Robin McKinley was rummaging around and came across the 300-page hard copy of what she terms "the First Third Damar Novel." Code name KIRITH. She's put the first chapter of it up on her blog. Ah, her stories always draw me in from the first page...
Ever since I fell in love with Diana Peterfreund 's Secret Society Girl series last year, I've been hoping I'd get the chance to interview her here. Tomorrow marks the release of her new novel, Rampant , and let me tell you that you have not read a book like this before. You can read my review here , but all you really need to know is that it's a story about killer unicorns and the young women who hunt them. You want to read it now, don't you? Oh, yeah, and it's YA and the first in a series! To celebrate the release, Diana graciously answered a few of my most burning questions. As she is always a delight, I know you'll enjoy them as much as I did. First things first: When did the idea for Rampant first hit you and what (if anything) did you know right off the bat? In early 2005, just after selling Secret Society Girl , I had this dream of being chased by a very dangerous unicorn. I woke up and went to go look it up to see if I could figure out the meanin...
Hey! I'm 16 years late but I've really been wondering about this "first-third Damar novel" lately. Robin McKinley seems to have taken down that first chapter of Kirith from her blog, but im DYING to know what was in it or at least vaguely what it was about. I know its been a loooong while but if you remember anything from it do let me know! Thanks so much :)
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