#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with V. S. Holmes
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I’d like to welcome author. V. S. Holmes to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Things you need for your writing sessions: Mood music, whether that’s a character playlist (which you can find on my website!) or background instrumental pieces.
Things that hamper your writing: Interruptions! People talking, or anything that keeps me to staying in the groove.
Things you love about writing: The ability to create new worlds, and weave the perfect character interactions.
Things you hate about writing: the fact that I can just plug my brain in and upload what I’m picturing!
Words that describe you: Loyal, kind, insightful
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: short-tempered, impatient, awkward.
Favorite smell: The smell of a rainstorm in spring.
Something that makes you hold your nose: Anything acrid and chemical! Also, French vanilla scented things.
Something you’re really good at: I’ve got something of a green thumb.
Something you’re really bad at: Small talk.
Last best thing you ate: I had an amazing salmon with brussel sprouts dinner the other night, and my partner’s friend chicken is to-die-for!
Last thing you regret eating: Had a giant slice of pizza after a hike back out from a remote job site at the end of the week recently and that was a terrible life choice!
Things you always put in your books: Emotionally fraught reunion scenes!
Things you never put in your books: Needless bigotry.
People you’d like to invite to dinner (living): Ivan Coyote (they’re storytelling is so awesome!)
People you’d cancel dinner on: J. K. Rowling.
Favorite things to do: I love exploring a new patch of wilderness, and taking the time to look at all the weird little signs of life.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Well, I actually like eating bugs, but that aside, I would do almost anything to avoid making a phone call!
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Ha, coming out, honestly. But beyond that, I took off on my own to travel across Greece and hike Mount Olympus (mostly barefoot!) without knowing much of the language or having any real plan.
Something you chickened out from doing: Confronting a few specifically toxic people in my life. It’s a lot easier to stand up for things in fiction than it is when cruel people are right in front of you.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I was told my book got someone through their quarantine, which was pretty incredible. I’ve also been likened to Tony Hillerman, which is awesome!
The craziest thing a reader said to you: That my books were too gay (we all know there’s no such thing!)
About V. S.:
V. S. Holmes is an international bestselling author. They created the BLOOD OF TITANS series and the NEL BENTLY BOOKS. Smoke and Rain, the first book in their fantasy quartet, won New Apple Literary's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award in 2015 and a Literary Titan Gold in 2020. Travelers is also included in the Peregrine Moon Lander mission as part of the Writers on the Moon Time Capsule. In addition, they have published short fiction in several anthologies.
As a disabled and non-binary human, they work as an advocate and educator for representation in SFF worlds. When not writing, they work as a contract archaeologist throughout the northeastern U.S. They live with their spouse, a fellow archaeologist, their dog Rory, and own too many books.
Let’s Be Social:
Site: http://.vsholmes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VS_Holmes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorvsholmes/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vs_holmes/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/vs-holmes
