yet. I shall call her FrostFingers. We actually go a long way back; it's a painful and strange history. Ah! I won't say anything more here! Nothing more! *shakes head and smiles*.WW: Thank you Bernard, it's been a pleasure speaking to you and I hope that your fate isn't as ominous as it sounds.
All the more reason to check out Pompadour's novel, Elementarni! I can vouch for the fact that it will leave you wanting more! -
#9f0294 ">Interview With A Character: Brazil and Parker
#9f0294 ">Written by Silverlock
WOTW has seen some amazing writers being featured, people who have stopped the judges in their tracks with their amazing works. However the question needs to be asked: who really is putting in all the hard yards? Maybe it's time that we interview the real stars, the characters of their works.
This week I am interviewing Bernard Mason one of the characters who star in former WOTW @TemporarilyShane previously known as Isha novel Coffee, Grit, and my Dad's Best Shoes a well known and popular novel on YWS.
#9f0294 ">Silverlock: Hello boys! Thank you for agreeing to doing this interview with me! It's quite surreal to be chatting with the stars of CGaMDBS!
Parker: Oh lord, thanks Silver! It's an honour to be here. .
#9f0294 ">Silverlock: So could you both take a turn at describing each other to us?
Brazil: *glances at Parker* *chuckles* "Um. He's a very clean-cut person. He's always been almost inordinately classy, but I suppose he gets it from his auntie. And with class comes charisma- boy could charm a demon before the reverse could happen, I swear. He gets people wrapped around his finger, but he's got the decency to refrain from taking advantage of it. I think it's his inner caretaker that keeps his moral compass pointing north.
Parker: My inner care-taker?
Brazil: Uh, yeah. You're raising your four-year-old brother; if that's not a caretaker's mark, I don't know what is. And you know, let's not leave out his ambition. He's a very... determined person, when he sets his mind to something. I mean, I've watched him lose sight of what he'd set his mind to do a few times, but as soon as you help him find it again, he's unstoppable. And he still leaves time for being fabulous and loving people up.
Parker: I'm not going to respond to that because I don't know how. Okay then. Um. Brazil. *glances at Braz and shakes his head* He's an enigma. I honestly don't think there's a better word for it. I mean, you sit there and watch him get totally fascinated by these little things- like, I swear, he just sits and watches grass grow and actually finds it interesting, but he's not a boring person. The world fascinates him, and his ability to be fascinated fascinates you, you know? And he does this thing where he'll be the picture of a mature adult one second- an abnormally relaxed adult, oh my gosh, I don't think I've ever met someone that laid-back- and this kid the next. And not in a bad way, either. Like, the wide-eyed at everything, with these stupid grins and puppy tendencies.
And if we're describing Braz, we're not allowed to leave out his capacity for love. He's the kind of person who believes that there's good in everyone, but he's not... naive about it. Like, you punch him and he'll let you, but you punch someone else and you'd better prepare yourself to be ripped to shreds in a way that doesn't involve being physically attacked. But he loves people. It's kind of weird to think about though, because he's always the kid everyone thinks they need to protect, but I swear, you mess with someone he loves, and you won't know what hit you. And in the same breath, he hands out forgiveness like the sun hands out light. Forgive the weird simile.
#9f0294 ">Silverlock: How did you both meet?
Brazil: Oh gosh. Parker needs to tell this one- it requires a prelude that I wasn't exactly there for.
Parker: *grins* When I was a kid- like, the summer between first and second grade, I think, and Braz was in kindergarten- we had this robin's nest in my backyard, and it only had one egg in it. The bush was low enough that I could reach in and take the egg because, hello, curious seven-year-old. Anyway, I was going to put it back, but my dad told me that I'd touched it and gotten human smell all over, so the mama bird wasn't going to come back. And I felt terrible about it. So I made it his little nest with dried up grass and a doll blanket in an old ice-cream pail and lugged it around for weeks. Neither of my parents or Leanne could convince me it was dead.
So anyway, Braz. My dad took me to the park this one day, after I put up a fight about bringing the bird, and Braz was there. He saw me lugging it around and wanted to know what it was, so I told him, and I told him what happened, and somehow, after I was bawling my eyes out, he convinced me that it was dead. Wasn't my fault, but the baby bird couldn't have lived, and we needed to give it a funeral. A good one. So we did, and after that, he took me to one of the toys and we played pirates or something until I felt better. Hung out for a couple years after that, stopped because- well, I had a lot of family drama going on at the time and it sort of sapped my extroversion out of me. Our last kick started on his fifteenth birthday- I wanted to talk to someone, and for whatever reason decided that I needed to give him a birthday present anyway. And then... this.
Brazil: 'This' is the permanent one though.
Parker: *nods* Definitely the permanent one.
#9f0294 ">Silverlock: What do you guys like best (or worst) about each other?
Brazil: Toss-up between his determination and the aforementioned nurturing spirit. For best, I mean. One of his most annoying Parker things is this delusion that I'd look good in high heels. He also gets really cranky really fast if he doesn't have a cup of coffee by nine every morning. *rolls eyes*
Parker: *wrinkles nose* Do not. Gosh. Braz, what's my favourite thing about you? I don't think I can make up my mind.
Brazil: That I put up with how absolutely grouchy you are in the morning?
Parker: ... No, that's just a nice bonus. Um. Would it be safe to say the fascination thing? Actually, no, the love thing. ... No-- okay, you know what, Braz is an enigma and my favourite part about him is also a mystery. Shocker. He's just a good human and all the good parts are my favourite. I mean, we could be shallower and go for a favourite physical trait, in which case I'd have to say his eyes and his mouth, because they're so insanely expressive. What I like worst about him is... I dunno, you wouldn't get this from just looking at him, but he's a very impulsive person. Which is actually really fun, I guess, because I'm not as emotionally driven as he is, so I tend to be the wary, uptight one, but Lord when it comes to money. He buys everything and your entire life savings will be gone in literally twenty minutes flat.
Brazil: *nervous chuckle* Yeah... I do that.
#9f0294 ">Silverlock: If you could be a character in any other book, which one would it be?
Brazil: ... Gandalf. I'd definitely, definitely want to be Gandalf. There's that integrity thing, and the fact that he knows so much and never pretends that he knows all of it. He's kind of my literary hero.
Parker: ... Black Widow. Do comics count? I think they count. But seriously, if there's butt to kick, the girl's kicking it. Plus, she reminds me of my aunty, and my aunty's kind of my role model.
#9f0294 ">Silverlock: Of course comics count Parker! It's been a pleasure interviewing you boys, I've definitely had a blast!
Brazil: It was awesome being here.
Parker: Ditto. Keep life on the fresher side of things, Silver!
Check out TemporarilyShane's novel: Coffee, Grit, and my Dad's Best Shoes . With lovable characters and a heart warming plot it's a story you'll find hard to let go of.
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