In this, the last of the
interviews, "boo - hiss" I hear you scream, we have a group
interview.
Simple idea behind this
one. All five authors were sent the exact same questions but didn't know each
other’s answers. The idea was to try and put them on the spot a bit and get a
bit of banter going between them when I gave them a surprise and sent them a
document with all of the others' answers attached.
Guess what? These guys
are just too damn nice to each other and that idea fell flat on its face.
When they saw each
other’s answers and I asked them for comments they were the quietest I have
ever heard any of them this past month.
The only thing I can deduce
from this is that this is like one big family. It’s perfectly clear the amount
of mutual respect there is among these guys and it’s fantastic for us, the
readers, to see this because it can only mean more from them in the future.
It’s either that or they
were just totally sick with the number of questions I threw at them over this
past few weeks!
Either way, here it is,
the final Dead Roses interview.
As always, grab your poison
and as it’s Easter Sunday, have a huge big roast dinner followed by some chocolate and sweets……and most of all, enjoy!!
COAF - Who’s the boss in this
collaboration? Who decides the order of stories and what goes and what doesn’t?
EDWARD - Evans is the
boss. He put it all together, and he gets the blame.
JASON - We vote on
order, and it’s majority rule. I would say Evans is the ringleader. He
corralled us together and made Bad Apples, our preceding anthology, a reality.
I respect each author in this book, but Evans had a vision and the will to see
it through… and the thoughtfulness to include me. I am thankful for that, and
have immensely enjoyed being a part of both anthologies.
GREGOR - Evans Light is
the boss. We get to vote on almost every aspect of the project (like cover art,
story order, etc.) but he has veto power.
ADAM - It doesn’t feel
like there is a boss. I don’t recall anyone ending up disappointed in the order
of the stories, or anything like that. It’s been a team-oriented project all
along, and we work together well.
EVANS - This project has
been a true collaboration from day one. Jason Parent gets credit for coming up
with the theme, but everything after that has been a group effort – the title,
the art, the range of story concepts - everything. After reading the final
stories, we voted to decide the story order. Since this title is being
published via The Light Brothers' Corpus Press platform (which may open to
limited submissions this year), I tend to be at the center of the project to a
certain extent, but my role is definitely more “facilitator” than “boss”.
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