For your second novel, The Selection, you were able to get 2 agents to ask to represent it. You've chalked this up to timing. Aside from this, do you think The Selection is a better book? (Did you get better at it the second time around?) Or do you think it's more commercially viable than The Siren?
The Selection is different, that's for sure. The first four chapters of The Siren are things I feel must be a part of the book. Kahlen spends a whole lot of time waiting for things to happen, and I wanted people to wait with her, to feel it. But I know that if an agent asks for the first three chapters … they're wondering where the guy is and how this whole thing's going to work out, and I get why that was probably not interesting for them. Still wouldn't change it.
But, yes, The Selection is better. I took more time to plan it out and write it, whereas The Siren was me writing a chapter and then asking "Well, what happens next?"
I feel like the people in The Selection are a bit more real, and I think it is more commercial. It's the kind of book that will make you want to design your own T-shirts. I've imagined the themed book release parties that I genuinely hope to have someday, and my best friend is already dreaming up parodies. I think it'll be a fun book to read, and I really hope the fandom enjoys it.
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