N.P. Thompson

🧵 I just discovered there are reviews for my books on #StoryGraph ! Look at this one for Chalice of Caladriai! (Also... when someone *gets* it! It has always bugged me how books often completely ignore the fallout that any normal person would be dealing w/ after the experiences in the story!)😊🥹

This concept of "what happens *after*?" was a BIG part of Chalice of Caladriai. What happens after a kid is forced to confront an evil adult hell bent on destroying everything? How do they deal with that? And what if a friend paid a steep price for that "win"? What then?

How are the friendship dynamics affected? What about the supporting characters? What happens to them? These were all things that were dealt with in CoC, along with the usual mix of action, magic, and mayhem. I am SO HAPPY someone else wanted to know, too!

In the next book, Team Arcania will be dealing with repairing their friendships and the aftermath of book 4's cliffhanger ending (I love my cliffhangers, what can say? 😏) and then there's the two big reveals from CoC that are going to play parts in the rest of the series, too!

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Feb 4 at 12:02amWeb
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I spend a LOT of time developing my characters before I write them because I want readers to really be able to relate to them and get attached to them and be invested in their stories. It's important to me that even the "smaller" characters are fleshed-out and relatable; that they're *believable*.

And, for me, a big part of that is really thinking about "What if this were happening to a REAL person?" and weaving my story lines around that. 😊

Also, I have had a few reviews now mention that I "don't shy away from discussing difficult topics", which I am also very happy to see!

I mean, I know it's just fiction, & there are always length/space restraints. But I always wondered what happens to these characters afterwards, you know? They can't just brush the trauma off like it never happened. Also always wondered about the negligent parents in so many fantasy books. 😂