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Here's my contribution to our Buffy/Angel celeb Q&As...the amazing Kelley Armstrong has agreed to answer our questions. :notworthy

As I'm sure you know Kelley is currently writing Angel comics, as well as being a terrific author of the "Otherworld" series, among others. So if there is anything you want to know about writing for Angel, writing horror and crime stories etc. etc. post your questions in this thread.

I was particularly pleased that Kelley kindly agreed to do this as she is somewhat of a fave around Pointy Towers.
 
How has it been working on the Angel series? Do you think you would rather work on Buffy, or at least write an issue for Buffy?
 
"As I'm sure you know Kelley is currently writing Angel comics"

Actualy, she's just finished...
 
Clem Rocks said:
"As I'm sure you know Kelley is currently writing Angel comics"

Actualy, she's just finished...
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In the Pointyverse, which is the only one of importance to me 🙂, she is still writing them on account of me not visiting my Comic Book Guy for several weeks...she wrote the last one I bought 😉 😛
 
clemxens said:
Haha but maybe you should change it so we look like we know what we're talking about. 😛
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if I changed it, I'd then have to edit all the other posts so you guys don't look daft...I'll leave it as my mistake to save me extra work 🙂 Back to questions -

Former 🙂 Angel comics scripter Kelley Armstrong, do you have a mapped-out plan for the Otherworld series with an end in sight or are you just writing the stories as they come to you and (hopefully) continue delighting us for many years to come?
 
Do you think your Q&A will be as good, or better, as this other bloke's?
 
A couple more from me -

Who has been your favourite Buffy/Angelverse character to write for?
Do you really think that Buffy season 4 was 'sub-par'? Or is that just Elena's opinion?🙂 In case members didn't know, the book I'm referring to here is 'Stolen'.
 
Are there any Angel characters you haven't written yet but you would like to?
 
Does anybody else have any questions for Kelley? I will be sending them off soon, so don't miss out 🙂
 
Inquiring Canucks want to know...

Being a Canadian writer, do you think there can be anything like a uniquely Canadian perspective to fantasy, horror or science fiction?

More precisely, do you think you bring anything to your work driven by a regional or cultural underlying preset?

Have you encountered any problems in the writing game you would call uniquely Canadian?

Oh, and more generally...read any good books lately?
 
Screw it.. I wanted to ask this, kept thinking to ask this so I bloody well AM going to ask this!

How do you think (assuming it has) your background in psychology helped you write, and specifically, write more tangible characters?
 
One more.

Do you have a method of operation when you switch over from a text driven to a more picture driven format?

What's your strategy? What are the problems, and solutions?
 
Yeah, along N4H's line of thought, I'd be curious if she had any difficulty adapting to the comic book medium—in terms of having to be so succinct and sparse with the writing, dialogue. Does your editor help a lot with that process?

Also, how is it working with an artist? Do you give specific direction to an artist...in terms of setting a scene visually or describing a character's expressions, etc?
 
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