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Goodreads asked L.L. McKinney:

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

L.L. McKinney Honestly? I'm not sure. A lot of my book ideas crop up because I'll be minding my own business then suddenly think "wouldn't it be cool if..." and I fill in the blank.

A BLADE SO BLACK was pretty much "wouldn't it be cool if the characters in Wonderland were real people in this world? Like if the Mad Hatter was just a dude with the last name Hatta. He's not an actual Hatter but you get who he is cause he still kinda acts that way sometimes. And he owns a bar called the Looking Glass Pub or something cause that's cool, yeah? But why would they leave Wonderland? *Snaps fingers* MONSTERS!"

And there you have it.
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