a curse dark as gold by elizabeth c bunce

I went back to that original fantasy world of mine, because it was already firmly established in my head, and pulled characters from a novella I'd started years before. As it happened, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) was just around the corner, and several members of my critique group were participating. However, after sending off A Curse Dark as Gold to my agent and publisher, I wanted to switch gears a little bit, and work on something that wasn't quite so dark and weighty. I had sort of reached the stage in my writing life where I figured I wasn't ever going to come back to those earliest novel efforts. RL: What was the story seed from which StarCrossed sprang? What was the biggest way in which the story surprised you?ĮB: I had actually been working with the world of StarCrossed for years and years and, well, years.

They're producing some of the best work of their careers (Beka Cooper: Terrier blew me away), and I hope I have the staying power to still be writing when my early fans have grown up, too! It also makes me really excited about what's to come. I still read Beauty almost every year, and it's thrilling to think that some young (or youngish) reader might someday consider A Curse Dark as Gold or StarCrossed her favorite book. ::swoon:: How do you feel about that comparison?ĮB: Honored, of course! I grew up on their books-Alanna and Aeryn were huge inspirations to me, and I definitely hope my work appeals to their fans and readers, as well.

RL: While your work is wholly your own, it has also been favorably compared to both Robin McKinley and Tamora Pierce. How lucky am I to get to talk to another Inkpot author this week, on the publication of their newest book? (Very lucky is the answer, in case you're wondering.) Enchanted Inkpot's own Elizabeth Bunce, whose first book, A CURSE AS DARK AS GOLD was published to wild acclaim and won the Morris Award has a new book out this month, STARCROSSED, which I have had the dinstinct pleasure of reading.

A curse dark as gold by elizabeth c bunce