Books opening up dialogs

I had a reader leave a review for WRECKED today on Amazon that really got me thinking … about how books can open up dialogs about different things.  Sometimes important things.

If you’ve read WRECKED, you know that issues of teen survival and teen sex come up, along with social cliques and other high school junk kids often have to deal with.  I must confess … I just wrote the book from the perspective of my former teenage self, not really thinking about all the ways this story might get parents, kids, teachers, friends and family talking about stuff.  But I think it’s pretty cool that someone might do that after reading my books.

If you’ve read WAR OF THE FAE, you’ll probably see a couple underlying themes there too.  Maybe even things to talk about.  I won’t say what they are here, but if you want to discuss it, by all means comment below.

I didn’t put any themes in my books on purpose; I can’t take credit for being that organized or that “deep”.  But I can see for myself that they ended up there anyway.  My characters have minds of their own.  And I guess I believe that deep down, whether you’re human or fae or “other”, you’re going to deal with a lot of the same problems and conflicts that will naturally arise in a place where people have different belief systems, morals, codes, environments, etc.

Whoa!  So, that’s enough of that philosophical stuff for today!  Hope you’re enjoying all the freebies I’ve given away over the last few days.  Now I’m off to write another series …  Apocalypsis…