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Ask the Author: Olívia S. Zanini

“I'll be answering questions about How to kill an angel, and my writing process in general, up until my birthday in November!” Olívia S. Zanini

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Is romance your favourite book genre to write? Why?
Olívia S. Zanini Yes! I think there are many facets to love and a certain deepness that people are too uncomfortable to explore. The uncanny valley between genuine love and possession, love and hatred, love and jealousy, love and greed, the good and the evil... I like stepping between the lines and blurrying them. Was it ever really love? Every light casts a shadow.
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what type of caracter is your favorite to write?
Olívia S. Zanini Thoughtful, thought-provoking and observant characters come very naturally to me. (An incredible amount of them is also stubborn... Considering they're all projections of myself, what does THAT say?) While the unreliable narrator is my favorite to write, I have to say their counterpart can be just as fun, even if their interactions are always the slowest, most arduous process to perfect! It takes a lot to make it just right.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Olívia S. Zanini I listen to music. Most of the scenarios that end up in my works come from song inspirations--a color, a place, a feeling. That's usually why I end up making entire playlists for my works.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Olívia S. Zanini How to kill an angel came to me in a dream, or the main intrigue did. I had a few major events that I knew would happen and felt like a seamstress sewing the plotline together.

Nightmares and Glitter, on the other hand, was inspired by two of my older stories combined, one which I have uploaded on Ao3, and another that never saw the light of day. The "younger guy who has an incredibly embarrassing crush on older guy" trope just kills me. I love it.
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