Guest Post: The Inherited Author, Freedom Matthews

I am really looking forward to being able to read this book! I love pirates, romance, AND female leads. So this one is a no-brainer. I also got to ask the author, Freedom Matthews, a question about her inspiration.

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QUESTION:
Your book has fantasy, romance and magic. What do you think are some of the books you’ve read that really get you excited, inspire your work?

ANSWER:

The books that really inspired Inherited and the Curses of VIII series as whole are:

The Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier and The Assassin's Apprentice series by Robin Hobb.

These books are adult folktales with high fantasy elements and a huge story arc. Although I know I have a long way to go before I am anywhere near these wonderful author’s world building and storytelling skills, I absorbed their stories and have gained so much from reading them. I have always been a fan of bittersweet folk tales and these are the pinnacle in the genre, in my opinion.

Other books I read whilst writing Inherited are: The Twilight Saga, The Morganville Vampires, The Wicked Series, The Ink Trilogy, House of Night series, among others. I think every book we read inspires us in some ways and I feel these books have created a literary pathway throughout my formative writing years.  I feel the wider and more ferociously I read, the more I learn… it’s a process that I will continue to learn and grown from.

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There you have it folks... the wisest thing that has come out of an author's mouth all day:  "The wider and more ferociously I read, the more I learn."

Too true, Ms. Matthews. Too true.

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