SPOILER ALERT *** SPOILER ALERT *** SPOILER ALERT <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nSeriously, don\u2019t read past this point until AFTER you have completed THE SHADOW THRONE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m taking to you. Go read THE SHADOW THRONE. Then come back here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Okay, you were warned\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. My SiL loves Mott. He is by far her favorite character. As I was writing this book, we had this conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SiL: Whatever you do, please don\u2019t kill Mott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: You want me to kill Mott?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SiL; No, I want you to not kill Mott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: I\u2019m starting to think that maybe I should kill Mott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SiL: Everything you\u2019re saying is the opposite of what I want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: Okay, but I just want you to know, if I ever do kill Mott, you will be the one who gave me the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, in truth, Mott originally was going to die in that final battle. However, because of what happens with Imogen earlier in the story, I felt that we\u2019d already seen Jaron mourning enough. Nothing more was to be gained if Mott died, so in a very twisted way, Imogen ended up saving Mott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. The original title for Book 2 was THE PIRATE KING. However, since that created some obvious spoilers, we started brainstorming for alternate titles. One that I suggested was THE SHADOW THRONE. My editor loved the title, but suggested we save the title for this third book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, you ask, what does THE SHADOW THRONE have to do with the plot of the third book? Nothing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. When designing the book cover, obviously the object that should be there is a throne, However, with a crown and a sword on the first two books, putting a throne on the third book would make it look like a toy in scale. So the suggestion was made to use a key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So you ask, what does a key have to do with the plot of the third book?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. The original version of book three was written in Jaron\u2019s perspective but also in Roden\u2019s and Tobias\u2019s. However, once it was finished, I realized that the story was strongest when told by Jaron, so I rewrote all of the other chapters in a few weeks and resubmitted it to my editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So that you don\u2019t read on, I\u2019ll put the links here. If you\u2019ve read the first two books of the series and stopped there, I hope you\u2019ll consider getting a copy of THE SHADOW THRONE. This will test the young king in ways even he never anticipated. THE KING\u2019S ENGLISH (Autographed Copies) BARNES & NOBLE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3897,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895\/revisions\/3897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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