Dani

Dani asked David Wong:

Some lines in this story seem personal to you, does this bother you? That masses of people know intimate knowledge of your thoughts or feelings? Did you think about this when you wrote/writing your blog or books? Or is it an outlet for your darkest thoughts? Maybe I'm off base here but they say the best writing comes from the heart so I would be surprised if I'm wrong.

David Wong That's part of the job, when you're writing, you're opening a vein. You're selling access to that part of yourself. Even writers who think they're just doing paint-by-numbers genre stuff, those stories still have to have heart and the heart has to come by examining your own pain and sharing it with a stranger to see if maybe they feel the same way. Go rent, say, RoboCop and look at the themes of alienation, of feeling ostracized from modern society, of feeling like technology has robbed you of your humanity. And that's in a movie called ROBOCOP.

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Emily Clauser

Emily Clauser asked David Wong:

Molly is my favorite character and one of her chapters is also my favorite chapter in any book ever - when she refers to John as "Meatsmell" I was actually crying laughing. So I guess thanks for creating my favorite fictional character :) I always thought it would be cool to have a short story about her - a day in the life kind of thing - would you ever consider doing that?

Alexandra Murphy

Alexandra Murphy asked David Wong:

First of all, thank you. For your sense of humor, your writing style, your characters, your responses to FAQs, your Cracked articles, your hilarious Animal Crossing tweets, and, most importantly, for continuing to write new books! Secondly, do you have any book recommendations? Horror-comedy or otherwise? I'm always told it's a good idea to read your favorite author's favorite books, so what or who do you recommend?

Bill

Bill asked David Wong:

There's a line you wrote in the original JDATE that pops into my head every now and then, and I still don't know the answer to the question it poses - when I dream of a man about to set off T&T, and I awake to a lightning strike, how did my brain know to do that?

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