Well now, it felt weird to be typing my username up in the title there. But anyway, a lovely reader suggested that I should do an interview for myself. I did (sorta) and let you guys ask the questions instead! Unfortunately, the current count of questions is a big fat 'two', so I'll be adding a character interview to this session to spice things up.

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Jamiemc asks: What inspired Constantine: Daughter of War?

Basically, I was thinking about the concept of a girl disguising as a boy, which seems to be a popular concept in books nowadays, and thought to myself: 'What if the girl had no say at all? What if she was forced to disguise as a boy?' I slowly started asking the whys and hows of that situation, and I slowly started building up a story that takes place in a world I've already built up in my head, where religion is the ultimate law. Thus, 'Constantine: Daughter of War' was born.

linahanson asks: Constantine is set in a medieval world. Can you tell us why?

The ultimate factor? I'm a huge history nerd. I absolutely love reading on my own, and I think I'd stumbled across a text on the Crusaders somewhere in the local library when I was in primary school. That text sparked my interested in all things medieval, from knights to peasants to horses and such. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I have a tendency to take an interest in all things shiny (read: armour and weapons).

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Author Q & A session done, now for the character interview with none other than (drumroll please) Constantine herself! Let's all give a big round of applause for Constantine, the heroine with the scary glare and even scarier tongue!

**Constantine walks in, glares at everyone in the room (especially at the interviewer) and takes a seat**

Me: Welcome, Miss Rutherland, to a special interview session just for you! How do you feel about being here today?

Con: I was forced here; I cannot say.

Me: Come now, you must feel a leeetle bit happy that people are actually starting to like you enough to watch this interview, no?

Con: Do I look like I care?

Me: *squints at Con's expression before looking away* Er...No, you don't.

Con: Exactly. I see that you have a stack of question cards in your hand. Just hurry up and read them to me now.

Me: Oh, okay. *hurriedly shuffles stack of cards* Question number one: Are you gay?

Con: What kind of a question is that? Do I look like I'm happy?

Me: *tries not to cower at glare* A -- a reader asked it. Don't blame me!

Con: That question is stupid; I will not conform with such idiosyncrasy. 

Me: Never mind. Question number two then! What is your favourite food?

Con: I've been eating peas and herbs almost every single day for the past four years since I was enrolled to be a squire. Even if I had a favourite food, I'd long forgotten it by now.

Me: Ooh, tough. I love MacDonald's, by the way.

Con: You like eating a person?

Me: Right, you're from medieval times. You wouldn't know what MacDonald's is...Moving on. What's your favourite colour?

Con: Why are you asking me about all these trivial things again?

Me: Because your readers want to know more about you! *shakes cards at Con's face* It's the little details that will make them love you even more!

Con: Why would I want them to love me?

Me: Because you're an aloof, lonely, introverted girl with no social skills whatsoever?

Con: Next question, please.

Me: Oh alright. We're going through these questions really fast...Ah, this should be good! How do you feel about the fact that you were forced to disguise as a boy since a very young age?

Con: I don't 'feel'. Emotions are too messy.

Me: *slaps face with cards* This is going to be a long day...

Con: I agree.

Me: Well, this is the first time that you've actually said something decent to me! Do you know how hard is it to try and be engaging with people you barely know?

Con: No. I've never tried.

Me: It's just...Argh! Never mind!

Con: You look tired. See now, I'm already tired too. Why don't we just cut the interview here and now to spare us some trouble?

Me: But -- but, I still have all these unanswered questions! *holds up cards*

Con: You know how I'll respond to a majority of them anyway. *turns to camera* Thank you for tuning in to this interview, and hope you enjoyed it. A very good night to everyone! 

Me: No -- no wait! Don't smash the -- *sounds of shattered equipment* lens. Great, how am I going to explain this to my boss?

Con: You're your own boss, no?

Me: I meant that in figurative speech. And the camera's still rolling, just without the visuals? Damn it, Constantine, don't you know there's such a thing called a 'switch'.

Con: I just noticed that the contraption over there was directly facing us. I assumed that to be the medium to transmit this interview to an audience, no?

Me: *sighs* Unfortunately, you were right. Anyway, to all of you who are still watching -- no listening, thank you very much for tuning into this interview (again)! See you next time!

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Well, that interview was...fun. Hope you guys enjoy it, and tell me if you want to nominate another character from my book to do a character interview! Thanks so much for reading.