Author: CrestFallenStar

Interviewer: Belle_Books05 

Welcome Vongola and thank you so much for agreeing to do this interview! We're excited to be asking you questions, since you're an incredible writer as well as an inspiring person! So a few of your books have some dark elements to them that we love, especially Warrior's Lullaby and Xuanlong, Steel and Fang! Would you mind giving us a pitch or a one-liner for those two books for those of our readers who are unfamiliar with them?

Xuanlong: Lihua is married off to a poor soldier who has nothing to offer her, and yet he strives for something great.

Warrior's Lullaby: Hemera, a whore, is nothing but a pleasure tool, and yet a certain foreigner asks her to sing him a song.

Ahh, those two books are among my favorites on Wattpad, along with Drakkon and Daemonium XD I especially love how all four of them take place in the same world! So if you had to pick, which empire would you live in and why?

Hm. There's a lot of other areas in my world I haven't shared with my readers yet but going off of what has already been posted, probably the Huo Empire because it's like ancient China.

Your Asian influence is one of the many charms of your books! Speaking of which, what is it about Asian fantasy that appeals to you? Has it always interested you or was it something that sparked one day?

Nothing particular about Asian culture and history, in all honesty. I'm a history fanatic in general, so my entire world has influences from different countries and time periods throughout history. However, I've only posted some stories that I've written on here, which so happened to be the stories written with an Asian influence. My other stories that I've written, but haven't posted, are about different areas with different focal points with influences from different cultures.

Though, on a sidenote, Asian culture has always interested me a little bit more than European because it's not as common as European kings and queens and whatnot.

Interesting. The different dynasties and culture are pretty amazing! The names you choose as well reflect on the culture. In general or just for your Asian-based stories, how do you come up with your characters' names and do they have meaning? Is there any meaning behind the names of the empires as well?

Depending on what region in my story I'm writing about, I choose the names from whatever era/area that it's based from. For example, the Huo Empire is based off Ancient China, so the characters have Chinese names. For the names, I look through many names and meaning and decide which name fits each character.

Usually, I feel like the character chooses its own name. LOL. I know, I know, that sounds crazy. BUT, there have been many times where I'm like "This is a pretty name", but when I think of pairing it with a certain character, it's like NAH, THIS DOESN'T FIT. Or sometimes I just know that a certain character's name has to start with a __ letter. For example, I just knew that Drakkon Meilin's name HAD TO START WITH THE LETTER M. I don't know, but he just had to have a name with an M!

As for the names of the empire, it's kind of embarrassing but I chose Huo Empire because Huo means Fire. (I LAUGHED IN MY HEAD FOR SO LONG BECAUSE IT MEANS FIRE EMPIRE.) Not many have caught that on.

Ahh so relatable CX Choosing names is stressful and so much fun at the same time because of that. I love that feeling when you're scrolling through names and you read one and all of a sudden it's like "THAT'S THE ONE!" Speaking of characters, which one is the hardest for you to write and which one is the most relatable for you/flows out naturally for you?

To answer your question, none of my characters in my story have been hard to write. None of them were easy either. There is one character in particular that was impossible to write about, but that's in a story I haven't posted yet. I guess one of the more difficult characters to write would be Bohai, from Drakkon, since he has such a mischievous, almost innocent, and tricky personality. Remus is also hard to write sometimes since he has such a conflicting personality--one side of him is very indifferent (or so it seems), while the other part is a bit emotional/child-like. The most natural and relatable would probably be Nikator, Niyon, and Dewei.

Niyon and Dewei I think are my favorite characters in all of your books. Niyon's personality and the way he responds to situations always pulls at my heartstrings, especially when he's with Pan. Dewei is adorable in a dark way. His character is intriguing and different than most (I'm a massive fan of your characters in general though) Do any of your characters have weird quirks, traits, or dislikes/likes that are unusual or out there?

Hmmm. Let me try to breakdown a few quirks for some of my characters.

Bohai - secretly (not so secret to those that know him) sadistic. Enjoys when people are in compromising situations.

Dewei - gets annoyed whenever a girl cries. Thinks most girls are annoying in general.

Niyon - is in love with sugary sweets, though he won't admit it

Meilin - drinks honeyed milk more times than he would like to admit.

Fang - has a resting b$tch face (though most readers should know that)

Ahhh, that's Niyon for ya X'D So some authors can recall the day where their story ideas hit them, while others have to let ideas simmer before letting them develop. What inspired you to write your books? What/who inspired you to start writing?

Um. I don't remember the exact moment I was inspired for each story. As for what inspired me to write, I've always loved writing and my mom has always inspired me to continue whatever I like. I remember telling a story to my friend and she told me that I should write down my ideas. That was in ninth grade.

That's so sweet! Can you recall the first book you ever wrote and what it was about, or your first Wattpad book?

Umm, the first story I ever wrote was . . . when I was six. It was about a princess who dropped paint on her dress. It was the dumbest thing ever, lol. I was just excited because it was around the time when colored pencils that could erase had come out, so I drew pictures and wrote it out, and in the last panel, the paint was erased from her dress. LOL.

My first wattpad book was Chasing Danger. I used to have it up, but I deleted it because it was atrocious and soooo cringy.

Haha XD So recently you won a Watty for Drakkon being the talk of town, congratulations!! How did you react to this news?

I was grinning like an idiot when I read the pm! I ran to my mom and told her I won, haha. (She didn't know what I was talking about at first.)

It's an amazing feat Drakkon accomplished and I'm sure she was proud once she knew what the award was CX

Do you have any tips for aspiring writers?

Read a lot and write a lot. When I mean read, I mean critically read. Don't just breeze through the story; look at the sentence structures, the descriptions, how everything comes together, etc. Improve yourself through reading and just keep writing. Write. Write. Write. Don't stop writing and just keep at it. Even if in the beginning you completely suck, DON'T STOP. All writers have to start somewhere and sooner or later, you'll start improving! Also, don't get too butthurt over criticism. Listen, learn, and then improve so you never have that type of criticism again.

Ahh, I'm glad I asked that XD To your readers who adore your stories, would you like to say anything to them?

Thank you all for supporting me! I don't know what I would do without the positivity you all bring!

Oh! And as one last question you're fans have been dying to know, what is this next "writing project" you keep mentioning? XD

That's a secret

NOOOO X'D Alright then, we'll just have to wait and see then ;)
If you haven't checked out Vongola's stories, you should right away. They're the types of stories that keep you up all night because they're so hard to put down.

Thanks again for reading and we hope you enjoyed!