Goodreads asked Kait Jagger:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Kait Jagger It started with an unsatisfactory reading experience. I explain more about this on the About Me tab of my website, www.kaitjagger.com, but essentially, a few years ago I read a best-selling romance novel that left me feeling let down. I wanted to know more than the writer was willing to tell me about her heroine's backstory, friends and most particularly her career. So I decided to see if I could create a heroine of my own, whose life was more than just wallpaper.

I also feel that today's publishing industry has created enormous pressure on writers to 'front-load' their books, write a killer first three chapters to capture the attention of agents, publishers, etc. And, fair play, if I haven't written something that grips the reader within the first few chapters, maybe I don't deserve their time and money.

But I've lost track of the number of books I've read in the past few years that started out fast and furious and brilliant...and then petered out somewhere around the midway point. I don't blame the writer for this. I blame a publishing culture that gives the reader no credit for being patient, able to appreciate a slow burn.

One of the pitiful few advantages of being self-published, as I am, is that I can take a risk on finding those patient readers...ones who will sacrifice pyrotechnics up front for a fuller, more complete story.

That's the idea, anyway!

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