Heide: You know what makes me mad?
Iain: Trying to format a picture in a Microsoft Word document?
Heide: Actually yes. But do you know what else makes me mad?
Iain: No, do tell.
Heide: EVERYTHING!
Iain: …
Heide: …
Iain: …
Heide: I was just getting in the zone for the female rage novel we’re working on.
Iain: Ah yes. You should explain to our readers what you mean by a female rage novel.
Heide: It’s a novel where the female protagonist gets so fed up of how she’s treated that she goes off on a killing spree. They are a lot of fun. Sweetpea by CJ Skuse and Kill Your
Family by Bella Mackie are examples.
Iain: Sweetpea’s been on the telly, hasn’t it?
Heide: Yes. Great fun it was too!
Iain: Because these novels are filled with murder but they’re also quite funny.
Heide: Darkly funny, yes. Hasn’t it been fun writing this one?
Iain: Yes it has. It needed a different approach from our usual, which is why we invented
Extreme Writing
Heide: And now I’ve stoked my rage I can’t stop. I’m in danger of becoming permanently angry. Only writing more Clovenhoof can pull me back from the
brink…
Iain: Well phew! Clovenhoof cures all ills. In fact, here's some video of him reading his own exquisite Haiku…
