{"id":15212,"date":"2012-03-01T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T17:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=15212"},"modified":"2012-03-01T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T17:19:25","slug":"the-witch-watchopen-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=15212","title":{"rendered":"The Witch Watch:Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

So now some people have had a chance to read The Witch Watch (which you can buy here<\/a>) and have been expressing an interesting in talking about it. The print version comes out tomorrow, but I wanted to make some space for the early readers. <\/p>\n

So, the usual open thread rules apply: Talk about the book, and don’t worry about spoiler tags. If you have a question for me specifically, be sure to put my name in there so I can tell you’re asking me and not just opening up a discussion.<\/p>\n

So…<\/p>\n

“Shamus, is Darth Vader Luke’s father?”<\/p>\n

…will get a definitive answer, and…<\/p>\n

“Hey, do you think Darth Vader is really Luke’s father?”<\/p>\n

…will be left alone so that readers can come to their own conclusions. And obviously I’m not promising to answer everything. <\/p>\n

Someone asked about what actors would play the parts of the characters in the book. I’ve mentioned before that I often write a character in the “voice” of an actor I have in mind. (I do this when reading other people’s books, too.) For example in Free Radical, Nomen Nescio was (in my mind) Laurence Fishburne. I don’t think Deck was played by anyone in particular. The Director was played by Michael Rooker<\/a>. This all comes back to me being an audio learner, and the fact that it’s easier for me to keep people straight if I can “hear” them in my head. <\/p>\n

If you have this same habit, I’m curious who you picked for the characters in The Witch Watch. I had a couple of actors in mind when I wrote it, (Gilbert, Alice, and Moxley) but I don’t want to obliterate your own take on the characters with mine. I can share mine later if you like, but being the author I’m worried that my picks will carry more weight than they should. (They shouldn’t carry any!) <\/p>\n

Feel free to ignore this silly actor business, which is completely irrelevant to the world of books. <\/p>\n

So… what say you about the book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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