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Due to our Advent Calender in 2010 we asked Tanya Huff, author of the Blood Books, if she liked to answer some of our questions. Luckily she devoted some of her precious time to us. Thank you!
+ What did prompt you to start writing?
I never really needed to be prompted, I was always a storyteller from the time I was very small. I spent the summer I was ten with a cousin who was in a bodycast, keeping her amused but telling long and fantasical stories about our Barbie dolls. (My aunt says I was very distracting. *g*) Essentially, all I do now is write those stories down.
+ Where does your inspiration for your books come from?
From all over. I have a thousand little inspirations every day!
+ When you write a story, do you predetermine basic rules for your characters (for example Henry’s abilities and how vampires behave/live) or do you get you ideas while you write.
Before I start, I know who the characters are and what they can do — so, yes, Henry’s abilities were laid out from the beginning. Without these parameters, there’s no way to control the story; it can go wandering off in any direction.
+ What was your most exciting memory from working with the Blood Books?
From the books? Probably the time I called the Catholic Center in Toronto to ask about the Latin liturgical for Christ is risen. The very nice nun who answered, listened closely to my explanation, “See, I have a vampire hunting a demon in a cemetary on Easter Sunday…” thought about it for a moment, moved the phone away from her mouth, and yelled. “Father! This one’s for you!”
If you mean the show, I’d have to say it was the first time I ever saw Kyle play Henry. He was so absolutely perfect in the part and has been my
version of Henry ever since.
+ What are your current projects?
I’m currently working on a sequel to THE ENCHANTMENT EMPORIUM call THE WILD WAYS. This one is Charlie’s story so it’ll involve a lot of music references. And a dragon. *g*
+ If you could meet a famous person from the past, who would that be and why?
It might be fun to meet Bram Stoker and tell him how Dracula, which wasn’t well received while he was alive, has lasted and infulenced so many writers and film makers over the last century.
