Elena

Elena asked Maria V. Snyder:

Hi Maria! I love your books, and characters. I started reading the Study series when I was 16 and have treasured them ever since. Something which struck me about your writing was how engaging you managed to make your fight scenes. I have often found that fighting scenes are difficult to write, do you have any tips? Thanks :)

Maria V. Snyder Hello Elena! So glad to hear my books are treasured :) Fight scenes are hard to write. A couple of things that has helped me for them is I earned a brown belt in Issinryu karate and took fencing classes. But you don't need to do that (unless you want to ;). The best fight scenes have four main ingredients: action, dialogue, inner dialogue and emotion. The action does have to be realistic so I wouldn't watch TV or movies for that as that's all for show.

I have a handout on how to write fight scenes if you would like it - I show how those 4 ingredients work. Message me your email addy and I'll send it along. This is open to all writers!

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Wolf

Wolf asked Maria V. Snyder:

Is there a box set of the study trilogy or can you only buy the books separately? (Preferable with the beautiful covers that Goodreads shows!) And is it possible you could write a short story or two to shorten the wait till night study is published? I love to have a short story about some of the events from poison study from Valek's POV. After all, who doesn't love Valek?

Martyn Stanley

Martyn Stanley asked Maria V. Snyder:

How much research did you do for Poison Study? How accurate do you think the role of food-taster is compared to historical food tasters?

Jodi

Jodi asked Maria V. Snyder:

I just finished reading poison study again for the 3rd time. My face literally lit up as soon as I started and I did not stop smiling until I had finished it. Thanks for continuing the series and making the books all as good as each other. Have you considered making the books into a television series? I am not entirely sure whether TB or film could convey the books correctly but it would be interesting to see.

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