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Andrew’s comments from the Ask Andrew Buckley Anything! Anything at all! group.

Jim wrote: "The one or two that they lose-are they the fallen angels? What are their phone numbers?"

They're actually 'the fallen angels that loved to dance too much." Their number is 666-666-6666.

Jim wrote: "I understand there's an untold number of angels that can fit on the tip of a pin. Why do they do that?"

They do it for the challenge. They often throw parties on pin tips simply for the excitement and exertion involved in trying to remain balanced but still manage to get a good amount of food from the buffet. Sadly, they always tend to lose one or two angels once the dance floor opens.

My next book will be HAIR IN ALL THE WRONG PLACE: MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and I was hoping to have it published this year but with the agency signing it may be next year...

*pushes Andrew out of way*"

Stop that! Or I'll add it to the rules! :)

Shelby wrote: "Ok..so the cab driver dude who has a thing for hotel soaps..I do believe we need more of him too. Any plans?
You gotta quit making characters we like so much. Then we don't stalk you as much. Well..."

Rupert the Cab Driver? He does deserve his own short story at the very least. I'm hoping to work him into all my books but he's proving tricky in the current YA one. Mainly because it's set in the US and not the UK. There will be more of him, I promise.

Wart wrote: "Shelby wrote: "I want a gnome."

just give me colors for the hat and body!

speaking of which, Andrew, yours is done :)"

Ahrgh!! I want it!

Shelby wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Shelby wrote: "and when do we get more Stiltskin? Inquiring minds."

I have some crazy big news today. I've been in discussions with a prominent New York literary agency over the pa..."

Thanks :)

Shelby wrote: "I want a gnome."

Talk to Wart :)

Athena (Shardbearer) wrote: "You're not tall enough Wart! lol.

THAT WOULD BE EPIC!!"

Leave him alone, he's practically tall enough :) Plus he can crochet a gnome. That gets him a free pass.

Wart wrote: "1. How tall is (^) this tall? I need to make sure I'm allowed to ask a question! :P

2. Are you ever going to write the "true" fairy tales as they happened in Thiside? Because that would be so epic."

1) This (^) is a little taller than this: (v)

2) I do have a number of fairy tales that tie into the world of Thiside but they're new original fairy tales. You can find the audio version of them here: http://www.planetkibi.com/fairy-tales...

I've never thought about writing the true ones but since you mentioned 'The Seven Dwarves and the Thieving Bitch' it definitely got me thinking.

Shelby wrote: "and when do we get more Stiltskin? Inquiring minds."

I have some crazy big news today. I've been in discussions with a prominent New York literary agency over the past couple of weeks and I'm happy to say that I'm now repped by Mark Gottlieb at the Trident Media Group :) What does this mean? It means I'll need to write faster. It also means that a sequel to both Stiltskin and Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish have both now been started :)

Athena (Shardbearer) wrote: "Ok, I have to say that I completely love Stilskin. Thank you, again for my free copy. Now, where did this grand idea of Stilskin come from?"

You're more than welcome! Stiltskin came from my love of the original fairy tales. I grew up on the disney-fied stuff like everyone else but later I discovered the original fairy tales and they were scary and horrible and brutal. And I loved em. No one tells a creepy moral story like europe in the 1800s :) Stiltskin was born out of a want to tell, not necessarily the original tales, but a different take that still tapped into that creepy-snow-white-was-beheaded sorta vibe. I also love a good flawed hero and I'd had Robert Darkly clattering around in my head for a while :) He needed to get out...

Andrew wrote: "Today's Q&A is now open! Please feel free to ask a question in this thread or start your own discussion topic! Happy Wednesday!"

Yes, that's today :)

Today's Q&A is now open! Please feel free to ask a question in this thread or start your own discussion topic! Happy Wednesday!

I've had the glorious experience of meeting a ridiculous amount of authors, some in person, some over the phone, and some over the twittersphere. I started a podcast in December 2012 so that I could selfishly interview different authors and basically pick their brains to find out how they got to where they are. The Write Out Loud podcast is currently on hiatus but I hope to pick it up again later this year. There were four authors in particular that I spoke to who had the biggest impact:

- Jack Whyte is a scotsman living in Canada who writes historical fiction and signed with Penguin books back in the 80s.
- Jane Johnson lives between the UK and Morocco, a published author, and the fiction publishing director for HarperCollins UK. Her clients include George RR Martin and she was responsible for re-launching and publishing Tolkien's work in the 90s.
- Michael J Sullivan made a fortune in self-publishing due to creative marketing which then landed him a 6-figure publishing deal with orbit books.
- Christopher Moore is the international best selling comic fantasy author of Practical Demon Keeping and Lamb.

All four had amazing advice for new and aspiring authors. It didn't take anything special to speak to these guys, no major bribes, no stalking, I simply called or emailed them and asked :)

You can check out those interviews at http://www.planetkibi.com/write-out-l...

Let's address the more serious question first, the nude writing... yes, everyone should.