Jordan
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Erika Johansen:
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(view spoiler)[Did you always intend to end the Tearling series the way it did? I think I recall you writing a draft of the final book and scrapping it entirely. Was the ending different? (I always thought it was brilliant how you took the past and future to end things in the present.) (hide spoiler)]
Erika Johansen
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(view spoiler)[Jordan,
I always intended the ending to be bittersweet; Kelsea's no happily-ever-after girl. But I had a different plan until I started the third book. At that point I took a look at the previous two and realized that since Kelsea had always been prepared to give up everything for her kingdom, there wasn't much sacrifice in having her lay down her life or her crown or any of the the other options I was contemplating. I needed to think of something that she wasn't really prepared to lose, and this is the route I chose. While I wish I had executed the ending much better (I was rushing under a hard deadline and it certainly shows in the final chapters) I'm still convinced it was the right ending for this particular trilogy. (hide spoiler)]
I always intended the ending to be bittersweet; Kelsea's no happily-ever-after girl. But I had a different plan until I started the third book. At that point I took a look at the previous two and realized that since Kelsea had always been prepared to give up everything for her kingdom, there wasn't much sacrifice in having her lay down her life or her crown or any of the the other options I was contemplating. I needed to think of something that she wasn't really prepared to lose, and this is the route I chose. While I wish I had executed the ending much better (I was rushing under a hard deadline and it certainly shows in the final chapters) I'm still convinced it was the right ending for this particular trilogy. (hide spoiler)]
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Hazel
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My favorite part out of the whole series is when the Queen of Spades emerges out of Katie's body and kills Row. The Queen of Spades has always appeared as mysterious and haunting to me, but came home to me at the same time, for I think that dark side lives in all of us. Could you explain what the Queen of Spades really is, possibly in association with the scene mentioned?
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