An interview with The Novel Blog's Founders

Daniel S Boucher: Welcome oh exalted ones to our new Anglo-American website for the bookish.

Peter Mark May: He's Dan the Maine Man a Yank from Stephen King country.

Daniel S Boucher: He's a Limey; author from somewhere near London, England's so small isn't everyone near London?

Peter Mark May: Ahem, moving on, we are Trans-Atlantic chums-

Daniel S Boucher: - Chums? Are you sure man?

Peter Mark May: Okay chums might imply something else, we are both married men.

Daniel S Boucher: But not to each other.

Peter Mark May: No, not to each other. Building on our two countries special relationships, we decided-

Daniel S Boucher: -I decided, to start up a little website to review our favourite books, seek out new talent buried in graves marked, my publisher does not have £/$20k to spend on getting my book in the window of your local bookstore and to have an author of the month that we can fixate on.

Peter Mark May: And stalk relentlessly.

Daniel S Boucher: And ask a honed set of intelligent questions, thought up by the greatest mind we have at our disposal.

Peter Mark May: He means I did it, cos there was no one else.

Daniel S Boucher: Well I set up the website.

Peter Mark May: Not now, introduction time remember, shall I start.

Daniel S Boucher: You normally do.

Peter Mark May: He is Dan Boucher, or Daniel S Boucher, the S stand for?

Daniel S Boucher: Stud.

Peter Mark May: Ok, let's just re-write that bit then. Dan is a colossal man, with a beard, who lives on a moisture vaporator farm in the desert wastes.....

Daniel S Boucher: Be serious.

Peter Mark May: Dan lives in Maine, he loves books and motorbikes. He says I can come and stay one day and he will show me the sights: like where Stephen King got run over and take me to a place called Hooters, which is like an adult version of Burger King apparently. He married, not to me, has many children, some of them he actually knows of and works for a living. Oh and he writes a bit and loves books.

Daniel S Boucher: This is my bro Pete.

Peter Mark May: I must stress that we are not related in any way.

Daniel S Boucher: Hey, it's my fricking turn okay. This is Pete he lives in Europe somewhere, drinks tea and is the author of the book Demon, which I've read and told him was good, just to keep the peace. He loves someone called M.R. James, whoever she is and his main aim in life is to boink...

Peter Mark May: *giggles*

Daniel S Boucher: "Boink" Pete? I knew I should have really read this rather than just take your word it was okay.

Peter Mark May: What? It's politically correct...

Daniel S Boucher: Anyways...He loves someone called M.R. James, whoever she is and his main aim in life is to boink Elisha Cuthbert.

Peter Mark May: Well I, erm yes okay. She is hot though. Elisha please write a book so I can review it.

Daniel S Boucher: So here we are ready, willing and able to review books.

Peter Mark May: So this is not a way of getting free books then?

Daniel S Boucher: Three words for you Pete: Shut up.

Peter Mark May: Ya, uh...that's only two.

Daniel S Boucher: I know, I was doing my impersonation of W.

Peter Mark May: *stares blankly*

Daniel S Boucher: Okay...So here we are and I hope you enjoy the site.

Peter Mark May: What he said.