Fantasy Authors Interview

Meet Arveliot

Their username was coined in a very special way, and their writing skills is exceptional. Please welcome Arveliot. Let's hear from them.

What is your Wattpad username?

arveliot

Is there a story to how you got your username? Tell us about it!

It's an anagram for Voltaire.

What or Who inspired you to write?

Certainly a lot of things did. Stories I've read, particularly ones like The Lord of the Rings, Memory Sorrow & Thorn, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, and others. But a lot of it comes from the world we live in, and trying to understand it.

Share a favorite quote with us!

Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won. — Arthur Wellesley

Can you describe your perfect writing area?

Anywhere quiet, reasonably warm, with coffee.

Describe Fantasy as a genre in your own words.

The hardest genre to write; where you have to explain what goes on in your own head to someone else.

Please tell us about your story/stories on Wattpad so that our readers can discover your works.

I have a few series on the go. One fantasy, two 'technically' science fiction ones.

-The Everburning City is a steampunk fantasy about a city besieged by a mist that kills everything that falls inside it. A slight change on the general post-apocalyptic tale in that the apocalypse is ongoing, and they're 400 years into it.

-The Endless Sky is actually hard science-fiction skypunk. The ocean is a sky, there's a lot of islands, and the misfit crew of the Ravens' Child live their lives in it.

-My Bad Boy Werewolf Quadrillionaire Space Lord. It's a parody of love triangles, werewolf and vampire stories, and proof that Wattpad has enough culture to poke fun at.

What's your favorite Fantasy book/books on Wattpad?

The Nightingale of Atlantic City. Short, but it punches hard. (Honourable mentions to The Unseen Hand, How To Not Vampire, and Road Kill)

What Fantasy sub-genre do you prefer to write?

Anything more advanced than medieval. I like to imagine that people would still progress even if there were dragons and wizards.

What does your writing process look like? Are there steps you follow in terms of working on your projects?

Well, my first step is to just write. Then look at the drivel I put out, set it aside, and write it again. Repeat until I don't cringe, and work from there.

What is/are your favorite type/s of characters to write? Why?

Ambitious ones. And not necessarily personal ambition, but the kind of ambition that willingly spits in fate's eye.

What is/are your favorite trope/s to use and see in the media? Why?

My personal favourite trope? Not sure it's codified as a trope, but the idea that good doesn't conquer evil, it just outlives it. The best endings I've ever read, in both fantasy and beyond, are where the good guys don't triumph because they're stronger or better than their enemies, but because they were willing to sacrifice for what mattered to them. They won because they chose to be heroes.