Lindsay McCafferty's Blog, page 8

Haven Quote

The scene between Haven and young Vision was a difficult one to write. It felt more like Vision asking me what the purpose of her pack is. But it also helped me dig more into the lore of the seer wolves.

A Stormy Path First Draft

The first draft of "A Stormy Path" is completed. I still need to add 12 more pages to the manuscript, but it feels good to have taken a wall of notes and turned it into a book.

Magnolia Quote

Magnolia's character was originally just a character who was mentioned and then she had her own scene. She will even have a short story in the future.

Format Test Copies

When I used Atticus to do new formatting for the first two books, I needed placeholder covers until I knew the final page counts to give to my designer. These covers that I quickly made in Book Brush turned out pretty good for their purpose.

Aria Quote

I couldn't resist coming up with this quote after Aria literally gets trapped on the top of a tower.

Firebush

When I was writing "Visions and Illusions" I had a scene with a hummingbird fluttering in front of Vision and then flying to a patch of flowers. I decided to make the flowers a firebush because the hummingbirds love the one outside my house.

Landa Quote

Landa's story was more about overcoming low self-worth. I wanted to show how someone can get so caught up in thinking they are not good enough that they only see their own shortcomings.

Research

As I'm working on the series, I am researching various things. I've had to look up stuff about mountains, forests, eagles, wolves, etc. A set of World Books have come in handy.

Aria Quote

I'm quite proud of these lines. I wanted to show what it feels like when you are trapped in mental illness and can't see a way out of the darkness.

Visions and Illusions Paperback

"Visions and Illusions" is now available as a paperback on Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieBound, and more!