
What were your favorite bits to write about? I think he comes across in “Twilight” being very strong and so super sure of himself, when that never was really actually the case.” He starts off fairly confident, but boy does he get broken down by the end.

His anxiety combined with mine was potent. Writing him made me more anxious, and that’s one of the reasons it was hard to be in that story. “I think the part that people won’t expect is: Edward is a very anxious character. This was like, every single word was a struggle.” That kind of writing is fun and exciting. With some of my books, it was like they were writing themselves, and I was just working to keep up with dictation. “The real reason the book took so long to write is because this was just a huge, pain-in-the-butt book to write. I am really excited when I have a book to read right now, because there’s not much else that’s exciting. And so do we put it out still? It became quickly obvious that there wasn’t a real end in sight with Covid. The reason it wasn’t published earlier was because it was not done, and when I did see the light at the end of the tunnel - when I saw that I was actually going to be able to finish it - I started the publication process right away, because I knew there were people who had been waiting really kindly and patiently, but also anxiously, for quite a while.Īnd then Covid-19 happens.
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Why wasn’t it published earlier – or why publish it now? Because of all the time that’s passed, they’ve built up in their minds what they thought it was going to be, and so no one can live up to those kinds of expectations.” “I’m pretty sure people aren’t going to get exactly what they think they’re getting.
