![]() ![]() ![]() I knew I wanted to tell a new story, one that included the cast of Shades of Magic without focusing exclusively on them. Just enough to catch the lock, keep the door from closing all the way.īy the time I finished Shades of Magic, I’d started Threads of Power. Write the end.Īs I wrote, I starting weaving in a few new threads. ![]() There was a story I was telling in Shades of Magic, a story that started with a simple black stone, a story I wanted to finish.ĬONJURING was the book where I was supposed to tie off all the threads. Miriam asked if I needed another book in the Shades of Magic arc-an idea we’d floated once or twice, when trying to decide if the series was a trilogy or a quartet-and I said no. My characters were on a boat in the middle of the sea, en route to a floating market, when I called my editor, Miriam, and said, “I’m not done.” I was halfway through writing A CONJURING OF LIGHT when I realized I wasn’t ready to say goodbye. ![]()
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