Once upon a time I wrote a book about a depressed girl named
Blue who kept trying to kill herself only to be interrupted by a cute boy. I
can’t remember the boy’s name or what happened to Blue. I’m not even sure what
happened to the book (I not only have a crap memory, but I’m notoriously
disorganized). Blue popped into my head recently and I put her back on the
bridge ready to jump. This time supernatural forces are pushing her to die, but
once again a cute boy stops her.
My first stab at young adult was Shadowburbia and the girls
were virgins who met their forever guys and were lucky to get to second base.
In Blue Sacrifice, the MC isn’t a virgin and she rounds home. Hell, the chick
is a homerun queen for YA. I had planned to keep Blue solidly in safe YA virgin
territory until I read reviews complaining about the constant virgin/manslut
hookups in YA. I looked at Blue who was still in the planning stages and
changed her so she wasn’t a virgin. Suddenly I had a lot more options and Blue
made a lot more sense considering her back story.
The one benefit to being an indie writer is how I lack a
publisher telling me what is acceptable in the market. When no one knows who I am,
there are no rules to follow or expectations to live up to. This freedom
allowed me to change Blue into the character she became and I really like the
new Blue. I hope others do too.
Blue Sacrifice is the first in a two book series with the
final book scheduled for release in early 2013. The book is now available at
Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords.
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