Ask the Author: Ash Van Otterloo
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Ash Van Otterloo
I almost always go do something else! Most of my best ideas happen when I'm not trying to force them, so I just ask my subconscious to work on it while I distract myself. It hasn't failed me yet. :)
Ash Van Otterloo
My daughter (then 11) and I like sitting outside together and playing the "what if?" game. "What if you accidentally resurrected a graveyard full of zombies?" "Ooooo. And what if they were YOUR relatives?"
It was too much fun not to write, and that day I wrote the first chapter of Cattywampus. :)
It was too much fun not to write, and that day I wrote the first chapter of Cattywampus. :)
Ash Van Otterloo
Gretta's father greeted her at the door after school with a smile, offering a warm plate of fresh-baked cookies. When Gretta bit into it, however, instead of soothing, gooey chocolate, RAISINS.
Ash Van Otterloo
Neverwhere, for sure, and spend one glorious night in The Floating Market, with my favorite people! I'm a sucker for booths and carnivals and everything that smells like amazing food, and that would probably be one of my happiest days.
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