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Alec lifted a hand to my face but lowered it again. “But then you came back to me. You fell for me again. I saw it. If you say you’re done with me, then why can’t you just do the honorable thing and stop loving me?”
Alec looked down at the floor and he never looked so sheepish and small.
A trick. It had to be a trick.
But he was so small and broken and careening in his own mind. I knew what that felt like, all too well.
“I want to.” I leaned back on the shelves again. “You’re despicable and psychotic. You hurt the people I care about. You tortured me, manipulated me—”
“And yet that’s not good enough for you to kill me. All you can do is leave, and I’m sitting here hoping I can somehow get you back.” Alec raised his arms like he didn’t know where to put them anymore. “Why?”
“I don’t know.”
“That’s not an answer. Why?” Alec moved closer to my face.
“Because you won’t let me.”
“Ha.” Alec grinned before his eyes turned dark again. “I wish I had that much control over your decisions. Try again.”
I shoved him away. “I don’t know, Alec.”
“Yes, you do,” he came right back. “Think, Mara.”
“Because you’re home to me!”
His mouth fell open and the pain created lines around his eyes. I just stared at him for a moment. I saw all the same years of complications that I felt in mine. We weren’t just similar. He and I were mirror images of each other.
“No matter what you do, no matter where I go. When I think back on my life, you are all I can see for centuries,” I said.
“I get it.” Alec backed off. I caught his arm.
“You don’t. You’re a terrible person. You’re the nightmare that just won’t go away.” I looked at the floor. “But you’re also a huge part of my life, whether I hate you or not.”
The Book Junkie Reads . . .Reckless Dreams Interview with . . . Angie Day . . .
How would you describe your style of writing to someone that has never read your work?
My style of writing is based on young adult stories but mine are told with adult characters. My books don’t have sex or swearing but instead focus on intense emotions, plot twists, exciting action, and deep characters. My goal with writing is to tell the story in a way that both men and women can enjoy the story, even if for different reasons. I love leaving chapters on mini-cliffhangers, and keeping the story fast-paced.
Do you take your character prep to heart? Do you nurture the growth of each character all the way through to the page? Do you people watch to help with development? Or do you build upon your character during story creation?
I love well-rounded characters in books and I try to reflect that in my story-telling. I enjoy people watching and I think it can affect my characters in small ways with little quirks here and there. The majority of character creation happens while I build the story. I write to follow the plot of the story and then the characters honestly reacting or changing based on what is happening around them.
Do you have a character that you have been working on for a long time that still isn't quite ready, but fills you with excitement to work on the story?
Yes! I have another project that I have been working on while writing this Legends and Shadows Saga, that I am very excited about. I am already in love with the characters of the new story and can’t wait to create a full story around them. While I build the plot in my mind, it’s so nice to visit the new world and characters that have yet to be written.
Have you found yourself bonding with any particular character(s)? If so which one(s)?
In my books, I definitely have characters that I love and adore throughout the story. I enjoy watching them change and grow as much as I enjoy writing their personalities. I tend to love the morally gray or villain characters in books. I believe a well-written “bad guy” should always be someone that the reader can relate to on some level. I love it when as a reader, you fully understand why the villain is doing what they are doing, and while you don’t agree with them, you can’t help but hold a tiny bit of hope in your heart for them. Books with characters like that, books like mine, I could read them all day.
If you could have dinner/dinner party with 7 fictional character, who would they be?
I would absolutely love to spend an evening with the characters from the Legends and Shadows Saga. I would enjoy talking to all of them one-on-one or just seeing how they interact with each other in a room. Oh, that would be amazing!
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