![]() ![]() Shannon also talked about thinking to the future. One of the first ideas she rejected in the editing process was that elves didn’t originally have emotions or dreams! In fact, Sophie Foster’s original name was, get this: Agnes McWeeney. Shannon admitted that the published version of the first book in the series is actually draft #20! She had to do a ton of editing before publishing. She started talking about how Shannon went through the editing process. Keefe was the gift the story gave me! Shannon Messenger He was originally going to just be a minor character, but he ended up having a pretty big role in the series. ![]() Keefe’s name actually means, “good looking one” according to Shannon Messenger. She originally thought that Him could be a hall monitor, but then she realized that he needed to be someone who would skip class and meet Sophie in that hallway where they first met. ![]() She didn’t know his name, so she made up a character named Him. Here’s the story: She was writing the book, and she needed someone to help Sophie get to the hospital wing after she had gotten lost. The existence of Keefe is because I stopped outlining. In fact, the very existence of the beloved character from the book series, Keefe, was because she had stopped outlining and planning. She started applying this philosophy to her own books, which he felt made her story less stiff, and more flowing. That way, you won’t forget anything about how you want your story to be like. She says that when she was studying making movies and scripts, she had been taught to write EVERYTHING, and then worst case scenario, things get cut, which is really good advice. Shannon says that she is a planner, and likes to have specific outlines for what she wants to happen in the story, and she was delaying writing the story so that she could have perfect outlines. Shannon responded by saying that she had been juggling the idea of elves and Lost Cities for a couple months, but was stalling, and was still in the world building process. Event Admission and Book (Canada/Mexico Shipping: $42Ĭlick here to purchase tickets to the Live! event.Laini Taylor asked how she came up with the idea for KOTLC.Event Admission and Book (Domestic Shipping): $29.For other countries, please contact the store directly for options by emailing: Event Admission and Book (Store Pickup): $22 Ticket package is available for the US, Canada, and Mexico. Purchase of Unlocked from Politics and Prose is required to attend the event. Signed bookplates and other fun swag will accompany each purchase of Unlocked ! A Howard University graduate and a Midwesterner now in North Carolina, he survives on Dad jokes and Cheezits. He is the author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, and the sequel Tristan Strong Destroys the World. ![]() Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, and a former pharmaceutical metrologist in that order. She lives in Southern California with an embarrassing number of cats. Her books have been featured on multiple state reading lists, published in numerous countries, and translated into many different languages. Shannon Messenger is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the award-winning series, Keeper of the Lost Cities, as well as the Sky Fall series for young adults. And fan favorite characters will find themselves tested in ways they never imagined. Hard truths from the past will come to light. But for the first time chapters alternate between Sophie and Keefe’s perspectives to give readers deeper insights into both beloved characters. In this extra special installment of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, the story picks up right from Legacy’s particularly devastating cliffhanger. Bring your favorite sweet treat to the party, take a picture with it, and post it with #KeeperTour! Join P&P for a very special virtual Dessert Party with Shannon Messenger and Kwame Mbalia to celebrate UNLOCKED, the latest installment in The Keeper of the Lost Cities series. ![]()
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