Author Interview with Robert Cano
I love talking about great fantasy novels, and I love pestering fun, witty people. Here I get to do at least one of those things.
Me: Hey Robert Cano, how do you pronounce your last name? Cause there's a really silly youtube chick out there that mispronounces it all the time I think. And you should probably correct her.
Cah-noh Think Spanish
Yeah I will totally get on that silly chick and correct her. Ahem, moving on. You've got an amazing dark fantasy novel that came out recently, The Dark Archer. So my main question is, why are you so mean to your poor characters?
My poor characters have to live their lives. And life is messy, and ugly, and often cruel. It takes no prisoners. It's love doesn't come easily. And so, as I write, my characters are living - through the good, the bad, and the ugly. So I'm not mean. They just have to find ways to endure. Or find their end on their own terms.
Hell, after that explanation I can't even be mad about it any more. Shit, not even that pillar part. Fine. You're off the hook for that until the next time I feel cranky, at least. Now I love Bene even more.
Same. He's fascinating.
Does he hate the princess?
Not at all. And in TSC, you get to see a more...interesting...interaction between them. He wants to hate her, but he can't. That relationship will play out much more in future tales
I've read her story, your first book The Suffering, and I have got to say, I hate the princess. Which is probably why it takes someone as strong and pure as Bene to keep it together after he has been ripped apart and filled with life eating darkness and despair. Then bashed about several times over the course of his adventures. And seen his closest friends die. But now I am wondering if Bene will win out, in the end. Will he be able to convert his princess back?
That's asking for some massive spoilers.... I will say this. Devani/Sha'yanna's story is far from over. And Bene will find out something even darker about himself in the future.
Darker than being the "living" personification of despair. Damn.
Devani and Bene's relationship is that of opposite sides to the same coin.... And think "darker" in terms of evil. Every human has the capacity for the greatest good, or the greatest evil. My stories explore all of these ideas.
Bene's nature is going to turn evil?! That is a massive spoiler. And plot twist.
I didn't say he was turning evil. Just something about himself that is darker in terms of good and evil. Iiiiiiinteresting. I already couldn't wait to read your next book now I kinda want to make you go write right now.
Right!?
Sounds like a plan
But I won't. Because I also like pestering you and gaining insights into the story and characters.
LOL Fair enough
And I have rope if you get too squirrely on me.
Try taming this mind is like herding a bag of cats
Huh, good that I have experience in such things, then.
That you do!
Ok no more questions about the next book, I will ask you that not in public.
That sounds like a good idea
Me: Hey Robert Cano, how do you pronounce your last name? Cause there's a really silly youtube chick out there that mispronounces it all the time I think. And you should probably correct her.
Cah-noh Think Spanish
Yeah I will totally get on that silly chick and correct her. Ahem, moving on. You've got an amazing dark fantasy novel that came out recently, The Dark Archer. So my main question is, why are you so mean to your poor characters?
My poor characters have to live their lives. And life is messy, and ugly, and often cruel. It takes no prisoners. It's love doesn't come easily. And so, as I write, my characters are living - through the good, the bad, and the ugly. So I'm not mean. They just have to find ways to endure. Or find their end on their own terms.
Hell, after that explanation I can't even be mad about it any more. Shit, not even that pillar part. Fine. You're off the hook for that until the next time I feel cranky, at least. Now I love Bene even more.
Same. He's fascinating.
Does he hate the princess?
Not at all. And in TSC, you get to see a more...interesting...interaction between them. He wants to hate her, but he can't. That relationship will play out much more in future tales
I've read her story, your first book The Suffering, and I have got to say, I hate the princess. Which is probably why it takes someone as strong and pure as Bene to keep it together after he has been ripped apart and filled with life eating darkness and despair. Then bashed about several times over the course of his adventures. And seen his closest friends die. But now I am wondering if Bene will win out, in the end. Will he be able to convert his princess back?
That's asking for some massive spoilers.... I will say this. Devani/Sha'yanna's story is far from over. And Bene will find out something even darker about himself in the future.
Darker than being the "living" personification of despair. Damn.
Devani and Bene's relationship is that of opposite sides to the same coin.... And think "darker" in terms of evil. Every human has the capacity for the greatest good, or the greatest evil. My stories explore all of these ideas.
Bene's nature is going to turn evil?! That is a massive spoiler. And plot twist.
I didn't say he was turning evil. Just something about himself that is darker in terms of good and evil. Iiiiiiinteresting. I already couldn't wait to read your next book now I kinda want to make you go write right now.
Right!?
Sounds like a plan
But I won't. Because I also like pestering you and gaining insights into the story and characters.
LOL Fair enough
And I have rope if you get too squirrely on me.
Try taming this mind is like herding a bag of cats
Huh, good that I have experience in such things, then.
That you do!
Ok no more questions about the next book, I will ask you that not in public.
That sounds like a good idea
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