If You Could Sit and Chat with One Celebrity in Your Field Who Would It Be?

I think that for where I am in my writing career I would have to say George Lucas. I know that may sound a little cheesy but hear me out. And don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in becoming a director. I enjoy writing too much and would prefer to leave that to the folks who know what they're doing but I would love to have and operate something very much like Skywalker Ranch for all of my properties. I'd strive to make it an amazingly fun place to work hard and play hard. I'd hire people whose company I enjoy and have fun working with every day. It would never be a place where I dictate every little minute detail but where everyone's talents are developed to their fullest and more importantly, they have fun doing it. As long as they're happy, I'm happy. If there's no fun then there's no joy in your work. SR was in fact, inspiration for the name www.leonardoverse.com which is what I intend to use for branding purposes.

There would indeed be plenty of work to keep us busy. Haven of Dante alone is set up to have multiple spinoffs and/or backstories that can be told in multiple mediums. Then there's JupiterChronicles which is the Steampunk Children's series that we're starting up and one project that I haven't talked about much called Fables of Pangaea. Again, that property is set up for years of storytelling. Probably more than I'll be able to tell in my lifetime.

I wouldn't ask him a thing about whether or not there will really be a live-action series based on the years of Empire rule. Instead I'd ask him about his business practices from negotiating book deals with publishers to licensing deals to day-to-day operations on the ranch. I realize that I've got a long way to go before my properties achieve anywhere near the popularity of Star Wars but a guy can dream, right?

Oh and by the way, there would absolutely need to be a fancy coffee machine at Leonardoverse. Only the best for my friends.

Chat soon!

Lenny

Leonardo Ramirez is an author or prose fiction and graphic novels in the genres of Young Adult and Children's Books. For more information please visit http://www.leonardoverse.com.Want to follow this blog? Visit http://leonardoverse.blogspot.comThanks for reading!