"you've got a dark horse, you've got a cold kiss..."
Psst, I think it's dark HEART. Not that I can talk. Ask Cass how I mangled Kane lyrics one time.
Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge. I'd like to go back one day and revisit some of the other characters, or explore Wren's family history, but I think I'm happy with where I left Wren herself.
Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge.
On the one hand, weird to write a sequel to a book you didn't intend to write a sequel to. On the other hand, nice that they wanted you to!
Yeah. It would have been even nicer if it had done well, but I'm still proud of it.
I just finished my John Green marathon that started a couple months ago with me sobbing my way through The Fault in Our Stars and ended this morning when I finished Looking for Alaska. (Will Grayson, Will Grayson, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns were in there too)
I found myself wishing he'd been writing when I was in high school. That's not meant as a criticism - I LOVED all of them - but I was such a mess when I was the age his characters are that his books may have been overwhelmingly helpful.
I didn't mean for that to sound self-pitying. It's just one of those calculated risks in publishing -- do you assume interest will be there for a sequel, or actually wait and see?
Amy,
it didn't sound self-pitying to me, your remark made me laugh in a dark humor sort of way. I hope you meant it that way!
Dark humor is the key to publishing. ::nods::
zuisa, I've only read 3 of them, but I completely agree. I intend to recommend Paper Towns and Will Grayson to most of the adolescents I know.