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10 Things You Didn't Know About The Girl in the Glass Box
1.
The first draft of this story took one year to
write.
2.
I envisioned a young Marion Cotillard as
Genevieve (Snow White) while I was writing.
3.
Before I even knew what the story was going to
be about, I already had the title set in my mind. It was the first thing I
decided upon, and pretty much wrote the story around it.
4.
The amazingly talented artist who designed the
book's back and front cover is from Croatia.
5.
Many critique partners and writing friends tried
to convince me to change the ending because they didn't believe it to be
commercial enough, but I kept it because I believe it best articulated the
theme of the overall work.
6.
The rhyming verses spoken by the mirror was one
of my favorite parts to write. I had to change a few parts along the way as the
plot shifted, but generally, I loved writing them and pushing myself to find
logical and appropriate ties to the words and the plot.
7.
In spite of the many instances of bird
symbolism, I am pretty terrified of birds. I'm not a fan of their beady eyes.
They just freak me out!
8.
At the last minute (seriously, only days before
publication), I changed Genevieve's love interest's name from Adrian to Oliver
because I believe there to be too many names that started with the letter
"A" and I was afraid that it would cause confusion. Instead, I chose
to keep Alaricus and Agrippine as the only ones with "A" names
because they are brother and sister and have villainous ties to Snow White.
9.
It hopefully will be obvious to most, but Arcana
is based on a fictionalized version of France in the medieval ages, and Heiglet
on Germany. I tried to keep pretty true to their borders, geography, language, and
even the resources available to them (types of trees, types of birds, etc). So
a lot of research went in to that aspect of the setting and structure of the
work.
10. My
favorite character is, without a doubt, Grog. I loved writing his dialogue and
his parts are the ones that, to this day, make me laugh out loud. He
experienced a great deal of growth throughout the story and I really struggled
with some of the parts of his character arc because they were so emotional for
me to write through. But I love his sass and his sarcasm and his honesty. He
really does grow on you – well, at least he did for me.
Author Bio:
Andi
Adams writes, teaches, gets excited about performing random acts of kindness,
invents words, and talks with strangers, as often as she can. She loves learning
about the world, about others, and about herself, and uses that knowledge to
write realistic fiction – everything from YA Fantasy to Women’s Lit. She has a
passion for travel, for all things Harry Potter (of course!), and for her two
dogs, who are also incidentally her biggest fans. The Girl in the Glass Box is Andi’s first novel.
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