*** Interview with Robin Jarvis (author of Dancing Jax)***
I would like to start by thanking Sam, at HarperCollins, for making this post happen. I'd also like to thank Robin Jarvis, of course, for taking the time to answer these questions for my little blog - I really appreciate your time and responses.
Today is the publication day for Robin's latest book "Dancing Jax", which in my opinion, is long overdue and one of the best books published this year. If you want to find out more about this amazing book then please check out my book review.
1. How would you describe your new book Dancing Jax to potential readers?
2. Where did you get the inspiration for the characters for this book?
3. Are there any other books in the series to follow? if so, can you let us into any secrets?
5. The story is developed through so many different characters. Therefore, how do you piece everything together and make it all fit?
6. Could you describe any element of the editing process that this book went through in order to reach the final stage?
The editing process is usually pretty painless. I always go through the book so many times before the editor gets to see it, there isn't much needs doing. The only thing I can think of for Dancing Jax was the late addition of the chapter in the hospital ward, which served a number of purposes, one of which was to have a really powerful and violent chapter in the middle of the book, but it also introduces Mauger properly and something else which appears again in the second book...
Originally there wasn't any artwork either and every chapter was headed with an extract from Dancing Jacks but we thought it would be more interesting to include other elements from Austerly Fellows' evil work, such as the tune, dance steps, areas of map etc. Oh and I updated certain pop culture references within the text.
7. Who inspires you to write?
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