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Character Interview: Sheriff Dearborn from 'Cat O' Nine Tales'

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We’re thrilled to be talking to Sheriff Dearborn from the story The Eternal Sheriff in the book, Cat O’Nine Tales by Krystal Lawrence.  It is a pleasure to have the sheriff with us today at Pimp That Character! Thank you for your interview, Sheriff Dearborn.   How old are you and what do you do for a living? Well now, my age…that’s a toughie. I been around since the first book in the Sidewinder Series done come out on the market, and that’s a spell back now, yah’ hear? What I do for a livin’ is keep law and order ‘round these parts. I’m the sheriff here in Sidewinder. What would I love the most about you? Why shucks, ma’am I’m charming. What would I hate the most about you? Hate? ‘Bout me? Can’t think of a thing. Where do you go when you are angry? To the Ace High Saloon to have a whiskey with my deputy, Johnny Starr. I tell you, I been spending a fair amount of time there just lately. What is your most treasured possession? My ...

Character Interview: Mike Stone of 'Kracken: Dawn of Destiny'

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We’re thrilled to be talking to Mike Stone from Ray Ellis’, KRACKEN: Dawn of Destiny. It is a pleasure to have him with us today at Pimp That Character!  Thank you for your interview, Mike Stone. How old are you and what do you do for a living?  Hi there, thanks for having me. I’m 33 years old what I used to do before all this happened is design—rather, engineer planets for human habitation. What would I love the most about you?  I guess that, what you see is what you get. I’m not a very complex man, but at the same time I am very passionate. What makes you laugh out loud?  People. Life. Over confident people—people who think they have the whole thing figured out, now, that makes me laugh. What is your most treasured possession?  My Bible and my blaster. My wife gave me the Bible, it was the only thing I had left from her after Ted Waters attacked my family and destroyed our home.   What is your greatest fear?  ...

Character Interview: Pope Pius XIII from 'Dominion'

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We’re thrilled to be talking to Pope Pius XIII from Doug Hewitt’s, Dominion .  It is a pleasure to have him with us today at Pimp That Character! Thank you for your interview, Pope Pius XIII.   How old are you and what do you do for a living? I am 74. I am the Pope. That is not only what I do for a living, it is my life. Can you tell us about one of your most distinguishable features? I am celibate and always have been. What would I love the most about you? It is my hope that my desire to seek the truth is so raw and pure that it is admirable. What would I hate the most about you? Well, allow me to say that the word hate is distasteful to me. It is difficult for me to imagine hate because I have purposefully tried to eradicate it from my vocabulary. But, in my opinion, it is truth that people hate. Where do you go when you are angry? I take a walk on the Vatican grounds and pray. What makes you laugh out loud? I love...

Character Interview: Nathan Hill from 'Sealed Up'

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We’re thrilled to be talking to Nathan Hill from Steve Dunn Hanson’s Sealed Up .  It is a pleasure to have him with us today at Pimp That Character! Thank you for your interview, Nathan. How old are you and what do you do for a living? Early 40’s—that close enough? I’m an anthropology professor at UCLA. Can you tell us about one of your most distinguishable features? I’m not sure what you mean by distinguishable. I have a pretty good reputation in the world among my peers because of the work I’ve done with Maya epigraphy and some of my landmark Mesoamerica archeological digs—at Piedras Negras, Guatemala especially. What makes you laugh out loud? I don’t laugh out loud. What is in your refrigerator right now? Not much. I live by myself and mostly eat out. What is your most treasured possession? Memories of my wife. She died a couple of years ago. Do you think the author portrayed you accurately? Yeah. He did a pretty good ...