If you could commandeer one famous pirate ship from history, what ship would you choose? This is tough because while tall ships have a gorgeous aesthetic, the pirate ship I actually want is a spaceship – Serenity from Firefly. But what I love about pirate ships from the Age of Piracy is that the pirates who took them almost always…
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Lilliam Rivera – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
Your book has been described as John Hughes for the Bronx. If your life was a cheesy 80s romcom, what do you think it would it be titled? My cheesy 80s romcom would be Say Anything because I’m definitely a Lloyd Dobler-type who is into boxing and extreme displays of emotions. You’ve said that you wanted to write about the…
Mark Oshiro – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
You spend a lot of time in the con event world. What is your craziest / funniest con story? I’ve had a lot of strange things happen to me at conventions and festivals, but few beat the absurdity of the very first con I was ever invited to as a creator. In the summer of 2011, I was asked to…
Marissa Meyer – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
If you were going to cosplay a superhero in the Renegades world, what would you want to wear? I would love to cosplay as Honey Harper, or Queen Bee. In part because it would be a fun costume to pull together: a black-and-yellow striped sequined cocktail dress, dramatic makeup with dripping mascara, and an assortment of bees and wasps glued…
Nadya Okamoto – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
You are rocking the movement to make the idea of the period less taboo. Why do you think it’s so hard for people to accept this normal bodily function? Menstruation has historically (in religion, media, pop culture, and society in general) been something that menstruators are made to feel ashamed of. It’s 2018 and it’s time for that to change. You…