Finding Wonderland has a terrific interview with D. M. Cornish, author of Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling and Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter. Read the interview to see why I'm careful to write out the complete title of both books.
This interview is so marvelous because Cornish talks about his various inspirations, how he got started creating the MBT world (which doesn't appear in either book), his women characters, and some behind-the-scenes business related to that title. Oh, and his notebooks. I have a number of different kinds of journals and workbooks. Now I'm feeling inspired to go write in them.
Of course, Cornish might not have gotten into any of that stuff without the interviewers' sophisticated questions.
Right now I'm feeling that I'd like to see the Half-Continent become a world like Discworld, supporting a whole array of different story cycles. That's how pumped I am from this interview! Of course, it's easy for me to be pumped because I wouldn't have to write the books. Cornish would.
This interview is part of the 2008 Winter Blog Blast Tour.
Ooooh. That would be *awesome* for him to write a Discworld type of thing. And yes: HIM writing it, not us. Us just cuddling down into fleece blankets and reading to our heart's content.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE this guy, and he's a great interview. It's so much nicer when people take our questions and just run with them. (And thank you indeed for the compliment!)