Q&A Thursdays #9: Josh’s Question

This year, I’ve been reprising a Daughter of Blood (and by extension The Wall Of Night ) Q&A series that first featured in 2019. I felt the questions merited another look so do hope you’re agreeing with that sentiment as you read along. 🙂

Today the spotlight is on Josh’s Question.

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Josh: Do you have a favorite moment in Daughter of Blood?

I’m not sure authors should admit to favourite scenes or characters, in the same way parents are not *meant* to have favourites among their children. 😉 Sometimes, though, I can’t help having a fondness for a particular section in the book, if only because it’s been especially easy to write, or in writing it I realise a higher truth about a character or the plot, or simply because it’s So Much Fun. A scene that fits into the latter category, and for which I can’t help feeling a certain fondness thereby, is the moment when Tirael and the Star Knights charge, using surprise and daring to turn the Swarm flank. I like the way Myr and Faro realise it’s a rescue and the moment when Myr identifies the banner of Stars. Like the banner against the wind, the moment lifts the hearts of the camp’s defenders — as I hope it does readers’ hearts, too.

As I said in reply to Phoebe’s question in Q&A #1, sometimes I may know the broad outline of the story for a long time, but precise details prove elusive. So I knew Taly’s path was going to cross Tirael’s and that he would get involved in the action, but a great deal of “how” depended on the way his character developed. So I was a lot closer to the actual scene when the muses finally lifted their veil aside and I thought, “OMG, he’s going to charge!” And when all’s said and done, who doesn’t love a glorious charge? Definitely So Much Fun!