Jane Myers asked Sherry Thomas:

Is it difficult for you to switch from writing historicals to writing YA fantasy?

Sherry Thomas The first answer that came to mind was no. And then I remembered that it took six drafts before my agent would take the YA fantasy out to shop. The first three drafts to get the world-building right, the last three to nail down the plot of the 2nd half of the book.

And crazily enough, considering that up until that point I'd published only romance, because we spent so much effort on world-building and plotting, my YA editor was the one who went in and pointed out all the places where I should dig deeper into the romance.

So maybe not difficult to switch, but definitely not easy. But because it was so much fun--God bless side projects--I didn't mind any of it.

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