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This is great, Sharon!! Thank you so much for sharing.
Snow Drowned (my 2nd novel) releases today -- if your students et around to reading it, I'd love to hear their reactions!
Some answers to their questions / comments:
I did a gap in time because I wanted the audience to see that things were getting back to (a new) normal. I had originally wanted to end it with the kids coming outside and seeing the world without butterflies, but that was a bit bleak and unfinished. People HATE the happy ending, which I always find curious. Not every horror story needs to end with a final girl or the villain winning :)
Yes! I love The Birds, Emery! My inspiration is more strongly aligned with Bird Box / A Quiet Place, but both of those owe Hitchcock a huge debt. Thank you for the kind words!!
I've been asked about sequels and stories from other points of view. I'd love to do a short story follow-up, with lots of other points of view -- Bill, Mom, the kids in the gym at school, etc. Let my publisher know you're interested ;)
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This is great, Sharon!! Thank you so much for sharing. Snow Drowned (my 2nd novel) releases today -- if your students et around to reading it, I'd love to hear their reactions!
Some answers to their questions / comments:
I did a gap in time because I wanted the audience to see that things were getting back to (a new) normal. I had originally wanted to end it with the kids coming outside and seeing the world without butterflies, but that was a bit bleak and unfinished. People HATE the happy ending, which I always find curious. Not every horror story needs to end with a final girl or the villain winning :)
Yes! I love The Birds, Emery! My inspiration is more strongly aligned with Bird Box / A Quiet Place, but both of those owe Hitchcock a huge debt. Thank you for the kind words!!
I've been asked about sequels and stories from other points of view. I'd love to do a short story follow-up, with lots of other points of view -- Bill, Mom, the kids in the gym at school, etc. Let my publisher know you're interested ;)
had a lively discussion covering, how Shur's anxiety coping skills helped her get things done, the budding romance, favorite characters and why. I passed paper around at the end so they could write you a question. Many wrote, "Will there be a sequel?" Some did not have a question. They loved your response to me and I passed around pictures and descriptions of the the gross bug and fungus you talked about. Thanks for you prompt response. What follows are the questions asked: Why did you do a gap in time? If you do a sequel to Swarm could you add more bugs, like a ladybug but it has 8 legs and fangs like a tarantula and is a dark color. Raven-Gr 8
Another student says, " When I began reading, I immediately thought that Swarm was a modern rendition of "The Birds" with slightly more gore and younger characters.However, once I heard it was spawned from a dream, I dropped by previous curiosity. I wonder if you've seen or heard of The birds? I believe your version is much more ATTRACTIVE and INTERESTING since youd added the horror oa a modern situation, COVID19, into a fantastical situation. And yet, it's not! The whole climate change and insect horror was very timely! -Emery 12 grade
Overall, we loved it, Clay especially loved the budding romance. We all talked about the most horrifying moments and a number of us said the turkey vulture, or when we thought we saw Jenny outside scavenging.Another student said that it might be interesting to hear the story from the Mom's point of view. I hope you can tell from the questions and comments we loved the book. I love book discussions like this, it just kept rolling along!