Kelley Armstrong's Blog, page 45

okay, so i was a little confused with the end of atoning... because as a reader, the way it was written made it sound like chloe and derek were waiting to have sex, yet..? and i really don't know how I feel about derek leaving to go to college, but im glad

Jumping ahead in the my question queue to address this one…

They are waiting to have sex :) The last chapter is a circle back to the first, where Chloe says that, after Derek runs, they’re no longer in a hurry for him to dress, and that while they aren’t having sex, there are many other things they can do. So when you get to that last scene, and they’re lying in the forest after his run and mostly undressed, that’s what you’re seeing. It’s not post-sex…it’s post “other forms of entertainment” ;) I wanted to address the issue of sex in a long term teen relationship and make it clear that, after 18 months of dating, they’re doing more than kissing, but I didn’t want it to be too explicit, knowing I have some younger readers for this trilogy.

It’s always possible I’ll return for more stories. I’m still waiting to get a sense of how this one did in terms of readership—were many readers actually still around to follow it or have they (understandably!) wandered away from this series by now.

okay, so i was a little confused with the end of atoning... because as a reader, the way it was written made it sound like chloe and derek were waiting to have sex, yet..? and i really don't know how I feel about derek leaving to go to college, but im glad

Jumping ahead in the my question queue to address this one…

They are waiting to have sex :) The last chapter is a circle back to the first, where Chloe says that, after Derek runs, they’re no longer in a hurry for him to dress, and that while they aren’t having sex, there are many other things they can do. So when you get to that last scene, and they’re lying in the forest after his run and mostly undressed, that’s what you’re seeing. It’s not post-sex…it’s post “other forms of entertainment” ;) I wanted to address the issue of sex in a long term teen relationship and make it clear that, after 18 months of dating, they’re doing more than kissing, but I didn’t want it to be too explicit, knowing I have some younger readers for this trilogy.

It’s always possible I’ll return for more stories. I’m still waiting to get a sense of how this one did in terms of readership—were many readers actually still around to follow it or have they (understandably!) wandered away from this series by now.

Expisco , Hope's half demon race means discovery in Latin. What I'm wondering is what was the purpose of that? Is it for her self discovery or something?

All the half demon names are bastardized Latin. So the real word would be expiscor, which means to find out, ferret out etc. It refers to their ability to find chaos, particularly the negative variety.

In the Darkest Powers Trilogy, who told Tori and Simon that they were brother and sister?

That issue is dealt with and resolved in Facing Facts, a short story in the anthology “Enthralled” and the Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2 :)

The Cainsville series was originally described as a trilogy, though I heard you mention at a book signing that you were considering extending the series. Will 'Deceptions' be the final book or has that changed?

That changed before Omens came out, and I’m not sure if the confusion is because I when I first announced the books had been sold I called it a trilogy…or if one of my publishers got confused and kept calling it one :) After writing Omens I knew it wasn’t going to be 3 books. The main questions “what is going on in Cainsville” and “did her parents do it” are both answered by Deceptions, but they’ve spawned other questions that take 2 more books to resolve.

Hi, I just wanted to say that you're one of my favourite authors, for starters. Secondly, I have a question that I couldn't find an answer to in any of your previous asks. I was just curious where you got your inspiration for the Darkest Powers and Darknes

My inspiration came from a few sources… My daughter was that age, and I was only writing adult novels at the time and she was into paranormal fantasy so I wanted to write something for her. I was also finding that as paranormal YA became popular, I was picking up some very young readers for my adult books and wanted to give THEM something more *cough* age-appropriate too. So it wasn’t that I was inspired by a story idea so much as inspired by younger readers (including my kid) to want to set a teen story in my Otherworld.

Hi, I just wanted to say that you're one of my favourite authors, for starters. Secondly, I have a question that I couldn't find an answer to in any of your previous asks. I was just curious where you got your inspiration for the Darkest Powers and Darknes

My inspiration came from a few sources… My daughter was that age, and I was only writing adult novels at the time and she was into paranormal fantasy so I wanted to write something for her. I was also finding that as paranormal YA became popular, I was picking up some very young readers for my adult books and wanted to give THEM something more *cough* age-appropriate too. So it wasn’t that I was inspired by a story idea so much as inspired by younger readers (including my kid) to want to set a teen story in my Otherworld.

Hi, I just wanted to say that you're one of my favourite authors, for starters. Secondly, I have a question that I couldn't find an answer to in any of your previous asks. I was just curious where you got your inspiration for the Darkest Powers and Darknes

My inspiration came from a few sources… My daughter was that age, and I was only writing adult novels at the time and she was into paranormal fantasy so I wanted to write something for her. I was also finding that as paranormal YA became popular, I was picking up some very young readers for my adult books and wanted to give THEM something more *cough* age-appropriate too. So it wasn’t that I was inspired by a story idea so much as inspired by younger readers (including my kid) to want to set a teen story in my Otherworld.

Hi, I just wanted to say that you're one of my favourite authors, for starters. Secondly, I have a question that I couldn't find an answer to in any of your previous asks. I was just curious where you got your inspiration for the Darkest Powers and Darknes

My inspiration came from a few sources… My daughter was that age, and I was only writing adult novels at the time and she was into paranormal fantasy so I wanted to write something for her. I was also finding that as paranormal YA became popular, I was picking up some very young readers for my adult books and wanted to give THEM something more *cough* age-appropriate too. So it wasn’t that I was inspired by a story idea so much as inspired by younger readers (including my kid) to want to set a teen story in my Otherworld.

Hi, I just wanted to say that you're one of my favourite authors, for starters. Secondly, I have a question that I couldn't find an answer to in any of your previous asks. I was just curious where you got your inspiration for the Darkest Powers and Darknes

My inspiration came from a few sources… My daughter was that age, and I was only writing adult novels at the time and she was into paranormal fantasy so I wanted to write something for her. I was also finding that as paranormal YA became popular, I was picking up some very young readers for my adult books and wanted to give THEM something more *cough* age-appropriate too. So it wasn’t that I was inspired by a story idea so much as inspired by younger readers (including my kid) to want to set a teen story in my Otherworld.