Marissa chats with Susan Dennard about her new urban fantasy - THE LUMINARIES - as well as enlisting the power of word-of-mouth to build hype around your novel, and create an amazing community in the process; using science and evolution to develop realistically horrific fantasy monsters; how "The Luminaries" began life as a reader-directed story on Twitter, and the challenges that come with writing via "hive mind"; how conflicted emotions in your protagonist can lead to a more interesting character arc, especially over the course of a series; the good that can come from allowing yourself to be vulnerable on social media; and the importance of taking breaks when you need them, putting yourself before your writing, and knowing that missing a deadline is not the end of the world (truly!). 

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