Interview with Shawn & Ethan of “One Bullet” – Part 1

The blog that was supposed to host part 1 of this interview series, never posted, so I’m going to post it myself here.  Enjoy!

Hi, everyone!  Casey Wolfe here, and I’m excited to be talking with Ethan Brant and Shawn Greyson today, the men featured in my new novel, One Bullet.

Casey:  Thanks for stopping by, guys.  Are you ready for some questions?

Ethan:  Fire away.

Shawn:  Sure?

C:  We’ll start with an easy one.  What are your astrological signs?

S:  Taurus.

E:  Pisces.

C:  What is your idea of perfect happiness?

S:  Fresh brewed tea, a new book, out on the back porch… with Ethan.

E:  He’s a romantic.

C:  What about you, Ethan?

E:  (grins)  They have to read the book.

C:  Well played.

C:  Next question.  Ethan, what is your greatest fear?

E:  Before or after the accident?

C:  We’ll go with before.

E:  I don’t like swimming in the ocean.

S:  What?

E:  I, like, don’t want to go out too deep.  I’m afraid of drowning.

S:  You never told me that.

E:  (shrugs)  Had a recurring nightmare as a kid of drowning in completely black water.  So, I don’t like not seeing the bottom.

C:  Shawn, what is your greatest extravagance?

E:  His kitchen.

S:  You love my damn kitchen.  It feeds you.  Unlike the hovel you call a kitchen.

E:  He has me there.

C:  Ethan, what quality do you most like in a man?

E:  Hmm, probably sense of humor?  That’s a big thing for me.  Someone willing to be a little adventurous.

S:  Read, suicidal.

E:  No one told you that you had to come skydiving.

S:  I still say I was tricked.

C:  Shawn, what do you consider the most overrated virtue?

S:  Chastity.

E:  (laughs)

C:  Moving on…  Ethan, what words or phrases do you most overuse?

S:  He says “dude” way too much when he’s around his brother.

E:  No, I don’t.

S:  Yes, you do.

E:  Dude.

C:  I’m taking Shawn’s side.

E:  Dude!

C:  Alright, you can both answer this one.  What do you consider your greatest achievement?

S:  Thus far?  Making detective.

E:  Oh, so this one time when Keller, Micah, and I were rock-climbing-

S:  I don’t know that I want to be present for any story that set-up involves.

C:  Shawn, we know you love jazz.  How do you feel about the Rat Pack?

S:  Do you really need to ask that?

C:  Do you have a favorite song of theirs?  Or a movie they did together?

S:  I really like Ocean’s Eleven, but Robin and the Seven Hoods was more fun.  It has that classic gangster feel and there are some really great numbers.

C:  Final question.  Which Divergent faction would you be?

E:  I’d probably be Divergent, actually.  But if I had to pick one of them…  Probably, Dauntless?

S:  Only because the physicality.

E:  True.  I don’t think cowardice is the biggest problem with society.  If we were going off of that end of it, then I’d probably be Amity, maybe Erudite.  I told you I was Divergent.

S:  I’d be Erudite, I think.  While I obviously like being in law enforcement, Dauntless is too extreme for me.

E:  Or you can just come be Divergent with me.  (grins)

S:  (sighs)  Or I’d go be Divergent with Ethan.

Stay tuned for part two of the interview!