Today we're celebrating the release of Heather McCorkle's fantasy novel, The Dragon Empire! For today's stop Heather is answering the following question:
What was the hardest part about writing this novel?
Heather: The main character has been bullied his entire life and lives in constant fear of beatings that are getting so bad, they may one day kill him. At twenty years old, that's a long time to put up with such abuse and it has severely damaged his self-esteem and confidence. Writing that was hard, and heartbreaking in many ways.
On Yacrana dragons are the advanced species. But advanced doesn't always mean civilized...
There's trouble in the Dragon Empire, the kind that could start a war between dragons and the races of people. Hidden factions of dragons believe they should rule the lesser races, not simply stand aside and allow them to develop as they will. Having lived so long in peace, the Emperors turn a blind eye, many oblivious that such attitudes even exist.
Despite being only an architect class, emerald dragon, Grendar is willing to risk banishment and death to stop that which his rulers refuse to see. The hope of peace lies not within the scaled breast of a dragon however, but within the hands of a group of people. But if the hidden factions have their way, these people won’t live to fulfill such a destiny. With a reluctant seer at his side, Grendar must leave his precious Empire for the outside world to save those that will one day save his kind.
While The Dragon Empire is for ages young adult and up, it does contain mild violence and some difficult subject matter.
Heather is an author of fantasy, in all its many sub-genres. Helping
other writers and supporting fabulous authors is one of her many
passions. When she's not writing or surfing her social networking sites,
she can be found on the slopes, the hiking trails, or on horseback. As a
native Oregonian, she enjoy the outdoors almost as much as the worlds
she creates on the pages. No need to travel to the Great Northwest
though, you can find her on her personal blog four days a week, on the
IS Foundation's Environment page once a month, and Monday night's on
Twitter where she co-moderates the #WritersRoad chat.
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Thanks for having me over Yelena!
ReplyDeleteIt's my pleasure, as always! :)
DeleteYou're such a sweetheart, thank you!
DeleteThe bullied and abused character is always a challenge to write, but it sounds like you handled it well. Can't wait to read!
ReplyDeleteIt was tough, and I hope I did! :) Can't wait to hear what you think of this one.
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