![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the book went out on submission, I was hopeful writing it had been very joyful, and I felt prouder of it than anything else I had written. I added more of Cate’s internal thoughts to make it clear she wasn’t just trying to boss her sisters around out of spite. I cut the first chapter because my agent worried it was too slow a start (and then put it back in later at my editor’s request. Pre-contract, my revisions were pretty minimal. Even if it means giving up my life – and my true love.īecause if the Brothers discover our secret, we’re destined for the asylum, or prison…or death.Ĭould you describe both your pre-and-post contract revision process? What did you learn along the way? How did you feel at each stage? What advice do you have for other writers on the subject of revision? So I will do everything in my power to protect myself and my sisters. Women who can do magic – they’re either mad or wicked. According to the Brothers, it’s devil-sent. Our mother was a witch, too, but she hid it better. Jessica Spotswood is the first-time author of Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicals, Book One)(Putnam, 2012). ![]()
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