I feel like he’d be a Lord of the Rings fan, so I’d force that on him.įor every lover of your writing out there, I had to ask this question. I would probably hang out with Julian and we would talk maps, history, and books. If you could spend the day with one of your characters, what would you do? I’m also deep into the third volume of Ken Follet’s Century series. I absolutely adored The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Adhieh, as well as A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. What is the best book you’ve read recently? Will Mare’s brothers be featured in the plot of the future books? Will we learn more about Shade’s powers? The kid would not make it out of that elevator alive. Powers aside, I think it would be a dogpile on Maven. If Mare, Cal, Kilorn and Maven were stuck in an elevator and had to stay in there all night, what would happen?

Telling stories has been a compulsion of mine since I could physically say “Once upon a time…” But in high school I realized I could study creative writing in college, and actually pursue it as a viable career. It wasn’t so much a realization of what I wanted to do, but that I could actually do it. When did you first realise that writing was what you wanted to do for a living? Overall though, if I had to choose any super power, I’d have to go with time travel. In the book world, I would definitely want to be a whisper and be able to read/control people’s thoughts. If you were a Silver and had to pick a power to possess, what would you choose? Power is such a huge element which runs throughout the entirety of your book. And some scenes – my big “twist” especially – come fully formed.

The third act of Avengers, Helm’s Deep, the raptors in the Jurassic Park kitchen etc. And watching some great setpiece scenes doesn’t hurt either. I usually brainstorm out the dynamics and choreography of a fight to music beforehand – it gives me the little sparks of imagination when I get to the gaps in my own creativity.

I’m pretty much always in the mood to do them, but music certainly helps the process. How do you get into the right mind-set whilst writing scenes containing a lot of action or tension?Īction setpieces are my absolute favorite thing to write. I absolutely love reading fight scenes, and remember wanting to go and do crazy martial arts after finishing certain parts of your book which contained some awesome action sequences. If Mare does the same for one girl, I am over the moon. Strong female characters are integral to us – I know I so looked up to Princess Leia and Hermione Granger (and still do). I’m so pleased that badass ladies are considered a “hot trend” (but honestly, it should be a constant), because it allows me to keep writing them, and for so many young girls to read and see them everywhere.

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