{"id":128,"date":"2021-06-20T06:39:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T06:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2022-06-19T01:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T01:36:19","slug":"kit-talks-about-writing-elliotts-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/20\/kit-talks-about-writing-elliotts-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Kit Talks About Writing Elliott’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Of all your dog characters in Reality Barks: Mutt to Mega-Star<\/em>, which one do you have a real attachment to?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it would have to be Charlie, who was in the pen next to Elliott’s at the Dog Pound. Although he’s unseen in a lot of the story, Charlie has a continuous influence on Elliott and his doggie conscience. And, he gets to have the last laugh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Reality Barks: Mutt to Mega-Star<\/em> was a movie, who would voice Elliott, the lead dog character?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d love to say Chris Hemsworth (wouldn’t everybody), but probably another Australian actor, Richard Roxburgh, because he’s got a wicked sense of humour, just like Elliott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your favourite target across all your books?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporate greed. Perfect for dark humour satire. It really is the theme across everything I write, including as my alter ego pen name, Jinx James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What authors have influenced you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because everything I write has humour, satire and a bit of the dark side to it, that’s where I normally go. Thinking of dogs, I always chuckle at Chet, Spencer Quinn’s really cool dog character. I love the Chet & Bernie series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, everything from Carl Hiaasen; Jennifer Egan’s Goon Squad<\/em>; Chuck Palahniuk’s Survivor<\/em>, and John Lanchester’s arch and ultra-wicked The Debt to Pleasure<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t leave out Look Who’s Back <\/em>from Timur Vermes; the very dark David Grossman’s A Horse Walks Into A Bar<\/em>, and anything from Janet Evanovitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any unusual writing habits?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. Any place any time is fine for me. Gimme a snoring dog and a blank wall, and I’m happy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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