{"id":2775,"date":"2016-09-18T02:46:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T02:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/09\/18\/is-there-any-particular-reason-you-decided-to\/"},"modified":"2016-09-18T02:46:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T02:46:26","slug":"is-there-any-particular-reason-you-decided-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2016\/09\/18\/is-there-any-particular-reason-you-decided-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there any particular reason you decided to write a new trilogy about Ronan? Not that I’m complaining of course :)"},"content":{"rendered":"

maggie-stiefvater<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Dear fangirlwithcookies,<\/p>\n

Back in the day, I was given two pieces of writing advice:\u00a0\u201cwrite the books you love to read\u201d and \u201cwrite the books you wish you could find on the shelf but can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

I loved to read the award-winning fantasies that my mother gave me and that I found in the library \u2014 Narnia, Wrinkle in Time, Dark is Rising, etc. etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But I also loved to read the shoddy and terrible action thrillers my father handed down to me \u2014 pulpy things called SHOT DEAD and POINT BLANK and MAN ON THE RUN.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So as a teen, I\u2019d try to write fantasies about magic that felt so real that you felt ill and I\u2019d try to write thrillers with hitmen with hearts of gold, but really, what I wanted was a series that did both of these things well.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I was thinking when I began the Raven Cycle when I was 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what I\u2019m still thinking as I begin the next trilogy. Let\u2019s see if I can get a little closer to the books that teen me wished she could find on the shelf but couldn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n

urs,<\/p>\n

Stiefvater<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

maggie-stiefvater: Dear fangirlwithcookies, Back in the day, I was given two pieces of writing advice:\u00a0\u201cwrite the books you love to read\u201d and \u201cwrite the books you wish you could find on the shelf but can\u2019t.\u201d I loved to read the award-winning fantasies that my mother gave me and that I found in the library \u2014 … <\/p>\n

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