Ask the Author: Grace Lockhaven
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Grace Lockhaven
Hi Dakota, I'm so sorry for the late response! Thank you so much for your question. We're currently writing it and are hoping to release it by the end of this year.
Grace Lockhaven
There are so many things that are great about being a writer. But, if I have to choose the best thing, I would say it's the wonderful things the readers say. I read a review from a lady that read "Quest Chasers - The Deadly Cavern" to her children, and her 8-year old loved it so much that he decided to start reading more books. I never would've thought that would ever happen, so being able to reach out and make a positive impact on someone, is by far the best thing about being a writer.
Grace Lockhaven
There are 15 books Thomas Lockhaven and I are currently working on. The next book we're publishing is Quest Chasers - The Screaming Mummy.
Grace Lockhaven
The idea of "Quest Chasers - The Deadly Cavern" came from a nightmare I had when I was 12. Many nightmares I have are vivid and horrifying, to the point that I wake up sweating and become paralyzed.
Thomas and I were going to make Quest Chasers a workbook filled with math problems and puzzles to help children learn but also have fun with the story. However, after outlining the workbook, Thomas said the story to move through the puzzles was too complicated for a workbook, that we should work on making it a story instead. This is the reason why there are puzzles in the book. Many of them were removed to help the book flow.
The nightmare I had was much more gruesome than what is written in the book. But to let younger readers have a chance to read it, we had to write it in a way that children would be able to handle it.
Thomas and I were going to make Quest Chasers a workbook filled with math problems and puzzles to help children learn but also have fun with the story. However, after outlining the workbook, Thomas said the story to move through the puzzles was too complicated for a workbook, that we should work on making it a story instead. This is the reason why there are puzzles in the book. Many of them were removed to help the book flow.
The nightmare I had was much more gruesome than what is written in the book. But to let younger readers have a chance to read it, we had to write it in a way that children would be able to handle it.
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Oct 16, 2020 04:04PM · flag