AMA Ask Waffles!

[Gorse]

Hey again, Waffles! What are some of your favourite books, and why do you like ‘em so much?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Hey again, Waffles! What are some of your favourite books, and why do you like ‘em so much?

Some of my favorites include... *Deep breath*: Runaway, Flipped, The Running Dream, Sammy Keyes & The Showdown In Sin City and Wild Bird by Wendelin van Draanen.

Cut by Patricia McCormick.

Blue Is For Nightmares (1-5) and Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz.

Boys, Girls & Other Hazardous Materials by Rosalind Wiseman.

Before, After & Somebody In Between by Jeanine Garsee.

Killer Kids (1-16) by Robert Keller.

My Heart & Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga.

Runaway Devil by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickenfoos.

Eliza & Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia.

Luna and The First 30 Days by Lora Powell.

Stand Alone by PD Workman.

A Movie Making Nerd by James Rolfe.

The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manson.

How Music Got Free by Stephen Witt.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King.

Sycamore Year by Lee Mildred.

Alone by Megan Freeman.

A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold.

Out Of Range by Heidi Lang.

The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting by Holly Bourne.

As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka.

The Dust Of A 100 Dogs by AS King.

Equal Rites by Sir Terry Pratchett.

Resident Evil: Zero by SD Perry.

Anna von Scholtterstein's Nachtebuch by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.

How To Steal A Dog by Barbara O'Connor.

Hate List by Jennifer Brown.

Being Miss Nobody by Tasmin Winter.

Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol.

Lifted by Hilary Freeman.

Fish In A Tree by Linda Hunt.

They all... spoke to me. There's really no other way to put it. And I'm richer for the experience.

 

[ClarityZero]

Sam is best girl, right?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Sam is best girl, right?

Oh yeah XD

 

[ciro64]

What's your favorite videogame franchise?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

What's your favorite videogame franchise?

Probably Summon Night.

I have played it as an Action RPG, a Tactical RPG (untranslated), and a dungeon-clearing one. Loved them all.

 

[_Lorenzo_]

Are you good with tax returns? No, seriously — is there something that particularly bothers you about someone’s behavior or the way they do things?

 

[Naltic]

How did you get good at writing?

 

[ciro64]

When you sleep do you dream about videogames or operating systems?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Are you good with tax returns? No, seriously — is there something that particularly bothers you about someone’s behavior or the way they do things?

I don't think those are a thing in Argentina? That or I have been cheated out of a lot of money... Wouldn't be the first time XD

As for the other (real) thing: oh, yes. But I'd rather keep quiet about it until it crosses some sort of unacceptable threshold. I'm not one to start wars, but by God I end them if needs be.

How did you get good at writing?

I think it was a combination of getting a job that required me to write a lot and do it in an engaging way (it was heavily click-depedant) and passively honing my skills by reading tons of other people, like Stephen King, Barbara Wood, Ronna Jaffe, Ken Follet, Wendelin van Draanen, Jon Bois, Zach Handlen and Ray Hardgrit.

I essentially took the Lovecraft approach of imitating someone I admired (in his case, Edgar Allan Poe) until my own style could grow from theirs.

Not sure where I'm at, though.

When you sleep do you dream about videogames or operating systems?

I'm usually way too exhausted to even process sleep TBH.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Do you think blind people can see in their dreams?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Do you think blind people can see in their dreams?

Yes, I really do think so.