Celine Kiernan
Hello Melissa, thank you so much for your question. It's actually something that folk ask me all the time, so I'm very happy to answer it for you here!
No, I didn't intend to imply that Wyn is pregnant in this scene. I meant it to imply that, though she never fears for herself on the scaffolding, she does fear for her incorrigibly reckless husband :)
'At the sight of (Christopher) hanging over the drop, the Protector Lady went a little pale. She placed her hand upon a strut, as if by steadying herself she might also steady him. If Isaac had not known her better he would think she was afraid she might fall. But of course, he did know better: the Protector Lady was famous for clambering the scaffolds, quick as any ship's boy. She was never afraid that she would fall. The boy grinned as the Lady called softly to her husband.
''Christopher,' she said. 'Come in.'
Quite a few adventure books end with their female protagonist either pregnant or already having had children, and that's grand. Wyn, however, does mention several times during the trilogy that she's not interested in having children (yet) Contraception is something that both she and Chris discuss quite a few times during the trilogy, and both of them consider it vital to a woman's independence that she have control of her own fertility. I felt that, by the end of the trilogy, Wyn and Chris are only just starting to have the happy life they fought so hard for. Wyn is only yet 21 years of age, and in the middle of the first of what will hopefully be many great works in her life. I thought it important that we still see her wishes respected in so far as children are concerned, not only to acknowledge that love can be maintained and flourish between a man and a woman without there also being children, but also to pay respect to the fact that childless woman are worthy of love and respect in the same way childless men are.
I had originally planned a both a prequel and a sequel to the trilogy - both of which I had very much looked forward to writing. In the sequel, I had planned Wyn to fall pregnant. Maybe it will be written some day!
Thanks again for asking! And thanks for letting me know how much you liked the trilogy. It means so much when readers take time to let me know that they've liked my work and my characters.
big hugs
Celine
No, I didn't intend to imply that Wyn is pregnant in this scene. I meant it to imply that, though she never fears for herself on the scaffolding, she does fear for her incorrigibly reckless husband :)
'At the sight of (Christopher) hanging over the drop, the Protector Lady went a little pale. She placed her hand upon a strut, as if by steadying herself she might also steady him. If Isaac had not known her better he would think she was afraid she might fall. But of course, he did know better: the Protector Lady was famous for clambering the scaffolds, quick as any ship's boy. She was never afraid that she would fall. The boy grinned as the Lady called softly to her husband.
''Christopher,' she said. 'Come in.'
Quite a few adventure books end with their female protagonist either pregnant or already having had children, and that's grand. Wyn, however, does mention several times during the trilogy that she's not interested in having children (yet) Contraception is something that both she and Chris discuss quite a few times during the trilogy, and both of them consider it vital to a woman's independence that she have control of her own fertility. I felt that, by the end of the trilogy, Wyn and Chris are only just starting to have the happy life they fought so hard for. Wyn is only yet 21 years of age, and in the middle of the first of what will hopefully be many great works in her life. I thought it important that we still see her wishes respected in so far as children are concerned, not only to acknowledge that love can be maintained and flourish between a man and a woman without there also being children, but also to pay respect to the fact that childless woman are worthy of love and respect in the same way childless men are.
I had originally planned a both a prequel and a sequel to the trilogy - both of which I had very much looked forward to writing. In the sequel, I had planned Wyn to fall pregnant. Maybe it will be written some day!
Thanks again for asking! And thanks for letting me know how much you liked the trilogy. It means so much when readers take time to let me know that they've liked my work and my characters.
big hugs
Celine
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Celine Kiernan:
That you wrote from a POC's POV must have been a deliberate response to a personal stand. Could you get back to me and discuss how publishers encouraged you, and how the cover illustration was so important to marketing? For my MA report on Diversity in chn's bks I need to discuss how publishers/ writers are meeting the needs of a society that needs to embrace diversity so that is can become a norm. zoecrosse@aol.com
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