Marissa chats with L.L. McKinney about her Nightmare-Verse Trilogy, as well as the fun and frustrations of including word play and puns in your writing; using video games to inspire epic fight scenes; Elle's upcoming Jane Eyre retelling and the mind-boggling amount of research that goes into writing historical fiction; some advice on what to do when your editor leaves or your publisher closes (hint: focus on what you can control, not what you can't); and lots of Sailor Moon fangirling!

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