thank you so much! so glad you liked it :")
- no! actually the first title for the book was “by the time you read this i’ll be dead” which kind of sets the tone for how the book was going to be. it was a very grim book in the first drafts, and while the ending was supposed to be open-ended, with the reader deciding whether they survived the boat or not, a lot of my early readers thought they didn’t make it. coupled with how hopeless the book was, my agent advised me to add more hope in it. and when i did, i could see how it elevated the pain that it already had. the sweet moments that could be taken away at any time. i realized that ending it on a sad note would have been somewhat unfair to the revolution. they’re doing all of this because of hope. hope for a good ending. it’s just like that line in catching fire “the only thing stronger than fear is hope”
- yep, i did. every author goes through that. and you go through it with every book you write. i am still looking for the cure for it
juggling so much in one’s life can leave no room for writing. in the end, we write because we love it. i think that’s the beauty of this profession. it’s the only one in the world that we do because we do love it.
