10 Random facts about Unicorn Hunting

- Adryan’s name was originally Cora, but it was so similar to Cal, that I typed the wrong name several times in just the first chapter, and immediately decided that the name Cora had to go. 

-Cadogan’s name means “Battle Glory”.

-Donna and Claire grew up together, but that’s not revealed in the first book.

-There was an ice age era rhinoceros with a horn so big you’d think it would topple over trying to hold it up. That may have been the first unicorn, and the description evolved over time once it died out. From then on, explorers kept seeing one-horned antelopes and gazelles and saying “I saw a unicorn!” which pretty much led to the description we have of unicorns today.

-The vengeance fiend that switches bodies with Delphina was based on a weird dream. But the people it happened to in my dream were unrelated to the book. I just took the concept from that.

-The first draft was started during a NaNoWriMo, and was finished during a different NaNoWriMo. I’ve never won. But then again, my goals are a bit non-traditional.

-Cal’s full name was originally “Calliope,” instead of “Caoilinn”. 

-Delphina’s name comes from the German word for “Dolphin,” which is “Delphine.” 

-That’s me on the book’s cover. The sword is from a Halloween store.

-Even though keeping domesticated unicorns seems like an easier solution to getting unicorn blood (it seemed that way to me, at least), any unicorns in captivity disappear as soon as no one is looking. This hasn’t been revealed in the story yet.