Live Chat with Beth Revis

[Beth]

Matthew wrote: "how about plot twists? do you guys have trouble making them? how do you guys come up with such good ones?"

I LOVE plot twists! They're my favorite part of writing...if I could, I'd do nothing but plot twists.

[Beth]

Allana wrote: "Do you ever find it hard, after writing and getting into your characters and story, to just go out into public and see normal people? Especially after something really bad happened:)?"

Not hard at all--I kill my characters with abandon and then celebrate with dinner after ;)

That said, when I get REALLY into the story, it actually is hard to go out in public because I usually have forgotton to bathe for a few days and am not wearing pants.

[Beth]

Matthew wrote: "do you usually base your stories on one thing like for example: romance. or do you prefer to write with a little bit of everything in it?
romance, action, drama, comedy etc."

I like everything. Especially explosions.

[Beth]

Jennifer wrote: "How do you feel when a fan says he/she really loves one of your baddies? Or what would you feel if you haven't met one so far?"

It depends on the reason why. If they're romanticizing something really bad, like abuse, that's not okay, and I try to point out why the character's bad.

[Matthew]

do you guys feel overwhelmed by our questions? hahaha we have so many

[Beth]

Matthew wrote: "you guys are so close with eachother.
what brought you two together as friends? was it your fans? your writing? or were you friends even before you got into writing?"

Colleen and I connected over books, and then I got a chance to do a book event near where she lived and got to meet her in person! She's awesome :)

[Beth]

Tina wrote: "Is there any chance of you two working together in the future?"

I'm always open to anthologies!

[Beth]

Autumn wrote: "I love that you geek out for Firefly and Doctor Who! I just want to say thank you for taking the time out to chat with us and to let you know that you are definitely a must read author in my book!"



Thank you!!

[Beth]

Okay! I think I got them all! I'm going to have to run now...have a screaming kid who demands some attention! :) If I missed a question, just let me know! Thank you Colleen for having me tonight, and thank you everyone for participating and asking questions!!! You guys are the BEST.

[Jennifer]

Thanks for the answers. These questions and answers were enlightening.

I see you have no qualms killing your characters, I read it was a hard thing to do.

[Matthew]

thank you Beth!!!

[Tina]

Thanks for interacting with us, Beth & Colleen!

[Matthew]

thank you guys so much :D

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Thank you for the chat! You are both amazing authors:)

[Colleen]

Jennifer wrote: "As an author you must be perceptive when reading other people works, so are you good at guessing something? Like who is the murderer or who will get the girl in a love triangle? Or maybe who will die?"

Most of the time I can figure things out but every once in a while an author does something really shocking!

[Colleen]

Matthew wrote: "you guys are so close with eachother.
what brought you two together as friends? was it your fans? your writing? or were you friends even before you got into writing?"

We met online and I became aware of Beth since we had debut books out the same day. We were debut twins!

[Colleen]

Tina wrote: "Is there any chance of you two working together in the future?"

That would be a lot of fun! She's on my list of writers I want to work with someday.

[Colleen]

Colleen wrote: "Tina wrote: "Is there any chance of you two working together in the future?"

That would be a lot of fun! She's on my list of writers I want to work with someday."

Of course I'd make her do all the hard work. ;)

[Colleen]

Beth wrote: "OBVIOUSLY David Tennant. ALWAYS David Tennant! "

That's as it should be.

[Colleen]

Beth wrote: "Matthew wrote: "how about plot twists? do you guys have trouble making them? how do you guys come up with such good ones?"

I LOVE plot twists! They're my favorite part of writing...if I could, I'd..."

I love them and feel super smart when I come up with one. Not as often as I wish it would happen but still...

[Colleen]

Beth wrote: "Okay! I think I got them all! I'm going to have to run now...have a screaming kid who demands some attention! :) If I missed a question, just let me know! Thank you Colleen for having me tonight, a..."

Thanks so much for being a part of this! You were amazing as I knew you would be =) Now all of you shoo and go read Beth's books.

[Matthew]

what is the the hardest part of the entire writing process for you?

[Marguerite]

Beth wrote: "Marguerite wrote: "Hi Beth!

I want to start by saying that I really loved The Body Electric, especially how there were references to the events of The Across the Universe Trilogy.
When I was read..."

I can't wait to read it next year!