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Richelle Mead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy Series, the Georgina Kincaid Series, the Dark Swan Series, and the upcoming Bloodlines series. Her books have been honored by the American Library Association, the Teen Read Awards and the Goodreads Choice Awards and have been translated into at least 30 languages.
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This episode originally aired on 05/28/2011 with the following authors:
- More of Your Favorite Authors
- Jim Butcher (#1 NYT bestselling author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera series)
- Richelle Mead (#1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy, Georgina Kincaid, Dark Swan, and Bloodlines)
- Grant Alter (Script writer for Dean Koontz (Fear Nothing), Richelle Mead (Storm Born), Jim Butcher, etc.)
Note: The following interview has been transcribed from The Author Hour radio show. Please excuse any typos, spelling and gramatical errors.
Interview with Richelle Mead | | |
Bonus Question(s) that Didn't Air on the Live Radio Show
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Matthew Peterson:
Now, let me ask you these bonus questions. Richelle, I thought this would be an interesting one. And I like to ask this question to the authors that write urban fantasy. If you had a magical power, what would it be and why?
Richelle Mead:
[laughs] Oh . . . If I’ve learned anything it’s that no good comes of these super powers.
Matthew Peterson:
[laughs]
Richelle Mead:
Oh . . . no, probably shape shifting, if only to save me the trouble of grooming and styling and all of that. [laughs]
Matthew Peterson:
[laughs]
Richelle Mead:
It would definitely be nice not to spend an hour on my hair for appearances.
Matthew Peterson:
Shape shift into a different person or someone who’s already dressed and ready to go?
Richelle Mead:
More like that, yeah. You know, you work at home all the time. You get kind of lazy with your pajamas in here. So it’s kind of a shock when I have to go out and do a signing. It’s like, “Oh, shoot, I’ve gotta look like a real person. How do I do that?”
Matthew Peterson:
Yeah, yeah. And a follow up to that, I understand you’re about to have a baby boy. If you could bestow a power to him, what would it be?
Richelle Mead:
[laughs] Oh boy . . . I don’t know. That’s a tough one. I’m not readily thinking of anything particularly comic or funny I could give to that . . . You make all these plans like, “Oh, maybe he’ll be a great athlete, maybe he’ll be a super genius,” and all these things. You know, lately, I’ll sit and watch the news and–again, I’ve gone away to kind of a funny answer–I just hope he’s a good person.
Matthew Peterson:
Yeah.
Richelle Mead:
You know, I hope he’s someone confident who can navigate this crazy world. And I don’t know. Sometimes when I see the news and I see people out there, I think there are some powers that other people could certainly use, so . . . I’m just hoping he’s a good person with a good head on his shoulders.
Matthew Peterson:
Good answer. I think for the first little while, you’ll wish that his secret power will be to sleep through the night. [laughs]
Richelle Mead:
There is that, or potty training at birth would also be acceptable.
Matthew Peterson:
[laughs] Yep. Well, thank you. Now Grant, let me ask you your bonus question.
Grant Alter:
Okay.
Matthew Peterson:
What advice would you give people who want to become a scriptwriter?
Grant Alter:
Make sure that it’s something that you’re willing to do even if you don’t get paid. Comics is an extremely difficult business. There are thousands of easier ways to make a buck. Most likely you’re never going to be rich doing this. It should be something that you do because you have to do it, you feel compelled, it’s something that you need to do. Not something that you do because–well, there’s nothing better, why not. It’s not that kind of profession.
Matthew Peterson:
Very good advice. Very good.
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