Kelley Armstrong. Angel: Aftermath Q&A

[iloveromy]

I don't know if this was posted here yet. It's a month and a half old, so it might have been.


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Kelley Armstrong - "Angel : Aftermath" Comic Book - Q&A

Sunday 3 August 2008, by Webmaster

Kelley Armstrong will write a 5-6 volume single story arc "Angel : Aftermath", a sequel to "Angel : After The Fall".


Q: I haven’t read any of your novels, and quite frankly up until a few days ago, I’d never heard of you (sorry).

Armstrong: I’ll give you the brief bio, then I’m the author of two NYT-bestselling series. One is a new young adult urban fantasy series, The Darkest Powers. The second—and much better known—is the adult paranormal suspense series, Women of the Otherworld, with 8 novels so far, plus novellas & short stories. It’s a multi-character narrated series, meaning different stories have different main characters, including some male ones (despite the series title!) Last year I also started a crime series about an ex-cop turned hit woman.

Okay, that’s done. Whew. Hate that part. Onto your questions...

Q: Is it true that you will be writing Angel: Aftermath?

Armstrong: Yes.

Q: Is it going to be a limited or on-going series?

Armstrong: Limited. It’ll be a 5-6 volume single story arc. As you can probably guess from my bio above and signature below, I’m not dying for work But the great thing about success is that every now and then a dream opportunity like this one comes along, and I couldn’t turn it down.

Q: What is Joss Whedon’s input in the story?

Armstrong: The story will be approved by him.

Q: Is it going to be canon?

Armstrong: Ah, there’s the question and the answer is...it depends. It will follow from the events of Angel: After the Fall, it will continue that storyline and subsequent storylines will follow from it. So, yes, it’s considered canon. That said, though, I know to many readers, if it didn’t come from Joss Whedon himself, it’s not canon, and I’m fine with that. If readers don’t like my contribution to this amazing universe, they’re free to dismiss it as some kind of alternate reality blip in the series. Just pretend it never happened. :lol

Q: IDW Publishing announced that you are going to join Brian Lynch in writing the sequel to their official continuation of the Angel TV Series.

Armstrong: I should clarify this. Brian is writing a separate story arc. Both will continue the series from the TV show (and After the Fall), but they are separate stories, so if readers do decide my contribution is a "best-forgotten alternate reality blip", the blame will fall solely on me, unfortunately...

[buffyverseforever]

That's interesting. Will Brian's story be a seperate series or will it be published after hers is done?


Best wishes,

Scott

[ligeia]

Thank you. I hope the two stories won't contradict each other.

[iloveromy]

I wonder if Bryan's seperate story has to deal with a specific character. Maybe Spike? Or maybe that Kate arc that he seemed pretty keen about. The mind wonders.

[Emmie]

Thanks for posting this, iloveromy. Yeah, I'm really curious about Brian's separate story.

[magicegidius]

I guess it will fit nicely... Only maybe some continuity mistakes... but I don't think Joss or IDH will create two very different storylines... it would be a catastrophy...

Perhaps they can arrange that one of both storylines is a dream or a jump to an alternate reality or something.

[Skytteflickan88]

Oh yes, this one is good. I don't think it's been posted, just quoted her on the forum. She seems cool, but gives us more queastions than answers really. Hope she'll give us a change to Q&A after we read the first issue.

[ligeia]

By the way, is Aftermath going to be released immediately after After The Fall ?