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Ali Hazelwood | Vampyre Girl, Alpha Were, Arranged Marriage
Author Guest / February 8, 2024

1–What is the title of your latest release? BRIDE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Vampyre girl, Alpha Were, arranged marriage! 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I was in the process of moving to the southwest of the US, and I decided to set the book in the southwest of the US. It just felt right! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I doubt Misery would want to hang out with me (or anyone else except like, three people). 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Loyal, sneaky, single-minded. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That wolves can only have just a couple of eye colors. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit forward, so I don’t go back to edit something that I’ve decided to change while I’m drafting, but I write the rest of the book while keeping that change in mind. (A tip I picked up from the amazing Jesse Sutanto, btw). 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? I’ve been obsessed with Nutella Biscuits lately. 9–Describe your writing space/office! It’s currently a mess, because…

Ali Hazelwood | Conversations in Character with Elsie Hannaway
Author Guest / June 13, 2023

Book Title: LOVE, THEORETICALLY Character Name: Elsie Hannaway   How would you describe your family or your childhood? I’d rather not.   What was your greatest talent? Shapeshifting.   Significant other? I have an amazing roommate, Cece. Does she count? The way she forces me to watch avant-garde movies feels pretty significant.   Biggest challenge in relationships? None. You just have to figure out what people want and mold yourself into that. It’s easy!   Where do you live? Boston, MA.   Do you have any enemies? Jack Smith. Jonathan Smith-Turner. And my roommate’s hedgehog.   How do you feel about the place where you are now? Is there something you are particularly attached to, or particularly repelled by, in this place?  I wish my apartment had fewer bugs that are larger than my palm, but aside from that I guess it’s fine?   Do you have children, pets, both, or neither? No kids. Do the bugs count as pets?   What do you do for a living? I’m a theoretical physicist. And professional fake-girlfriend.   Greatest disappointment? Bella and Alice should have ended up together.   Greatest source of joy? Cheese. And Twilight.   What do you do to…

Ali Hazelwood | 20 Questions: LOVE ON THE BRAIN
Author Guest / August 31, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? LOVE ON THE BRAIN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A neuroscientist has the opportunity of a lifetime when she’s tasked to lead a prestigious NASA project – and then finds out that her grad school nemesis will be leading the engineering part of the project. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I really wanted to write about NASA, because NASA is super cool, and the Johnson Space Center seemed like a really good choice! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I would harass her into being my BFF. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Reserved, determined, simpy (that’s a word, right?) 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? All sorts of things about expressing cats’ anal glands. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? So, my process is usually divided in two parts: first, I write the first few chapters, in which the tone of the book and the main personalities of the characters are set, and I edit them compulsively. I need to be pretty happy about the shape…