Badass heroines and their inception
All right, lovelies, Queen of the Underworld is out and Cora is officially a badass.
I love this cover and how Cora changed from a victim to the author of her destiny.
When I first started writing the book in my lonely college dorm, I was obsessed with the scene where she meets Marcus. Cora was lovely, young, naive and very inexperienced--just like me. It took me over a decade to get the novels to where they are now, mainly because I had some growing up to do.
I used to hypothesize that most debut authors write themselves into their protagonists. I don't think that anymore, but my characters all have pieces of me. Mostly my flaws. And my snark--but Cora doesn't have much snark. I saved the snark for Olivia.
Cora does have all the wide-eyed innocence of a sheltered homeschooled girl who's leaving her youth and coming into her own. In 2006, I had that too, plus the knowledge that I needed to change to survive and thrive. Back then, it was tempting to dream of a dark and tortured billionaire who would save me. But a true heroine must save herself.
Read the conclusion of Cora's story in Queen of the Underworld.
I love this cover and how Cora changed from a victim to the author of her destiny.
When I first started writing the book in my lonely college dorm, I was obsessed with the scene where she meets Marcus. Cora was lovely, young, naive and very inexperienced--just like me. It took me over a decade to get the novels to where they are now, mainly because I had some growing up to do.
I used to hypothesize that most debut authors write themselves into their protagonists. I don't think that anymore, but my characters all have pieces of me. Mostly my flaws. And my snark--but Cora doesn't have much snark. I saved the snark for Olivia.
Cora does have all the wide-eyed innocence of a sheltered homeschooled girl who's leaving her youth and coming into her own. In 2006, I had that too, plus the knowledge that I needed to change to survive and thrive. Back then, it was tempting to dream of a dark and tortured billionaire who would save me. But a true heroine must save herself.
Read the conclusion of Cora's story in Queen of the Underworld.
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