expectations

I met with a book group last Thursday to discuss my first novel, The Blood Confession. It was a great group, mostly teenagers who asked very thoughtful questions. But in the face of those thoughtful questions, I couldn’t help but worry that my answers were a let down.

It makes me wonder, what do we want to hear from authors, about their books? For example, one young woman asked a question about why there was a wolf in my book, what was my purpose in giving Erzebet a wolf for a pet. I really liked