In a special series of interviews building up to the launch of C H Clepitt’s new book I Wore Heels to the Apocalypse we will be meeting the team behind the online launch party and getting to know a bit more about them.
In our third pre-apocalyptic interview we meet
the author of Less Ordinary and friend of badgers Monica Chereches to find out, amongst other things how exactly she plans to survive the apocalypse.
What are you working on right now?
A fantasy novel with dragons, shifters, mages and other magical creatures.
If you had to bet which would best survive the apocalypse, would you choose vampire or zombie?
Why, a Vampire of course. Just think about it. Zombies are slow, easy to spot and kill and sooner or later there would be someone to figure out a cure or they would just mass murder them by bombing large areas. A Vampire on the other hand you can’t really spot, they tend to look like us (at least during the night), there is no cure to vampirisim, you can’t easily kill one as they are fast and hard to catch and a lot stronger than us.
Tell us a story in 10 words or less
I come from Transylvania where the night is dark and full of …
Who is your ideal dinner date?
Tyrion Lannister. I know, I know, it might sound like a clishe but think about it. He is smart, funny, can talk his way out of trouble (not that I’m anticipating any, but you never know), he could help me with my novel, tell me stories about dragons and knights and how he saved King’s Landing during Stannis’s attack.
If you could write a book with anyone in the world, who would it be and why?
Frank Herbert, the author of the Dune Saga. His work just takes my breath away. The amount of research that went into those novels, the complexity and realness of his characters and the world they live in, is just way above everything else I’ve read in my life so far.
Are you more, or less ordinary?
Less, I hope.
What would you wear to the apocalypse?
Comfy and durable outfit and maybe some fangs, just for fun.
