What inspired you to write Defiance? I loved it so much!

C.J. Redwine Thank you! I'm so glad you loved Defiance. For years, I'd had the idea of a huge, Leviathon-like creature who lived underground and who, if awakened, would destroy much of the earth. I had no story or world to put that creature in, so it just sat in the back of my brain. Then one day I was browsing Pinterest, as one does, and I saw the pic of a fortress that reminded me of a city-state. I was immediately intrigued by the idea of writing a story where we live in city-states again, and I asked myself "why would we do that?" And suddenly the Leviathon-like creature had a purpose and a story.

It wasn't until I was 1/4 of the way into writing Defiance that I realized I was writing a story about what it looks like to be hurt and broken and to rise up and find your way toward healing and wholeness.

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