Crider on Crider

So it seems that Bill Crider has been waiting around for someone to interview him, what with this new trend of interviews by writers of other writers on their blogs and whatnot. But instead of waiting some more, he took some initiative–and had his blog interview him!

The Blog: When did you decide you wanted to become a writer?

Me:

I’ve always wanted to write. In fact, I wrote my first novel at the age

of five, a hardboiled tale of violence and revenge called The Velveteen Rabbit Takes Names and Kicks Ass. It would have been a blockbuster, but all the major publishers rejected it.   “We don’t do fanfic” was the typical turn-down.

The Blog:  But you didn’t give up.

Me: Oh, no.  I went on to write Nancy Drew to an Inside Straight,

a boldly sexual tale of Nancy and Ned and a red-hot strip poker game in

which Nancy’s best friend, the ambigously named “George,” is also

involved. Naturally the cowardly big-time publishing establishment

turned that one down, too. “Fanfic is not acceptable,” they said, “much

less erotic fanfic.”

The Blog:  That must have been discouraging.

Me: You bet it was. I almost didn’t write Aunt Gertrude Does Detroit. Frank and Joe Hardy are shocked to discover that their aunt is moonlighting as a pole dancer in a seedy dive, where she does a little diving of her own, if you know what I mean and I think you do.

Sadly, the interview ends soon afterwards–I was hoping for more of Crider’s early history. Perhaps he can be persuaded to deliver a second installment?