What is it like for you to see your book online for preorder? Keeping the pace moving along without settling into swaths of backstory and the history of the world was also challenging at times. So that took a lot of revision to get right. There are layers-characters, hints, world building, magic, reveals, etc.-that need to be weaved into the fiber of every scene, and I am really good at forgetting things (all things-names, my kids’ activities, where I put my keys, etc.). What was the most challenging thing when it came to writing Shielded? I didn’t decide to sit and finish a draft until a few months before I turned thirty. Reading has always been a big part of my life, but I always thought writing a book would be too hard (I wasn’t wrong about that, lol). Shielded has been through about twenty major revisions-plot changes, character changes, and I even took out a POV character! But with the help of my beta readers, agent, and editor, I think the story that will come out in July is the best yet, and I’m so excited for others to meet Jenna!ĭid you always know that you wanted to be a writer? I’ve been working on it for almost five years, tearing it apart and piecing it back together, and now that it’s in print, with people I’ve never met reading it, I’m always surprised when someone likes it! It’s been a long road to get where I’m at, though. It’s surreal to have words that I wrote out in the world connecting with other people.

Now Jenna must decide if revealing a dangerous secret is worth the cost before it's too late-for her and for her entire kingdom.It appears that Shielded is your debut novel as an author, what is that like? What is the process that you went through when writing your novel like?

Only, on the journey to reach her betrothed and new home, the royal caravan is ambushed, and Jenna realizes the rumors were wrong-the new threat is worse than anyone imagined. Jenna must leave behind everything she has ever known if she is to give her people a chance at peace. Princess Jennesara knows her skills on the battlefield would make her an asset and wants to help, but her father has other plans.Īs the second-born heir to the throne, Jenna lacks the firstborn's-her brother's-magical abilities, so the king promises her hand in marriage to the prince of neighboring Turia in exchange for resources Hálendi needs. It's losing the war at its borders, and rumors of a new, deadlier threat on the horizon have surfaced. For fans of Sorcery of Thorns and Furyborn comes a thrilling new fantasy about a kingdom ravaged by war, and the princess who might be the key to saving not only those closest to her, but the kingdom itself, if she reveals the very secret that could destroy her.

Kaylynn flanders shielded