She’s so good at her job, and I feel so lucky and grateful to have her.
What I didn’t anticipate, however, was just how awesome my editor is. At this point, there weren’t really any surprises since I’d been through this process before. In fact, this is the opening scene and sets the fast paced, exciting nature of the story. From the time the book went on submission, it took about eight months to sell. Daughter of the Pirate King circles itself around 17-year-old Alosa Kalligan, a sassy young woman, who has been abducted by the nefarious pirates of the Night Farer. Seventeen-year-old Alosa, daughter of the feared Pirate King, is on a mission. Kidnapped my interest from the first chapter and never let it go Anna Banks, author of Of Triton. I had had two previous novels go on submission and fail to sell, so it was nerve-wracking as I waited for news on this one. A page-turning, seafaring adventure from YA fantasy sensation Tricia Levenseller the first book in the Daughter of the Pirate King duology. It was exciting to finally have a book lead to a publishing deal. Though my debut, Daughter of the Pirate King is actually the fourth novel I finished. What was that process like? Were there any surprises along the way? (Ching Shih captained tens of thousands of men!)ĭaughter of the Pirate King is your debut novel. I tried to think of how fierce they would’ve been to captain so many men. And in fact, THEY WERE! There were so many real life female pirate captains, who were especially brutal, as mentioned in my answer to the previous question.
I wanted to show that females can be just as brutal and fierce as male pirates. When people think of pirates, Blackbeard is usually what comes to mind.
Joined by a distractingly handsome mercenary and a young scholar with extensive knowledge of the world’s known magics, Ziva and her sister set out on a quest to keep the sword safe until they can find a worthy wielder or a way to destroy it entirely.It was so satisfying to write Alosa as a powerful protagonist. Weapon to enslave all the world under her rule, she takes her sister and flees. When Ziva learns of the warlord’s intentions to use the Sword that can cut far deeper than the length of its blade. Warlord, and the result is a sword capable of stealing its victims secrets. Daughter of the Pirate King is a series of 2 books written by Tricia Levenseller. Then Ziva receives a commission from a powerful She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe from society and the anxiety it causes her, using her magical gift to craft unique weapons imbued with power. In Daughter of the Pirate King, debut author Tricia Levenseller blends action, adventure, romance, and a little bit of magic into a gripping tale on the high seas. BLADE OF SECRETS is book 1 in the Bladesmith Duology.Įighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people.
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