Goodreads asked C.V. Nór:

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

C.V. Nór The idea germinated from the hero of the Leatherstocking Tales "Natty Bumppo" (La Longue Carabine). It was quite accidental at first. I was playing the role of a half-elf in a Dungeons & Dragons game with an ex-girlfriend some years back. My half-elf was an archer, which reminded me of Natty Bumppo and his mastery with the rifle. The first story was about him, but as I rewrote different beginnings I came across a character (she came up accidentally too, simply a prop for the larger tale) that my girlfriend said, "I wish to know more about her." That was the birth of Maxina Varlk, and the rest is history. The story of my half-elf archer was pushed to the back. Having to get to him eventually, my story became a large volume of over half a million words, and I wasn't even close to him. The length was too large for a new author, as I was told, with each part a book by itself. The theme changed slightly in the process of concentrating on my new heroine, with troubles brewing in the Imperial Kingdom I had started. For the Empire's Throne became thus the story of a child's fall, a child who is pushed to the top by politics and the ambitions of her father. Though the book, as may be seen, has a couple of minor errors--a word out of place as an example (cruel to a perfectionist writer)--it is a book that, though my readership might not find it the best thing ever, though I have confidence they will (I wrote it for their entertainment), it is to me the best story ever. I have never been so enamored of anything else in my life--aside from math books. This is a story about love, tragedy, and the resurgence of strength and courage in the face of evil and impending destruction. I suffered with my characters, quailed at the evil, and cried often. This is my jewel, and few could ever undermine my love for it. I did not live until I wrote this story--by "this story" I mean the entire collection of books that form the theme of For the Empire's Throne. I hope you get to love it too. And if not, my thanks for the opportunity of delving into my world are still profuse, since, even with a bad opinion, you got to know my child.

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