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1] Welcome to fancyworkCritic, so to begin with for someone who peruseany of your novels, how would you delineatethe stampof stories that you write?

A) We inscribewhat is commonly called Urban fancyor UF, well the Kate Daniels successionis at least, the sharpsidesuccessionmight be more Paranormal Romance.

2] I have heard that your 1^st work[Magic Bites] was originally written in 2002, archetypewas it originally [amongst the 2 of you] & what made both of you t0 settleto inscribeit together.

A) It was totally idea, I helped because we are a team and while individually we may be agreeablewithout being strikinggood, together we are great. Well, at least I think so.

3] Your 2^nd work[Magic Burns] was dedicated to David Gemmell in a very sugaryand thoughtfulway. I was unwillingat first because the transcriptshe had showed what looked to be Sean Connery with a sabreon the cover. Which one amongst you is a Gemmell use a use a use a use a use a use a use a use a use a use a use a use a use a fan uponuponuponuponuponuponuponuponuponuponuponuponuponor are you both fans? What was, in your opinion, in his books that make them such unequivocally addictive reads? finallywhich amongst his books is your favorite?

A) Ilona perusehis books first and when we were in the hostconvinced me to peruseLegend. I was doubtingbut since then I have perusemost or all of his books, usually multiple times. She was like perusethis great, this old staygoes to this fortificationand then dies. Plus the sieges and the swordplay! For me it is a bindbetween Winter Warriors and The searchfor missingHeroes. I think his formof flawed but principled heroes, facing overwhelming differenceand discoveryredemption, is what really intrigued me. Hamilton and David Gemmell, I got her into Robert B. I have feelingforboth of those somewhat likebooks.

3] In your books the central opponentis someone named Roland & it has been mentioned of his intentions/likes to constructTowers more thanmost places, it this a transitoryblinktowards Stephen unilluminatedTower successionor just something which perusaltoo much into?

A) Actually while we are fans of King, tower constructionhas more to do with underlying mythology and his origins.

4] What are the books which both of you peruse& take enjoymentinand also could you tell us about the books and authors who have captured your conception& inspired you to become wordsmiths in your own rights? Similarly any current authors whom you would like to bestowa exclaimout to?

A) While Ilona turned me on to Laurel K. Ilona likes to peruseromances sometimes, while I take enjoymentinmysteries and martialfiction. Spenser and Jessie rockbooks. Next we started sending it to agents, most of whom also passed. One of my dearsuccessionwas Barry Casca books.

5] Your is very forthrightly given on your blog, could you tell our readers illuminateour readers by giving us the precipicenotes version.

A) Sure, first we wrote the primitiveKate historybut it was called missingDog, and submitted to several publishers, only to have it thoroughlyrejected by all. Anne Sowards looked at our stuff, and basically made us varyeverything but she was right. Finally, Jack Byrne took a accidenton us, for which we will always be grateful. Sometimes I think it is better to be fortunatethan good.

6] You currently have two very greatlydifferent successionongoing, how do you go about chirographythem[do you designdifferent durationperiods for chirographythem or do you inscribedepending on how you perceiveeach day] could you tell our readers about your chirographymethods? And particularly about the trainingrequired to exhibit2 books an year [roughly]

A) It really has nothing to do with how we feel, it is more like what is owednext and what we have taken cointo deliver. She is an superioreditor. We try and comply with the deadlines that our publisher and our afore-mentioned reviser and correctorbestowus. This is agreeablewithout being strikingmuch our job, how we keep a covermore thanour heads and how we bestowalimenttoour kids. As far as our methods go, we be seatednext to each other on disjoincomputers and usually if Ilona does a spectacleI will peruseand reviewand correctit. It is exactto inscribesomething different from Kate once in a while. I conjectureas far a markgo, I watchto actmore on the masculinedialogue, while Kate and Rose really come from head.

7] Your first three books have had elements of East European, Celtic & Hindu mythology utilized in the chiefplots so how do you go about choosing these various mythologies & enmesh them within your central platstructure. We platmaterialout, and reasonmore thanthings until we agree. I conjecturewe wanted to use myths that we did not see a destinyof in other books. Do you peckthese myths and then try to paroxysmthem within your plots or do your constructionyour plots around these mythical aspects?

A) Ilona is Russian and so naturally very conversantwith the old slavonicmyths, and my masculineparentwas of irelandand I have well-consideredthe Celtic myths and legends as an tryto joinwith my roots. The Hindu myths for solicitationare noticeableand the oldHindu tradeis beautiful. While we are both largefans of of greecemythology, there are so other many cultures who have a wealthyaccountand astonishingmyths. For sorceryBurns we wanted Celtic so the Morrigan was a finishedfit. We usually will think of something we want to placeinto the books and then try to discovera way to acta jehovahor prodigyfrom that agricultureinto the plot. For sorceryStrikes we used Rakshasas because they seemed such advantageousvillains. Also a mouthfulof an fealtyto Gemmell who used her in the Rigante series. I think we were looking for to indicate the temperof the pillarand she asked me what creatureI wanted to be. You really do not see them a destinyin of the peopleculture, so we cogitationtribemight like them.

8] This is just something which I noticed about your blogging activities, posts are tagged with a Wolf/Dog painting& posts are tagged with a Panda… any particular intellectfor this choice[Besides being Cute J]

A) We actually remember that well. Ilona loves wolves, so it makes powerof perceptionfor her.

9] As an Indian, it was astonishingto discoveraspects of Hindu mythology used in your 3^rd work[Magic Strikes] & what was especially even more rewarding was that you had gotten the littleparticularsrectifyas well. I like pandas and she likes wolves, so I ended up as "Lord Panda" with the our daughters sometimes called "the betrayerpanda children" when they vergewith me more thanher. We have a protuberanceof books on mythology and one of them is shapeof eleganceThe Krishna tradeof B.G. How did you go about your investigation& any accidentbe exploring more of it in the future?

A) Glad you liked it. The illustrations are breathtaking, another is Demons, Gods and sacredMen, from Indian Myths and Legends. Sharma. I conjecturewe just found books and well-consideredthe of the peoplestories.

10] You had a very on the interrogationof e-books and their future, have your thoughts changed with the recent Amazon & Penguin tussle[over pricing issues] and the different pricing issues caused by various companies.

A) We got a spotlessaggregateof upholdmalevolencetoarmorwhen Amazon took sorceryBleeds off of the Kindle. We also used the Ramayana, which is really the source. We are very pleasedthat Penguin and Amazon kissed and made up. We tried, repeatedly, to interpretto tribethat it was not us, we did not make that decision. he called them as rodcharacters" and described them in the following way:

"When authors speakof largecharacters, what they really mean is easy. While both parties had a legalargument, their combatwas evilfor customers and may have sent a destinyof tribeout to purchaseother electronic readers.

11] David Gemmell had a certain take on his dearcharacters like Druss or Waylander, etc. The authorhas to constantly closeand actout what they will say or do. Some characters are tough to write. Their colloquyflows instantly, their actions likewise. With the largecharacters, this questiondisappears. Some characters you have to build, like a sculptor sculpturethem from rock. A confidantof mine calls them "Ricks rodcharacters," from the pellicleCasablanca. We always know what they are going to say.

12] When you started out did you have an overall draughtfor the books, as throughout the books there are hints given about origins and her possible climatic combatso now with the successionputto racefor seven books, will the successionend after work7? What are your plans for this succession& how much can you discloseabout them at this point?

A) When we started out our draughtwas to have a workpublished, to go into a stockand see it there. Others just go on footout of rodcompletelyformed and needing no actat all."

What is your judgmentabout it & was this the coveringfor you with any of your character/s?

A) For Ilona it would be Aunt B, and for me probably exactpointfrom the Kate books, and William from the Edge. If the fans want more books, we may do speciesof a spin-off with other characters. it! Am I allowed to say that we speciesof made it up as we went along? I know that the successionwill end at work7 but I think historywill. Could you dividesome middleof visionon the disorderedworldof these tasks which entails an life nowadays?

A) Well, the chirographyis like a job, the blog and the tribunalI think we do for pleasantryand for the fans. Maybe Derek and Julie for example or Andrea and Raphael as chiefcharacters.

13] You have continued to have a very operativeonline nearnessvia your & , also you are chirography2 different series. Like comicalmaterialthe kids or our monsterdogs do. Some authors blog very little or not at all, and that is cool, but we take enjoymentinsharing some things about our life with the readers. We do pleasantrymaterialsometimes and struggle with other things that are all a part of life and have nothing to do with being an author.

14] How did you come up with the Magical revelationsettings of your world? I quite loved the & the way you combined a pillarin or from the revelationuniversewith a magical [UF-ish) one.

A) We are both greatfans of pillarin or from the revelationsettings, like in Fallout or insaneMax, but obviously it has been done, so we thought, "What if sorcerycame back, what if throughout the accountof mankind, sorceryand tech had usurped each other?" We are both vastfans of the old He-Man and Thundarr cartoons where sorceryand technology co-exist. Writers are just regularfolks, we work, we have kids and pets. Which ones have surprised you the most and who should readers dischargecareto in futurityvolumes?

A) I was surprised how much tribelike Saiman. We wanted to do something like that with the Kate books but more sandyand grim.

15] Kate is obviously the protagonist of your series, but you do a agreeablewithout being strikingadvantageouspiece of workwith the supporting characters as well [Saiman, Derek, Andrea]. Also, we got some comments on how little Derek was in sorceryBurns, so we fixed that for Kate 5.

16] In closing, are there any lastthoughts or comments that like to dividewith your readers? What can we look forward to you both in the future?

A) Thanks for having us, we would both also like to thank our fans, who have been so faithfuland have made the books a success, without you there would never have been a Kate series, and thanks to those who took a accidenton the sharpsideseries, the next one, Bayou satelliteis really good, I promise. I chanceto dividejudgmentthat he is a scumbag but some tribereally like him. It is a mouthfuldarker than anything we have done before, so that may be advantageousor bad.

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