Sara Raasch's Blog, page 353
March 26, 2015
A tour of my FANCY NEW GROWN-UP OFFICE!
A tour of my FANCY NEW GROWN-UP OFFICE!
Hey, Sara! :) How long did it take you to do the second book?
I had an outline for it when I sold the trilogy, and I started working on it once I’d finished SNOW LIKE ASHES. So…fall 2013, I believe. It went to copy edits late fall 2014, so a little more than a year! Well, plus all the time I spent planning and plotting pre-sale.
Nessa is one of my favorite characters in the book! I love how she was able to find light in the darkest of times, she was always optimistic despite growing up a slave her whole life. And her relationship with Meira (even though it isn't quite deep) is on
I LOOOOVVE Nessa. Her relationship with Meira grows in ICE LIKE FIRE, and it’s something Meira frequently thinks of as what having a sister would be like (actually, Meira views Nessa, Conall, and Garrigan as her own sort of family). They’re protective and loyal and loving yet still end up challenging each other, and Nessa always always always serves as a bright spot in Meira’s life.
Basically, yes, I love Nessa, and I’m so glad to see someone else share my lurrrve!
Nessa is one of my favorite characters in the book! I love how she was able to find light in the darkest of times, she was always optimistic despite growing up a slave her whole life. And her relationship with Meira (even though it isn't quite deep) is on
I LOOOOVVE Nessa. Her relationship with Meira grows in ICE LIKE FIRE, and it’s something Meira frequently thinks of as what having a sister would be like (actually, Meira views Nessa, Conall, and Garrigan as her own sort of family). They’re protective and loyal and loving yet still end up challenging each other, and Nessa always always always serves as a bright spot in Meira’s life.
Basically, yes, I love Nessa, and I’m so glad to see someone else share my lurrrve!
Nessa is one of my favorite characters in the book! I love how she was able to find light in the darkest of times, she was always optimistic despite growing up a slave her whole life. And her relationship with Meira (even though it isn't quite deep) is on
I LOOOOVVE Nessa. Her relationship with Meira grows in ICE LIKE FIRE, and it’s something Meira frequently thinks of as what having a sister would be like (actually, Meira views Nessa, Conall, and Garrigan as her own sort of family). They’re protective and loyal and loving yet still end up challenging each other, and Nessa always always always serves as a bright spot in Meira’s life.
Basically, yes, I love Nessa, and I’m so glad to see someone else share my lurrrve!
wait, how is the weather in each of the rhythm kingdoms? like, in the season kingdoms, we can kind of assume, but what about in the rhythms? are they colder since they're more north? or warmer, depending where primoria is?
The Rhythm Kingdoms are called the “rhythms” because they “cycle through the normal rhythms of nature.” Thus, all four of them experience all four distinct seasons. If you look at the map in SNOW LIKE ASHES, you can see that they’re all more or less along the same longitudinal line in Primoria, so yes, they all have four regular seasons.
The one exception: Paisly, which is the only Rhythm that is far north, in the Paisel Mountains. And while they still have four distinct seasons, the differences between their seasons are less drastic than, say, Cordell’s would be, as their higher altitude keeps them in a cooler climate.
