Interview Roulette: Xenia Melzer

Xenia Melzer joins us today!

 

Are you a nervous cleaner? (And if you are, will you come hang out at my house?)

Sorry, I have to disappoint. I’m not a nervous cleaner. I’m a ‘oh my God those dust bunnies are big enough to kill somebody I HAVE to do something’-cleaner. I once had, for a brief six months, a cleaning lady who came once a week and that was heaven. She even cleaned my windows. Windows! I usually wait until my husband breaks and cleans them in a fit of ‘I want to see the garden through the glass again’. To make a long – and sad story – short, I don’t like cleaning. Household chores are my least favorite. That said, I have two children and a cat. So I clean as much as I have to and turn a blind eye to the rest. (A certain amount of dirt is supposed to be good for children’s health. That way, they’re less prone to allergies. That’s my story and I stick to it!)

One of your characters has a guilty favorite TV show. Tell us about it.

Not a TV-Show. Leeland, one of the characters in my Club Whisper series, is a known Burton fan. He denies it has anything to do with Johnny Depp (yeah, we all believe that right away, don’t we?) and everything with Burton’s genius. His friends don’t deny the genius part, though some of them think the most genius thing Burton does is casting Johnny Depp…

Describe one of your characters’ dream vehicles.

In ‘A Dom and his Artist’ (coming April 2018), Collin drives an ancient truck covered in paintings of salamanders and geckos. I think Collin’s dream vehicle is one that he has painted himself, but isn’t as old as his own and has doors that actually open when you pull them. His dream vehicle comes with Martin, his Dom, as the driver, and a full set of sketch pads, pencils, and pastel colors in case the muse strikes him.

If you could become a full-time university student without worrying about future career prospects, what would you major in?

Ups, I already kind of did that. I studied American, English and German Literature. My father’s comment? ‘As long as you’re happy…’ I am happy, so thank you, Dad! If I could do it again, I would add Literary History and Philosophy to the mix. No money to be made there, I know, but that’s what rich husbands are for