Ahh I love your books so much, they’ve basically taken over my life, lol. Anyway, I was wondering, how would have Andrew reacted if Neil actually was killed by his father when he was kidnapped in The King’s Men?

korakos: Afficher davantage

coelasquid: I think almost every time I’ve written a situation where I planned for a character to get killed off, when I thought like “well what if I didn’t do that” the prospect of them just dying seemed like the lazy way out, or something I was just writing because “that’s how stories like this go”. Like,…

Whatever you do don’t think about Neil falling from a height while Andrew tries to catch him; don’t think of Neil using his last moments to make sure Andrew’s safe and not falling with him. Don’t think about Andrew staring at Neil’s grave, cigarette in hand, thinking about ‘I’d drag you with me’. Don’t think…