![]() ![]() There are so many possible plots created by this “simmering mutual distrust” and given time, more stories can grow there. “Humans, dragons and fey coexist on Wilde Island, but this uneasy peace masks a simmering, mutual distrust.” Perhaps this line from the Kirkus Reviews review for In the Time of Dragon Moon says it best: There were layers of bitter history already rife in this world before book one began. These islands are home to Dragons, fey folk and the indigenous Euit people. Wilde Island and its sister island Dragon’s Keep has been particularly fruitful. In my case, anyway, I had to learn to let go and create new worlds, places for the stories I was passionate about to unfold. If you love writing fantasy as much as I do, you have to learn to be flexible. Neither did a draft of a book taking place in Zolya following the YA fantasy, Stealing Death (Egmont, 2010). ![]() My third book set in Noor following The Beast of Noor (Atheneum, 2011) and The Dragon’s of Noor (Egmont, 2010) did not go anywhere. ![]() This is my first published trilogy in an ongoing series, but it’s not the only series I began building toward a trilogy. I thought it would be a good time to look back and share a few things I’ve learned on the way up the twisty fantasy writing road. Cynthia hosted an interview for the first Wilde Island book, Dragon’s Keep (Harcourt, 2007) so this visit brings it full circle. So good to be back visiting the multi-talented Cynthia Leitich Smith here on Cynsations with my third book in the Wilde Island trilogy. ![]()
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