The answer is a little bleak, but I think I started writing out of grief. I needed to express my loneliness in a productive way. Once it began to spill out, it never stopped. Grace, my protagonist, begins in a place where she doesn’t really think she belongs, which is where I was at, at the time.
I was so nervous going into this interview. Having no idea what they would ask was the worst part. Ok, that’s not entirely true – they were certainly planning on asking about my book.
I’ve always had very vivid dreams. One particular dream refused to leave me alone. It became so repetitive that I saw it during the day. One night, I opened a blank Word document and began writing, hoping to get it out of my head. I had around 20 pages several hours later, and everything grew from there. I never planned on writing anything, much less a full-blown series. The story continues to flow, and I don’t see it stopping soon.
