In “Boundless” Clara really comes into her own. Although I’m not sure about the idea that we are constantly in the presence of a guardian angel. I think what’s cool about the idea of angels is that they are part of the divine and yet they also resemble and interact with humans. What is it about angels that people find so fascinating? But then my editor smarter suggested that I get things moving a little faster, so we ended up with three books and a novella instead of four books. I actually saw it as four books, originally, and even wrote the third book that way–as the third book of four. One day I just started to hear Clara’s narrative voice, and I wrote it down, and then I started asking questions about her, and finding the answers, and the places, and the reasons, and the story unrolled for me like a long rolled up carpet. Where did the idea for the Unearthly series come from?Ī mysterious firing of neurons in my brain. They read so passionately and so personally at that age. And I love the fans–I love the enthusiasm and the love they throw at books. You’re discovering who you are, deciding, who you want to be, understanding the world for the first time as an adult. I just think that this time, those teenage years, is such a fertile period in a person’s life. There were times I wanted to be something else–a ballet dancer, an actress, a lawyer (I was pre-law in college) but writing is something I always came back to, because it was just part of who I was. That said, I guess the answer is better posed like this: I always was a writer. From the first time I could hold a pencil in my hand, I think, I’ve tried to write stories. The following is a complete transcript of her interview with Cracking the Cover. Her latest book, “Boundless,” hits bookstores today. Cynthia Hand is the author of the Unearthly series.
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