queenofthedamnbirds

So what you're saying is I should withhold his dinner if he doesn't write a song that day?

Cherie: I've got two questions for you. First, how much of the Clockwork Century did you have in mind when you started writing it? It's such a fully fleshed world in terms of locations, structures, details and people. I'm always impressed at how consistent things are -the mental maps given for Seattle Underground, for instance.

Second, did you meet with a lot of resistance in Boneshaker? It's got so many things that would seem to be a strike against -older female lead, no conventional love story or romance, it's got a lot of genres -steampunk obvs, but also zombie, urban dystopia, even a bit of a western feel at points. When my boyfriend got it and described it to me, I honestly did not expect to like it, even after his rave reviews.

And thank you so much to everyone in this AMA -I can't wait to get home and pick up the bundles! :)

I'd love to say that it shocks me that people would complain about the historical accuracy of a book with freaking zombies and inexplicable poison gas, but well ... the part of me that has worked in customer service just goes "duh. of course they would"

But in terms of resistance, I meant more from a publication side of things -my apologies for not being specific enough. Did publishers think it would fail, or want a lot of changes?

(ps, I can't even begin to tell you how OMG OMG OMG SHE TALKED TO ME I feel right now, thank you for the reply!)