User blog comment:Vauseman/Dead Frontier is over af/@comment-5935579-20131218005707/@comment-26217707-20131218011553

Great questions!

1.) Hm...this is a tough one, because I'm not very picky with castings. If someone fits the appearance even somewhat, I often get lazy and just choose whoever :P I'd say Lucy though, since she went through three phases of actresses (did you know she was white at one point ;o). But I ended up going with NR in the end, obvs <3

2.) Cole, for sure. I will admit with some shame I cried writing his death, and I was dreading the day--DREADING THE FUCKING DAY 128 WAS TO BE RELASED--but it had to be done. I don't regret it, at all, because his deah was absolutely necessary.

3.) I'd always assumed Denver would never come back from all that devastation, but never really solidifed what happened to Karl and everyone there, mostly the reason why I left its fate unknown. So many things could have happened to that place, but my story was focusing on my central group, so I left the reader to decide what happened there...we may find out in the future winkwinkwink

4.) This is also a toughie. Probably the finale, since it was such a change. We got to see Cole for one last time, see how he left his mark, and there was a happy ending (for once in DF). It was nice to give everyone some closure. Issue 140 is also a close second.

5.) I'll go back and reread my issues a couple times after posting, but I honestly don't go back and read them long after they're posted. I get embarrassed rereading them for some reason lol, maybe I'm weird.

6.) I was very honored. Given that the users voted it meant that much more, and I definitely don't take it for granted <3

7.) The story for themes starts with the amazing warfare. I didn't even know where to start, so I had warfare pick the theme for my original six (Finn and Billie's were chosen by warfare and have stayed since then because I thought they were so perfect). Besides that, just listening to songs, lyrics will stick out to me that I feel connect to a character, and thus, a theme is chosen.

8.) I've been saying Cole a lot so I'll go ahead and answer this one with Jake. Even if I wasn't the writer I think I'd really love him, given where he started, his entire arc, and where he ended up.

9.) An attractive protagonist is never a bad thing. But honestly, I thought he looked the part perfectly--not ugly, but still looked normal enough. In no way did I choose him for his acting he sucks ass at that

10.) Yes, tons. I'm inspired by most of the amazing things I read here--the stories here motivate me to be better, and I often look at other issues for ways to improve dialogue, action, whatever. John, Fitz, you, Warfare, KP, Danny--all authors I really look up to and whose stories have helped me improve as a writer myself.

11.) That's hard. Uh, read it out loud to yourself. See if it sounds like an actual sentence someone would say. For each line of dialogue ask if your character would actually say this, does it fit with their personality. Other than that, it takes practice 'cause dialogue is hard af and I still needs ton of work at it.

12.) I love u too omg u amaze