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Interview With a Typist

By Jack Fletcher

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"Hi Katie."

"Eeeeek! What that... who are you?"

"I'm Jack."

"Jack?"

"Jack Fletcher."

"Good God! What are you doing here?"

"The people at Penguin asked me to do a bunch of interviews for them. You're my last one, as a matter of fact."

"But...but...how did you get into my office?"

"I'm not really here, only a projection of me is. Hey, Dooley, get the recording device going, would you? Thanks. So, Katie, I understand you are a typist."

"I'm a what? Oh, you've been talking to my muse, haven't you?"

"Maybe."

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Interview With a Muse

By Jack Fletcher

"So, you're a muse."

"Yes, I am. You want to make something of it?"

"A fairly aggressive muse, I see. No fists! I'm not going to fight you. I just need to ask you a couple of questions."

"Hrmph. All right, but if you make me miss Tabatha's Salon Takeover, I'm going to be really ticked off."

"You...er...watch reality TV shows?"

"You want to make something of that, too?"

"No, no, not at all. Er...maybe we should get started. Tell me, muse, how did you get into the business of writing?"

"Eleven years ago I accepted employment to work on a non-fiction project. It was boring as heck, dealing with software, plus the book's editor absolutely would not let me put in any sort of jokes or action scenes. Honestly, I don't know what he was thinking, because what isn't made better by jokes or action scenes? But no, I was forced to stick to dry, dull software facts. The second that book was sent off to the editor, I told Katie, my typist, that I wanted to write something fun, something exciting, something with romance and mystery and lots and lots of dialog. So that's what I did, and oh, was it fun. So I decided to stop writing non-fiction books, and just do the fun things."

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Octavia Pye Interview

By Jack Fletcher

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"Octavia, my little squab of delight-"

"Mr. Fletcher, really! I will not be addressed in public by such terms."

"No? You didn't mind last night, when I had you spread eagle on my bed, and touched you right there."

"I am not a squab. I don't resemble a squab in any way, and I reject your attempt to distract me by touching me there. And there. Jack, stop it! Someone will see!"

"All right, we will do this properly, since it's got your corset strings in knots. Let's see...How did you first come to meet me?"

"You know very well how I met you!"

"Sweetheart, you aren't getting into the swing of things. This is an interview we're doing here. I ask questions, and you answer them. That's how an interview works."

"Yes, but you know how I met you. It's silly of you to ask that."

"I know how we met, but they don't."

"They who?"

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Katie MacAlister is one of our guest bloggers during the week of February 1st. If you have any questions for Katie MacAlister, add a comment to any of her posts. Here is some more information about Steamed:

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When one of Jack Fletcher's nanoelectromechanical system experiments is jostled in his lab, the resulting explosion sends him into the world of his favorite novel-a seemingly Victorian-era world of steampower, aether guns, corsets, and goggles. A world where the lovely and intrepid Octavia Pye captains her airship straight into his heart...

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About Katie MacAlister

Katie MacAlister lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and dogs, and can often be found lurking around online game sites.