< Larry West – www.botropolis.com >
The end of the book is hardest and the easiest part to write. It's a sprint.
Once I get to a certain point, I could write the whole thing in a day, in one sitting. If I didn't teach in the mornings. If I didn't have kids.
But even though I can't write for a day straight, it's a compulsion and I just can't stop until we get there. To the end. Because I want it to end in a specific way. To create a specific feeling.
There's a moment at the end. Maybe it's the last page, or the last paragraph, or the last line.
But it's a beat. And for me, a book is nothing without that beat.
It's what makes you cry, or hold your breath, or reread it over and over again.
It's the end you can't forget.
a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. As an award-winning, Bram Stoker Award-nominated young adult author of 12 novels and graphic novels, she has been published in 51 countries and 38 languages and her books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Kami’s best known works include the Beautiful Creatures series, Teen Titans: Raven, The X-Files: Agent of Chaos, The Lovely Reckless, Broken Beautiful Hearts, and the DC Black Label comic Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity. She is also a cofounder of the Kid Lit book festival YALLFest.
we’re all waiting….looking forward to the 1st & 2nd book
OT comment: Just googled you to find you so as to tell you that I very much enjoyed your novel. Thank you for crafting it so beautifully.
(Am x-posting to your writing partner’s blog also)
This has to be a joke because I LOVE your books & am anxiously awaiting my pre-order of Fragile Eternity, which I am praying is not the last in the series. Ink Exchange was so fantastic, I almost got a tattoo!
BTW- If this was posted by my brother, my wrath will know no bounds!