From Darkness Won (89 page)

Q: There is so much detail in your world, how do you keep track of it all?

I have a large, 3-ring binder in which I keep everything important. I have maps, a timeline, family trees, sketches, character charts, city charts, lists of herbs and their healing properties, lists of Hebrew words and translations, pictures of weapons, facts about horses, and notes about medieval architecture.
I go to that binder often to reference details for the story. It’s a great tool. I have similar folders for other books I’ve written, though only the Blood of Kings trilogy has needed to move to a 3-ring binder.

Q: When you wrote the ending did you think you might be giving too much detail after the story was basically over?

Yeah. Jeff and I talked about whether to cut out the wedding and coronation. But we ultimately decided that the readers had earned the chance to be there after so many pages of Achan and Vrell not being together. And my teen readers wanted me to leave the ceremonies in, claiming they provided the perfect time for the reader to calm down without making the ending feel abrupt.

Q: Will you write more books about Er’Rets?

Perhaps. There are so many interesting places we never got to see: Jaelport, Hamonah, Nesos, Cherem, Magos, Land’s End… I always thought a story about the war between Cherem and Magos would be fun to write, as would a story about Jibhal Hamartano and the start of the black knights. We’ll see.

To hear more fan questions answered and more behind the scenes information check out this podcast interview with Jill Williamson from the folks at Fiction Addict:

www.FictionAddict.com/BloodofKings