Jennifer A. Nielsen
This is almost identical from another question I'm answering today. For anyone who follows my answers, sorry for the duplication.
Sage came to me in a song by Eddie Vedder (lead singer for Pearl Jam) called “Guaranteed.” The lyrics said, “I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me, guaranteed.” I loved those lines and the more I turned them in my head, the more Sage’s character became clear. And once I had Sage, I had the story.
You can look up the song wherever you listen to music and the more you think about the lyrics, the more you'll hear Sage in them. Same with "Rise," by Eddie Vedder, which is pretty much the entire point of the series.
Sage came to me in a song by Eddie Vedder (lead singer for Pearl Jam) called “Guaranteed.” The lyrics said, “I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me, guaranteed.” I loved those lines and the more I turned them in my head, the more Sage’s character became clear. And once I had Sage, I had the story.
You can look up the song wherever you listen to music and the more you think about the lyrics, the more you'll hear Sage in them. Same with "Rise," by Eddie Vedder, which is pretty much the entire point of the series.
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I fell in love with The Ascendance Trilogy, especially the characters, but as I was reading your blog post about the new book I felt the hero in this book, Nic, is similar to Jaron, which isn't a bad thing in fact it makes it more probable I will fall in love with this character as much as I did Jaron. I was wondering if this prediction is true, that Jaron and Nic have simimlar characteristics.
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Hello!!! First of all, I am one of your biggest fans. As an enthusiastic YA reader, I devoured your Ascendance series and forced my poor mother to speed me to Barnes and Noble the very day The Captive Kingdom was available. Do you have any tips on how to get over writers block or re-discover creative inspiration?
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